<P> The Government of India celebrated the year 2007 as the 150th anniversary of "India's First War of Independence". Several books written by Indian authors were released in the anniversary year including Amresh Mishra's "War of Civilizations", a controversial history of the Rebellion of 1857, and "Recalcitrance" by Anurag Kumar, one of the few novels written in English by an Indian based on the events of 1857 . </P> <P> In 2007, a group of retired British soldiers and civilians, some of them descendants of British soldiers who died in the conflict, attempted to visit the site of the Siege of Lucknow . However, fears of violence by Indian demonstrators, supported by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, prevented the British visitors from visiting the site . Despite the protests, Sir Mark Havelock was able to make his way past police to visit the grave of his ancestor, General Henry Havelock . </P> <Ul> <Li> Bengal Brigade--A 1954 film: at the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny . A British officer, Captain Claybourne (Hudson), is cashiered from his regiment over a charge of disobeying orders, but finds that his duty to his men is far from over </Li> <Li> Shatranj Ke Khilari--A 1977 Indian film directed by Satyajit Ray, chronicling the events just before the onset of the Revolt of 1857 . The focus is on the British annexation of Oudh, and the detachment of the nobility from the political sphere in 19th - century India . </Li> <Li> Junoon (1978 film)--Directed by Shyam Benegal, it is a critically acclaimed film about the love affair between a Pathan feudal chief and a British girl sheltered by his family during the revolt . </Li> <Li> Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2005)--Ketan Mehta's Hindi film chronicles the life of Mangal Pandey . </Li> <Li> The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) features a sequence inspired by the massacre at Cawnpore . </Li> <Li> Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom--During the dinner scene at the fictional Pankot Palace, Indiana Jones mentions that Captain Blumburtt was telling him about the role which the palace played in "the mutiny" and Chattar Lal complains, "It seems the British never forget the Mutiny of 1857". </Li> <Li> The Last Cartridge, an Incident of the Sepoy Rebellion in India (1908)--A fictionalized account of a British fort besieged during the Rebellion . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Bengal Brigade--A 1954 film: at the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny . A British officer, Captain Claybourne (Hudson), is cashiered from his regiment over a charge of disobeying orders, but finds that his duty to his men is far from over </Li>

Describe the course of event which took place during the revolt of 1857