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[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
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|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]]
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|commander2=
|strength1=[[31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers|1st Bombay Lancers]] |strength2=[[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]]
|casualties1= Major Spottisood & Cornet Newberry killed<br> Colonel Penny, Bombay Lancers, died of apoplexy<br>Lieut Lock & Capt Hardy 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 were charged by therefore escorted the Lancers but women and children to [[Beawar]]. The rebels were able to march away in the direction of Delhi.
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire<br>
== Recommended Reading == 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 Mutinyat Nusseerabad] Google Books<br>''"The Indian Empire Vol II"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548R Montgomery Martin [http://archive.org/stream/indianempirehist02mart#page/193/mode/1up Mutiny at Nusseerabad] archive.org
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