ABSTRACT
The historians would have to accept that actually and factually the Terrible Acts were made applicable first only in Haryana because it was only that the masses had revolted. They were applicable to a very limited extent in the Punjab as there was no rebellion by the public there, and only the army regiments had mutinied. Full applicability was possible in Haryana only, because elsewhere the British were not in a position to enforce such laws. Mohammad Samad Khan was the first chief from Haryana, who was not the incumbent but assumed charge on the commencement of revolt; however, before he could do anything to consolidate his position, he had to face the British force under General Van Cortlandt. The whole of Haryana was punished by annexing her to the Punjab after June 1857, first temporarily and then permanently, to suffer subjugation for about 110 years until 1 November 1966.
