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|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|date=13 May and  30 July 1857
|date=30 July and 1 August 1857
|location=Mian Mir, [[Lahore]], Punjab   
|location=Ajnala, Punjab   
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.560004,74.35&z=11&t=h&hl=en 31.560004°N 74.35°E]   
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.560004,74.35&z=11&t=h&hl=en 31.560004°N 74.35°E]   
|result=Mutiny
|result=Destruction of regiment
|territory=
|territory=
||combatant1=[[East India Company]]
||combatant1=[[East India Company]]
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|commander1=
|commander1=
|commander2=
|commander2=
|strength1= [[81st Regiment of Foot|HM 81st Regiment]] (300 men)<br>Two troops of Horse Artillery (12 guns)
|strength1=80 Sikh horse
|strength2= [[16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|16th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>[[16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|26th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>[[49th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|49th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>[[8th Bengal Light Cavalry|8th Light Cavalry]]<br>Total 3,500 men
|strength2=[[26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|26th Bengal Native Infantry]]
|casualties1= 
|casualties1= None
|casualties2=
|casualties2= 150 killed by villagers & police<br>35 drowned<br>45 died in gaol<br>237 shot
}}
}}
'''The regiments were disarmed on 13 May 1857 at Meean Meer. On 30 July Major Spencer was murdered and the 26th Native Infantry fled south to the River Ravi. The next day they were annihilated at the [[Massacre of Ajnala]].'''
'''The regiment was disarmed on 13 May 1857 at Meean Meer. On 30 July Major Spencer was murdered and the 26th Native Infantry fled south to the River Ravi. The next day they attacked by villagers and police and 150 were killed. They retreated to an island in the river a then surrenders to a Mr Francis Cooper, Deputy Commissioner of the Punjab, and a deatchment of Sikh horse.'''


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire<br>
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=i0EoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Meean+Meer&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=UMvVSr3DLJPoMIvqyYQF#v=onepage&q=Meean%20Meer&f=false Mutiny at Meean Meer] Google Books
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xr4SAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA4-PA39&dq=Ajnala+1857&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=UMvVSr3DLJPoMIvqyYQF#v=onepage&q=Ajnala%201857&f=false Massacre at Ajnala] Google Books


== Recommended Reading ==
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
[[Category:Battles|Meean Meer, Mutiny at]]
[[Category:Battles|Ajnala, Massacre at]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Meean Meer, Mutiny at]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Ajnala, Massacre at]]

Revision as of 17:59, 14 October 2009

Massacre at Ajnala
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 30 July and 1 August 1857
Location: Ajnala, Punjab
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 31.560004°N 74.35°E
Result: Destruction of regiment
Combatants
East India Company Rebel sepoys
Commanders
Strength
80 Sikh horse 26th Bengal Native Infantry
Casualties
None 150 killed by villagers & police
35 drowned
45 died in gaol
237 shot

The regiment was disarmed on 13 May 1857 at Meean Meer. On 30 July Major Spencer was murdered and the 26th Native Infantry fled south to the River Ravi. The next day they attacked by villagers and police and 150 were killed. They retreated to an island in the river a then surrenders to a Mr Francis Cooper, Deputy Commissioner of the Punjab, and a deatchment of Sikh horse.

External Links

Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire
Massacre at Ajnala Google Books

Recommended Reading

"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548