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[[Category:Battles|Nusseerabad, Mutiny at]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Nusseerabad, Mutiny at]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|date=28 May 1857
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasirabad,_India Nasirabad[Nusseerabad]], Ajmer, Rajasthan]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.297436,74.735731&z=10&t=h&hl=en 26.297436°N 74.735731°E]
|result=British flight to [[Ajmer]]
|territory=
|combatant1= [[31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers|1st Bombay Lancers]] |combatant2=[[30th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|30th Native Infantry]]<br>[[15th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|15th Native Infantry]]<br>[[Jellalabad Battery of Native Artillery]]
|commander1=
|commander2=
|strength1= |strength2= |casualties1= Major Spottisood &<br>Cornet Newbury Newberry killed<br> Colonel of Penny, Bombay Lancers<br>, died of apoplexy<br>Lieut Lock & Capt Hardy<br>badly wounded
|casualties2=
}}
== Summary ==
The two native infantry regiments mutinied and seized the artillery. The Lancers charged them but were unable to retake the guns. They therefore escorted the women and children to [[Beawar]]. The rebels were able to march away in the direction of Delhi.
== Rebel Forces External Links ==1st Bombay Lancers[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire<br>30th Native Infantry<br>15th Native Infantry<br>Jellalabad Battery of Native Artillery
==== Historical books on-line ====
''"Narrative of the Indian mutinies of 1857"'' [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XEEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA30&dq=Mutineers+Delhi+Meerut&as_brr=3&ei=z6DVSvjlLam-zAS7m6SlCw#v=onepage&q&f=false Mutiny at Nusseerabad] Google Books<br>
''"The Indian Empire Vol II"'' by R Montgomery Martin [http://archive.org/stream/indianempirehist02mart#page/193/mode/1up Mutiny at Nusseerabad] archive.org
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8DMYAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PR26&dq=Nusseerabad+28th+May+1857&as_brr=3&ei=GbZCSYT_DZXSlQTdwLzQDg#PRA1-PR26,M1 Google Books - Mutiny at Nusseerabad]
== Recommended Reading ==''"[[Category:Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548|Nusseerabad, Mutiny at]][[Category:Mutinies]]

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