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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|date=29 March 1857
|location=[[Barrackpore]], West Bengal
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=22.769078,88.352205&z=11&t=h&hl=en 22.769078°N 88.352205°E]
|result=34th BNI disbanded
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=Maj-Gen Sir John Hearsey<br>Lieut Baugh
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Summary ==
On 29 March [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangal_Pandey Mangal Pandey], a sepoy of the 34th Bengal Native Infantry, tried to incite his regiment to mutiny. He wounded Lieutenant Baugh before being overpowered. He was hanged on 8 April and the 34th BNI disbanded in disgrace as a collective punishment. This is generally considered to be the first act of the [[Indian Mutiny]].
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/196/mode/1up John Hearsey (1793-1865)]<br>
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OqsEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA457&dq=The+annals+of+Indian+administration,+Volume+1&hl=en&ei=qJSsTMG4DsTCswbnoNGlBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Mangal Pandey's revolt] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XEEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5&dq=Mutineers+Delhi+Meerut&as_brr=3&ei=z6DVSvjlLam-zAS7m6SlCw#v=onepage&q&f=false Mutiny at Barrackpore ] Google Books<br>
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Mutiny at Barrackpore]]
[[Category:Mutinies]]
|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|date=29 March 1857
|location=[[Barrackpore]], West Bengal
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=22.769078,88.352205&z=11&t=h&hl=en 22.769078°N 88.352205°E]
|result=34th BNI disbanded
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=Maj-Gen Sir John Hearsey<br>Lieut Baugh
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Summary ==
On 29 March [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangal_Pandey Mangal Pandey], a sepoy of the 34th Bengal Native Infantry, tried to incite his regiment to mutiny. He wounded Lieutenant Baugh before being overpowered. He was hanged on 8 April and the 34th BNI disbanded in disgrace as a collective punishment. This is generally considered to be the first act of the [[Indian Mutiny]].
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/196/mode/1up John Hearsey (1793-1865)]<br>
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OqsEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA457&dq=The+annals+of+Indian+administration,+Volume+1&hl=en&ei=qJSsTMG4DsTCswbnoNGlBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Mangal Pandey's revolt] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XEEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5&dq=Mutineers+Delhi+Meerut&as_brr=3&ei=z6DVSvjlLam-zAS7m6SlCw#v=onepage&q&f=false Mutiny at Barrackpore ] Google Books<br>
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Mutiny at Barrackpore]]
[[Category:Mutinies]]
