8,000 killed and hundreds burned alive as Redcoats sack the Indian city of Jhansi
3 April 1858 On 3 April 1858, redcoats, under the command of General Sir Hugh Rose, stormed the Indian city of Jhansi, where the 22 year old Rani Lakshmibai, the legendary warrior-queen, was leading a rebellion against British rule. Rose later proudly acknowledged that he had avenged an earlier massacre of British officers and their families…