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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm | [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>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IzQoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA51&dq=Meerut+1857&as_brr=3&ei=wFctSfe6FI_QkwTrkMnsAQ Uprising at Meerut] Google Books | ||
== Recommended Reading == | == Recommended Reading == | ||
Revision as of 13:33, 13 October 2009
| Mutiny at Meerut | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of Indian Mutiny | ||
| Date: | 10 May 1857 | |
| Location: | Meerut, Uttar Pradesh | |
| 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 | ||
External Links
Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire
Outbreak of Rebellion Wikipedia
Uprising at Meerut Google Books
Recommended Reading
"Indian Mutiny" by D Saul 2002 ISBN 0141005548
"The Last Mughal" by William Dalrymple 2006 ISBN 9780747587272 10987654