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*''History of the Corps of Royal Engineers Vol I'' by Maj-Gen Whitworth Porter 1889 [http://www.archive.org/stream/historycorpsroy01portgoog#page/n530/mode/2up Volume I The Indian Mutiny] archive.org<br />
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/heroesofindianmu00gill#page/n11/mode/2up ''Heroes of the Indian Mutiny: stories of heroic deeds''] by Edward Gilliat 1914 Archive.org  
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/heroesofindianmu00gill#page/n11/mode/2up ''Heroes of the Indian Mutiny: stories of heroic deeds''] by Edward Gilliat 1914 Archive.org  
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Q9wRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA376 The Indian Mutiny, 1857] from  "Memoir of Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand, K.C.S.I., C.B., R.E." by Lieutenant C.R, Low, (late) Indian Navy. page 376 ''Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal, 1871 Part 1'' Google Books
*''Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal 1880 Part 3'' Archive.org
*''Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal 1880 Part 3'' Archive.org
**"Notes on the History and Services of the Thirty-Second Regiment" The middle parts of this article, are available as follows: [http://www.archive.org/stream/unitedservicema02pollgoog#page/n125/mode/1up  page 114], [http://www.archive.org/stream/unitedservicema02pollgoog#page/n227/mode/1up  page 218], [http://www.archive.org/stream/unitedservicema02pollgoog#page/n302/mode/1up    page 299]. Unfortunately, the earlier and later parts of this article in earlier and later volumes are not available online. They are however, available at the [[British Library]].  
**"Notes on the History and Services of the Thirty-Second Regiment" The middle parts of this article, are available as follows: [http://www.archive.org/stream/unitedservicema02pollgoog#page/n125/mode/1up  page 114], [http://www.archive.org/stream/unitedservicema02pollgoog#page/n227/mode/1up  page 218], [http://www.archive.org/stream/unitedservicema02pollgoog#page/n302/mode/1up    page 299]. Unfortunately, the earlier and later parts of this article in earlier and later volumes are not available online. They are however, available at the [[British Library]].  

Revision as of 11:02, 14 May 2012

Indian Mutiny
10 May 1857-19 April 1959
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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Location: Gangetic Plain and Central India
Combatants:
British Army
East India Company Armies
Bengal Presidency regiments
Result: Rebellion crushed
Medals: Indian Mutiny Medal
Clasps: Delhi, Defence of Lucknow, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow, Central India
Links:
Category:
Delhi Campaign
Events at Cawnpore
Havelock's Campaign
Showers' Movable Column
Greathed's Movable Column
Seaton's Movable Column
Trans-Gogra Campaign
Oude Campaign
Central India Campaign
Rohilcund Campaign


Preamble

The Indian Mutiny is also known as India's First War of Independence, the Great Rebellion, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the Revolt of 1857, the Uprising of 1857 and the Sepoy Mutiny.

The rebellion was almost exclusively confined to the regiments in the Bengal Presidency. In 1857 the Bengal Army strength was as follows:

Cavalry Infantry Artillery Sappers Total
British troops 1,366 17,003 3,063 Nil 21,432
Indian troops 19,288 112,052 4,734 1,497 137,571
Totals 20,654 129,055 7,797 1,497 159,003

Outbreaks

Details of the outbreak of mutiny in various locations can be found in the following articles:

Campaigns

For details of the campaigns during the mutiny see the following main articles

Volunteer force

  • The Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry was a volunteer force raised in July 1857 after the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny and disbanded in 1859.
  • The Meerut Light Horse was a volunteer unit formed in 1857 at the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny. Also known as the Meerut Volunteer Horse and the Meerut Volunteer Cavalry, which had originally been formed as the District Volunteer Force. It was disbanded in 1861.

FIBIS resources

Casualties

  • Available at the British Library is the publication, Casualty Roll for the Indian Mutiny, 1857-59, compiled by I. T. Taverner, published by J. B. Hayward & Son (1983), Suffolk, England (ISBN: 0 903754 98 3) pp.205. It contains name, rank and regimental number of every casualty (fatal or otherwise) of HM's (incl. Naval Brigade) & HEIC forces (by Presidency, incl. Indian Medical Service and Ecclesiastical Establishment); location and date where/when/how injured. A useful chronology of the Mutiny events and bibliography is appended.[1]

Recommended Reading

The FIBIS Google Books Library
has books tagged:
Indian Mutiny

See also the Military reading list.

"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548

"My Indian Mutiny Diary" by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207

"The Last Mughal" by William Dalrymple 2006 ISBN 978-0747587262

"The Great Uprising in India" by Rosie Llewellyn Jones 2007 ISBN 978-1843833048

"Angels of Albion - women of the Indian Mutiny" by Jane Robinson 1996 ISBN 978-0670 846702

'The Indian 'Mutiny' 1857-58 - A Guide to source material in the India Office Library and Records by Rosemary Seton ISBN 0-7123-0041-4

References

  1. By email to User:Maureene dated 14 November 2010

External Links

General

  • Catalogue of Resources in UK Libraries in conjunction with Mutiny at the Margins

Maps

Historical newspapers and books online

Google Books has Volume 1, and part of Volume 2, classified as Volumes 1-6, volume 5 missing as follows:
Volume 1: Images, Cover page,which advises "Illustrated with Battle Scenes, Views of Places, Portraits and Maps, Beautifully Engraved On Steel" Page 1 of text, continues to page 184
Volume 2: Images, page 185, continues to page 376
Volume 3: Images, page 377, continues to page 568
Volume 4: Images, page 569, continues to page 648, end of (original) Volume 1. Page 1 of (original) Volume 2, continues to page 112
Volume 5: Not apparently digitised
Volume 6: Images, page 305, continues to page 496 last available page. There appears to be more text missing.

References

  1. page 230 footnote "Notes on the History and Services of the Thirty-Second Regiment" Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal 1880 Part 3