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Oudh — the Beginning and the End of the Revolt.

contents, in Rájpútáná; the rebels had been crushed, though after a tedious and desultory warfare, in the Chutiá Nágpur districts; whilst Western Bihár had, as related, been pacified by the dispersion of the last adherents of the family of Kunwar Singh. When Sir Hope Grant finally cleared Oudh of the last remnants of the rebels,[1] in May 1859, then, and then only, could it be said that the Mutiny had been absolutely stamped out.

  1. It is believed that amongst these was Náná Sáhib. It was always a matter of regret that this man's fate was never certainly known. Many reports regarding him were circulated afterwards: that he had died in Nipál; later, that he had been seen in Gwáháro. But the uncertainty regarding his fate has remained to this day.