Events

• 24 January - University of Calcutta
  University of Calcutta
  The University of Calcutta is a public university located in the city of Kolkata , India, founded on 24 January 1857...
  
   is founded through the Calcutta University Act.
• 10 May(starting date of the revolt)- Indian rebellion of 1857
  Indian Rebellion of 1857
  The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to...
  
   (also known as the Sepoy Mutiny) or The First War Of Indian Independence, widespread uprising in northern and central India against the rule of the British East India Company.