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Over 30 hills in the upper Aravalli range have completely vanished in the last 20 years. Additionally, "hundreds of hills" have been flattened to lower and middle levels., Delhi News, Times Now

The great revolt of 1857 was a momentous struggle against colonial rule in the Indian subcontinent—the most widespread anti-colonial struggle during the nineteenth century.

Speaking to The Indian Express, writer and former Principal of Hindu College Kavitha Sharma said, “The significance of the Telegraph Memorial is that of two British men who alerted Ambala Cantt that mutineers were coming to the capital during the 1857 revolt.”

Thomas Crowley, in his book, Fractured Forest, Quartzite City, wrote about the lake: “Locally, it is called Khooni Jheel, or bloody pond/lake as many tie it to the bloody events of 1857, since significant fighting took place in this area.

Several historians and writers have written at length about the Flagstaff Tower as it played a significant role in the 1857 Revolt. Initially used for sending telegraph messages, the tower became a temporary refuge for the British during the Revolt.