The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c15.108

v1.c15.108

In the Mutiny of 1857 the Sikhs of the Punjab remained loyal to the British rule, although they had been conquered in terrible battles on the Sutlej less than ten years before. So it happened that some of the British forces in the Punjab were free to march to recapture Delhi, which had been taken by the mutineers. Thus the Indian Mutiny was overcome from two bases; on the one hand at Lucknow and Cawnpore by an army from Calcutta and the sea; and on the other hand at Delhi by an army advancing from the Punjab over the track beaten by many conquerors in previous ages.