Fall of Nanjing
- The taking over of the City of Nanjing came as an added pressure to the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty was fighting two wars at the same time.
- One with the Taiping Rebellion to take control of the City of Nanjing. Second, the Qing were busy fighting the Second Opium War (1856-1860)with Britain and France. This led to dividing their resources.
- The rebellion on the other hand was equipped with modern weapons. They got modern ammunition, from foreign suppliers rather than from foreign governments.
- After taking over most of the areas in Nanjing as well as outside Nanjing, the Taiping Rebellion started approaching the port city of Shanghai from 1860 – 1862, which did not turn out to be beneficial for the Taiping Rebellion.
- The Qing Dynasty was aided by both Britain and France to stop the invaders, as Shanghai also had some colonies that belonged to the Western countries.
- The Taiping Rebellion was not able to face such a huge army and this led to their defeat. Within two years, even Nanjing fell.
Taiping Rebellion
Taiping Rebellion: The term rebellion mainly signifies those events in History where a group of people organized a violent insurrection against the government that was in power. One such major rebellion that took place around the 19th century was the Taiping Rebellion in China.
In this article, we will discuss the Taiping Rebellion in brief, its causes, how it progressed, leaders who were involved in the Taiping Rebellion, death tolls, and some interesting facts related to the Taiping Rebellion.