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*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034950  ''On the topography of Meerutt, and the principal diseases which prevailed in the 1st Brigade of Horse Artillery at that place''] by John Murray, M.D., Assistant Surgeon, 1st Brigade Horse Artillery 1839 published Calcutta. British Library Digital Collection.
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034950  ''On the topography of Meerutt, and the principal diseases which prevailed in the 1st Brigade of Horse Artillery at that place''] by John Murray, M.D., Assistant Surgeon, 1st Brigade Horse Artillery 1839 published Calcutta. British Library Digital Collection.
**[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034950#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=9&z=0%2C-129.0602%2C4770%2C3847.1204  Plan of the Artillery Hospital and Artillery Barracks]
**[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034950#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=9&z=0%2C-129.0602%2C4770%2C3847.1204  Plan of the Artillery Hospital and Artillery Barracks]
:[https://archive.org/details/jramc-1913-vol21/page/599/mode/2up "On the Topography of Meerutt" by Dr Murray, dealing with the period 1833-1837, with an Introduction] by A E Tate page 600, continuing [https://archive.org/details/jramc-1913-vol21/page/713/mode/2up page 713] ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, Volume 21 1913'' Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/374/mode/2up Meerut] page 375  ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/374/mode/2up Meerut] page 375  ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/openingmeerutan00compgoog/page/n2 ''Opening of the Meerut and Umballa Section of the Delhi Railway, on the 14th of November, 1868''] 1869 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/openingmeerutan00compgoog/page/n2 ''Opening of the Meerut and Umballa Section of the Delhi Railway, on the 14th of November, 1868''] 1869 Archive.org
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*[https://archive.org/details/mutinyoutbreakat0000palm/page/n5 ''The Mutiny Outbreak at Meerut in 1857''] by J A B Palmer 1966  including  
*[https://archive.org/details/mutinyoutbreakat0000palm/page/n5 ''The Mutiny Outbreak at Meerut in 1857''] by J A B Palmer 1966  including  
:[https://archive.org/details/mutinyoutbreakat0000palm/page/176 "Plan of Meerut Cantonment in 1857"], page 177. Archive.org Lending Library
:[https://archive.org/details/mutinyoutbreakat0000palm/page/176 "Plan of Meerut Cantonment in 1857"], page 177. Archive.org Lending Library
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Revision as of 05:57, 3 March 2023

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
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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

"On the Topography of Meerutt" by Dr Murray, dealing with the period 1833-1837, with an Introduction by A E Tate page 600, continuing page 713 Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, Volume 21 1913 Archive.org
"Plan of Meerut Cantonment in 1857", page 177. Archive.org Lending Library