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[[Category:Battles]]
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|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|date=10 May 1857
|date=10 May 1857
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meerut Meerut, Uttar Pradesh]   
|location=[[Meerut]]   
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|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]   
|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
|result=Sepoy uprising
|territory=
|territory=
|combatant1= [[East India Company]]
|combatant1= [[60th Regiment of Foot|60th Rifles]] (1,000)<br>[[6th Dragoon Guards]] (600)<br>One troop of Horse Artillery<br>Artillery Recruits (500)
|combatant2=Rebel sepoys
|combatant2=[[3rd Bengal Light Cavalry]]<br>[[11th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|11th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>[[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|20th Bengal Native Infantry]]
|commander1=
|commander1=
|commander2=
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'''This event was part of the [[Indian Mutiny]]'''


== External Links ==
== Synopsis ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Delhi#Outbreak_of_the_Rebellion Wikipedia - Outbreak of Rebellion]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IzQoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA51&dq=Meerut+1857&as_brr=3&ei=wFctSfe6FI_QkwTrkMnsAQ Google Books - Uprising at Meerut]
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<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>
 
==== Historical books online ====
*[https://archive.org/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. 1858 Archive.org
*''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://books.google.com/books?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://books.google.com/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] Google Books<br>
*''The Indian Empire Vol II by R Montgomery Martin'' [http://archive.org/stream/indianempirehist02mart#page/142/mode/2up Meerut 22 April to 11 May] (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 ==
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by D Saul 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>''"The Last Mughal"'' by William Dalrymple 2006 ISBN 9780747587272 10987654
The following books are reviewed in  [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Military_reading_list  FIBIS Military Reading List]
 
* ''The Last Mughal: the Fall of a Dynasty, 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 in India 1857-58''   by Rosie Llewellyn-Jones.(Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2007) )
 


[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Meerut Uprising]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Meerut Uprising]]
[[Category:Mutinies]]

Latest revision as of 02:57, 14 January 2020

Mutiny at Meerut
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 10 May 1857
Location: Meerut
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 28.991462°N 77.7032636°E
Result: Sepoy uprising
Combatants
60th Rifles (1,000)
6th Dragoon Guards (600)
One troop of Horse Artillery
Artillery Recruits (500) 		3rd Bengal Light Cavalry
11th Bengal Native Infantry
20th Bengal Native Infantry
Commanders
Strength
Casualties

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

3rd Bengal Light Cavalry

  • Lieutenant C I E Macnabb
  • Veterinary Surgeon Phillips
  • Veterinary Surgeon Dawson

11th Bengal Native Infantry

  • Lt-Colonel J Finnis

20th Bengal Native Infantry

  • Captain J H Taylor
  • Captain & Mrs D Macdonald
  • Lieutenant D Henderson
  • Lieutenant W Pattle

Horse Artillery

  • Gunner Donohoe
  • Gunner Conolly
  • Gunner Benson
  • Gunner Cairns

60th Rifles

  • Corporal & Mrs Mortimer
  • Corporal & Mrs Edwardes
  • Corporal & Mrs Fitzpatrick

Bengal Sappers and Miners

  • Captain Fraser


  • 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

External links

Historical books online

Recommended Reading

The following books are reviewed in FIBIS Military Reading List

  • The Last Mughal: the Fall of a Dynasty, 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 in India 1857-58 by Rosie Llewellyn-Jones.(Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2007) )
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