Henry Havelock
Topic: The Revolt of 1857 · NCERT: Class 12, Ch 2 "Rebels and the Raj"
Meaning
Henry Havelock was a British general who fought to crush the Revolt of 1857. He is remembered mainly for the siege of the Lucknow Residency. The Residency was the British headquarters in Lucknow, where the British and Christians of the city had taken shelter. British art and writing later praised him as one of the "saviours" of the British in India.
Example
On 25 September 1857, Havelock and James Outram fought their way into the besieged Lucknow Residency and made the garrison stronger. Later, Colin Campbell completed the rescue. In Thomas Jones Barker's painting "Relief of Lucknow" (1859), Havelock stands at the centre with Campbell and Outram.
Don't confuse with
- Henry Lawrence: he was the Commissioner who gathered the Christians into the Lucknow Residency. He was killed during the siege. Havelock was one of the generals who broke through to help them.
Related concepts
- Relief of Lucknow
- Colin Campbell
- James Outram
- Sikandar Bagh
- In Memoriam painting
- Punch
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- Clemency of Canning
- Blowing from guns
- Felice Beato