Set in India 1857 against the rumours and tension of the Sepoy Mutiny, Captain Hugh Richmond, of the Indian Native Cavalry, comes to Adjodhabad for a wedding. His warnings and forsightedness of the coming disaster are ignored. Emma Lindsay who is a bridesmaid calls him a coward; her uncle, the CO of a sepoy regiment, threatens to have him broken if he persists in his attitude. But on the eve of the Jawan Day Parade of Colonel Lindsay's regiment, an attempt is made to destroy the Regimental Colour …