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SUMMARY: For the next 11 days Allahabad was independent from the British rule, however when this information reached Lord Cannings in Delhi he sent General Neill to resume the power.
On 9 June, General Neill set out for Allahabad, where a handful of Europeans still held out in the fort against the rebels.
General Neill ordered hanging of those suspected of being the mutineers.
According to one of his officers, he also allowed his soldiers to kill all the Allahabadis without due process and burn them from their houses.
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India attained freedom on August 15, 1947, however today NYOOOZ will tell you about a city which became free before the country did, but sadly only for 11 days.
In an exclusive conversation with NYOOOZ Allahabad, Head of Department at the Medieval history department, Professor Heramb Chaturvedi divulged the details of the whole revolt.
Allahabad was handed over to the British in 1801 by Shahadat Ali in a treaty, after which the English rule began in the city.
The city was all about trees, lakes and orchards; inhabitation was way less than now.
The Allahabad fort was the most important building in the city.
The administration was run from the Grand Trunk Road, and civil lines did not exist at that time.
In 1825 there were five governments in Allahabad, Manekpur, Kada, Koda, Bara.
There were 41 districts governed by Allahabad, which was made the capital of the north-west province, which included now Gurgaon, Delhi and Ajmer, in 1834.