Cawnpore Massacre

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In the background can be seen the building in which 120 men, women and children were massacred as a result of the Indian Mutiny. Their bodies were hacked to pieces and then thrown down the well (in the foreground) to hide the atrocities.

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Some old postcard pictures around Cawnpore, India centered around the site of the Cawnpore Massacre of 1857.

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In the background can be seen the building in which 120 men, women and children were massacred as a result of the Indian Mutiny. Their bodies were hacked to pieces and then thrown down the well (in the foreground) to hide the atrocities.

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Following the Massacre in 1857, the well at Cawnpore became a makeshift memorial to the victims (Postcard)

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Memorial Well, Cawnpore (Postcard)

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The Marble Statue in the centre of the Cawnpore Memorial (Postcard)

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The Marble Statue in the centre of the Cawnpore Memorial (c.1860)

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Cawnpore Memorial Gardens (Postcard)

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Site of the Cawnpore Massacre (Postcard)