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{{War|name=Indian Mutiny |dates=10 May 1857-19 April 1959 |image= |combatant1=[[British Army]]<br>[[East India Company Armies]] |combatant2=[[Bengal Presidency]] regiments |result= Rebellion crushed|medal=[http://www.medals.org.uk/united-kingdom/united-kingdom117.htm Indian Mutiny Medal]<br>Clasps: Delhi, Defence of Lucknow, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow, Central India| category= |link1=[[:Category:Delhi Campaign |Delhi Campaign]]<br>[[:Category:Showers' Movable Column|Showers' Movable Column]]<br>[[:Category:Greathed's Movable Column|Greathed's Movable Column]]<br>[[:Category:Seaton's Movable Column|Seaton's Movable Column]]<br>[[:Category:Havelock's Campaign|Havelock's Campaign]]<br>[[:Category:Oude Campaign|Oude Campaign]]<br>[[:Category:Rohilcund Campaign|Rohilcund Campaign]]<br>[[:Category:Central India Campaign|Central India Campaign]]<br>[[:Category:Trans-Gogra Campaign|Trans-Gogra Campaign]]}} | {{War|name=Indian Mutiny |dates=10 May 1857-19 April 1959 |image= |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Gangetic_Plain Gangetic Plain] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_India Central India] |combatant1=[[British Army]]<br>[[East India Company Armies]] |combatant2=[[Bengal Presidency]] regiments |result= Rebellion crushed|medal=[http://www.medals.org.uk/united-kingdom/united-kingdom117.htm Indian Mutiny Medal]<br>Clasps: Delhi, Defence of Lucknow, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow, Central India| category= |link1=[[:Category:Delhi Campaign |Delhi Campaign]]<br>[[:Category:Showers' Movable Column|Showers' Movable Column]]<br>[[:Category:Greathed's Movable Column|Greathed's Movable Column]]<br>[[:Category:Seaton's Movable Column|Seaton's Movable Column]]<br>[[:Category:Havelock's Campaign|Havelock's Campaign]]<br>[[:Category:Oude Campaign|Oude Campaign]]<br>[[:Category:Rohilcund Campaign|Rohilcund Campaign]]<br>[[:Category:Central India Campaign|Central India Campaign]]<br>[[:Category:Trans-Gogra Campaign|Trans-Gogra Campaign]]}} | ||
The 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 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. | ||
Revision as of 18:52, 6 November 2009
| Indian Mutiny | |
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| 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 Showers' Movable Column Greathed's Movable Column Seaton's Movable Column Havelock's Campaign Oude Campaign Rohilcund Campaign Central India Campaign Trans-Gogra Campaign | |
The 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.
FIBIS resources
- Indian Mutiny Medal Roll (British Forces) 1857-1859 - a medal roll transcription with over 50,000 names of British Army soldiers awarded medals
- Supplement to The London Gazette - around 2000 names of Europeans killed or wounded by disaffected soldiers or local residents as reported in the London Gazette
- The Diary of a Medical Officer during the Great Indian Mutiny
Recommended Reading
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The FIBIS Google Books Library has books tagged: Indian Mutiny | |
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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
External Links
General
- Indian Mutiny 1857-59 The British Empire site
- Timeline of the Mutiny Wikipedia
- Chronological Table of Events Google Books
- Mutiny at the Margins the University of Edinburgh’s website
- Catalogue of Resources in UK Libraries in conjunction with Mutiny at the Margins
- 1857-1858 The Great Rebellion pdf West Bengal Information and Cultural Affairs Dept. The article contains illustrations from the West Bengal State Archives.
Maps
- Schwartzberg Historical Atlas - Indian Mutiny Map
- Schwartzberg Historical Atlas - Administrative Divisions 1857
- Northern India in the Mutiny British Empire website
Historical newspapers and books online
- (British Library) British Newspapers Online - Sepoy Mutiny - Background context and links to free to view contemporary newspaper articles
- Military Divisions in India at the outbreak of the Mutiny in The history of the Indian revolt and of the expeditions to Persia, China & Japan by George Dodd (Google Books)
- The Mutiny of the Bengal Army by George Bruce Malleson (1858) (Google Books)
- Disposition of Troops in the Punjab prior to the Mutiny in The Crisis in the Punjab, from the 10th of May Until the Fall of Delhi by Frederic Henry Cooper (Google Books)
- Parliamentary papers, Volume 50 - East India (Prize Property) HMSO (1860) containing official correspondence on prize captured by HM and Company forces during Indian Mutiny actions. Details discussion on the origin and distribution of ten different prize funds.