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In the finale of our series on the Great Uprising of 1857, we leave Delhi a smoking ruin and turn our eyes to the final battlefield of Lucknow.

And this was once a centre of luxury, of poetry, of beauty, of art, and now it is a city of corpses,

blood and despair, under siege from the rebels.

But the Scottish general, the brutal Scottish general, Lord Clyde, is marching up to the city

to stamp out the final fire of rebellion.

And you know, this is a red line in Indian history where the East India Company falls, the

British Raj takes over. And this is an entirely different grip on the Indian subcontinent.

India will change forever. Hello and welcome to Empire with me, Anita Arnan. And me, William Drupal.

Now, this is our series finale of our Empire special on the 1857 Uprising.

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