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[[Image:Meerut - Kambob Gate.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Kambob Gate - Meerut]]
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_269.gif "Meerut City"] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_269.gif "Meerut City"] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
*[http://www.imagesofasia.com/html/india/army-barracks.html General View Royal Field Artillery (R.F.A.) Barracks, Meerut 1910] Postcard from Images of Asia
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160412002323/http://www.imagesofasia.com/html/india/army-barracks.html General View Royal Field Artillery (R.F.A.) Barracks, Meerut 1910] Postcard from Images of Asia, now  archived.
*[http://www.dioceseofmeerut.org/home.php The Catholic Diocese of Meerut]
*Meerut is part of the [http://www.cnidioceseofagra.org/Default.aspx Agra Diocese of the Church of North India]. However, St John’s Garrison Church Meerut is not listed as one of the churches, even though there are references elsewhere that this church became part of the Church of North India.
*[http://www.thecatholicdioceseofmeerut.com/default.aspx The Catholic Diocese of Meerut]
*[http://www.indiandefencereview.com/spotlights/the-great-upsurge-of-1857-historical-sites-in-meerut-cantonment/ "The Great Upsurge of 1857: Historical sites in Meerut Cantonment"] by Dr Amit Pathak, Issue Vol 25.3 Jul-Sep 2010 ''Indian Defence Review''.
*[http://www.indiandefencereview.com/spotlights/the-great-upsurge-of-1857-historical-sites-in-meerut-cantonment/ "The Great Upsurge of 1857: Historical sites in Meerut Cantonment"] by Dr Amit Pathak, Issue Vol 25.3 Jul-Sep 2010 ''Indian Defence Review''.
*[https://thewire.in/health/on-the-160th-anniversary-of-the-1857-uprising-meet-the-meerut-historian-keeping-the-story-alive "On the 160th Anniversary of the 1857 Uprising, Meet the Meerut Historian Keeping the Story Alive"] by  Sunaina Kumar 10 May 2017 thewire.in
*[https://thewire.in/health/on-the-160th-anniversary-of-the-1857-uprising-meet-the-meerut-historian-keeping-the-story-alive "On the 160th Anniversary of the 1857 Uprising, Meet the Meerut Historian Keeping the Story Alive"] by  Sunaina Kumar 10 May 2017 thewire.in

Revision as of 23:30, 13 January 2020

Meerut
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 28.99°N 77.7°E
Altitude: 225 m (737 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Meerut
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh
Country: India
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places of interest during the British period
[xxxxx Meerut]



Meerut was the headquarters of Meerut District in the Meerut Division of United Provinces during the British period. It was the location of an important military garrison.

Spelling variants

Meerut, Meerutt, Miruth, Merat, Mirat.

Military history

Mutiny at Meerut May 1857

Churches

Cemeteries

  • BACSA (British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia) cemetery publications are
    • Meerut: The First Sixty Years (1815-1875) by Alan Harfield, 1992 MIs and burial registers. Also a complete listing of the British and Indian regiments there along with a history of the garrison.
    • Meerut Part II (1876-1939) by Alan Harfield, 1999 MIs and Burial Registers of Cantonment Cemetery; also Race Course Cemetery and Military Memorials.
See BACSA Books.
BACSA have put the indexes to these cemetery books online and these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.

External links

Kambob Gate - Meerut

Historical books online

"Plan of Meerut Cantonment in 1857", page 177. Archive.org Lending Library