Mutiny at Meerut

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Mutiny at Meerut
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 10 May 1857
Location: Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 28.991462°N 77.7032636°E
Result: Sepoy uprising
Combatants
60th Rifles (1,000)
6th Dragoon Guards (600)
One troop of Horse Artillery
Artillery Recruits (500)
3rd Bengal Light Cavalry
11th Bengal Native Infantry
20th Bengal Native Infantry
Commanders
Strength
Casualties

This event was part of the Indian Mutiny

European Casualties

A few mentioned in records

  • Colonel Finnis, 11th Bengal Native Infantry




External Links

Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire
Outbreak of Rebellion Wikipedia
Uprising at Meerut Google Books

Recommended Reading

The following books are reviewed in FIBIS Military Reading List and can be purchased through the FIBIS online shop. (See also Military:The Mutiny category on right hand side of shop page for further suggestions).

  • The last Mughal : the fall of a dynasty, Delhi, 1857 by William Dalrymple. (London: Bloomsbury, 2006)
  • The Indian Mutiny : 1857 by David Saul. (London: Viking, 2002 )
  • The Indian Mutiny 1857-58 by Gregory Fremont-Barnes (Oxford: Osprey, 2007.)
  • The great uprising in India 1857-58 by Rosie Llewellyn-Jones.(Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2007) )