Taiping king
- Hong after gaining tight control over the people, declared himself the “Taiping King. His society had expanded in the four areas of China. He declared that he was sent by Jesus to protect his people and hence, he started organizing his armed troops and started buying gunpowder.
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.