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|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|date=10 May 1857
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/[Meerut Meerut, Uttar Pradesh]] |presidency=[[Bengal (Province)|Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=28.991462,77.703263&z=9&t=h&hl=en 28.991462°N 77.7032636°E]
|result=Sepoy uprising
}}
'''This event was part of the [[Indian Mutiny]]'''
== Synopsis ==
85 troopers of the 3rd Light Cavalry refused to accept their cartridges, were court martialled, sentenced and sent to the common jail in [[Meerut]]. The following day sepoys of the 11th & 20th Native Infantry stormed the jail and released the troopers and 1200 other prisoners. Colonel Finnis of the 11th BNI was shot on the parade ground, the bungalows of the European officers were set on fire and many of their families murdered. The 2,200 European troops were not used to oppose the mutineers who marched away to join the regiments in Delhi. Major-General W.H.Hewitt was removed from his command of the Meerut Division.
== European Casualties ==
A few mentioned in records<br /><div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">'''[[3rd Bengal Light Cavalry]]'''*Lieutenant C I E Macnabb*Veterinary Surgeon Phillips*Veterinary Surgeon Dawson<br />'''[[11th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|11th Bengal Native Infantry]]'''*Lt-Colonel J Finnis, 11th <br /> '''[[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|20th Bengal Native Infantry]]'''*Captain J H Taylor*Captain & Mrs D Macdonald*Lieutenant D Henderson*Lieutenant W Pattle<br /> '''[[Bengal Horse Artillery|Horse Artillery]]'''*Gunner Donohoe*Gunner Conolly*Gunner Benson*Gunner Cairns<br />
'''[[60th Regiment of Foot|60th Rifles]]'''
*Corporal & Mrs Mortimer
*Corporal & Mrs Edwardes
*Corporal & Mrs Fitzpatrick<br />
'''[[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]'''
*Captain Fraser<br />
*Mrs Chambers
*Mrs Dawson and two children
*Mrs Courtenay and two children
*Mr V Tregear, Educational Service
*Pensioner McKinley
*Pensioner Blanco
*Mr Newland, Photographer
*Sergeant & Mrs Law and two children
*Sergeant & Mrs McPhee
*Sergeant & Mrs Binglee
*Sergeant & Mrs Grant
*Sergeant & Mrs Brooks
Riding Master Langdale's child<br />
</div>
== External links ==
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Delhi#Outbreak_of_the_Rebellion Outbreak of Rebellion] Wikipedia<br>
== External Links == Historical books online ====*[httphttps://wwwarchive.britishempireorg/details/cu31924024080719/page/n8 ''The Chaplain's Narrative of the Siege of Delhi : from the Outbreak at Meerut to the Capture of Delhi''] by John Edward Wharton Rotton, one of the Chaplains of Meerut and Chaplain to the Delhi Field Force.co1858 Archive.ukorg*''Service and Adventure with the Khakee Ressalah; or, Meerut Volunteer Horse, during the Mutinies of 1857-58'' by Robert Henry Wallace Dunlop BCS 1858**[http:/forces/armycampaignsbooks.google.com/indiancampaignsbooks?id=iw4NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA31&dq=Meerut+Light+Horse&hl=en&ei=rRMzTcTYIcyxhAemntCwCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Meerut%20Light%20Horse&f=false Gungapershad's account]**[http:/mutiny/mutinybooks.google.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58com/books?id=iw4NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA34&dq=Meerut+Light+Horse&hl=en&ei=rRMzTcTYIcyxhAemntCwCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Meerut%20Light%20Horse&f=false List of Europeans murdered on 10 May] The British EmpireGoogle Books<br>*''The Indian Empire Vol II by R Montgomery Martin'' [http://en.wikipediaarchive.org/wikistream/Siege_of_Delhiindianempirehist02mart#Outbreak_of_the_Rebellion Outbreak of Rebellionpage/142/mode/2up Meerut 22 April to 11 May] Wikipedia (archive.org)<br>*''The History of the Indian Revolt 1859 '' [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IzQoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA51&dq=Meerut+1857&as_brr=3&ei=wFctSfe6FI_QkwTrkMnsAQ Uprising at Meerut] (Google Books)<br>*''The Indian Mutiny 1857-58 '' [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BQ_qW5Sg6k4C&pg=PA227&dq=The+Indian+Mutiny+1857-58&hl=en&ei=WLQsTKKsDYzbsAaB74XSAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Platt&f=false Events at Meerut] (Google Books)<br>*''Narrative of the Indian Mutinies of 1857 '' [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XEEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA10&dq=Mutineers+Delhi+Meerut&as_brr=3&ei=z6DVSvjlLam-zAS7m6SlCw#v=onepage&q&f=false Mutiny at Meerut] (Google Books)*[https://archive.org/details/thelastmughalthefallofadynastydelhi18572008vintagebooks_201910 ''The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857''] by William Dalrymple 2006 Archive.org.
== Recommended Reading ==
The following books are reviewed in [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Military_reading_list FIBIS Military Reading List] and can be purchased through the [http://shop.fibis.org/amazon.htm FIBIS online shop]. (See also ''Military:The Mutiny'' category on right hand side of shop page for further suggestions).
* ''The last Last Mughal : the fall Fall of a dynastyDynasty, Delhi, 1857'' by William Dalrymple. (London: Bloomsbury, 2006) . Available online, refer above. * ''The Indian Mutiny : 1857'' by David Saul. (London: Viking, 2002 )* ''The Indian Mutiny 1857-58'' by Gregory Fremont-Barnes (Oxford: Osprey, 2007.) * ''The great uprising Great Uprising in India 1857-58'' by Rosie Llewellyn-Jones.(Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2007) )
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