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Revision as of 15:49, 30 April 2011

Indian Mutiny
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
Events at Cawnpore
Havelock's Campaign
Showers' Movable Column
Greathed's Movable Column
Seaton's Movable Column
Trans-Gogra Campaign
Oude Campaign
Central India Campaign
Rohilcund Campaign


Preamble

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 rebellion was almost exclusively confined to the regiments in the Bengal Presidency. In 1857 the Bengal Army strength was as follows:

Cavalry Infantry Artillery Sappers Total
British troops 1,366 17,003 3,063 Nil 21,432
Indian troops 19,288 112,052 4,734 1,497 137,571
Totals 20,654 129,055 7,797 1,497 159,003

Outbreaks

Details of the outbreak of mutiny in various locations can be found in the following articles:

Campaigns

For details of the campaigns during the mutiny see the following main articles

Volunteer force

The Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry was a volunteer force raised in July 1857 after the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny and disbanded in 1859.

FIBIS resources

Casualties

  • Available at the British Library is the publication, Casualty Roll for the Indian Mutiny, 1857-59, compiled by I. T. Taverner, published by J. B. Hayward & Son (1983), Suffolk, England (ISBN: 0 903754 98 3) pp.205. It contains name, rank and regimental number of every casualty (fatal or otherwise) of HM's (incl. Naval Brigade) & HEIC forces (by Presidency, incl. Indian Medical Service and Ecclesiastical Establishment); location and date where/when/how injured. A useful chronology of the Mutiny events and bibliography is appended.[1]

Recommended Reading

The FIBIS Google Books Library
has books tagged:
Indian Mutiny

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

References

  1. By email to User:Maureene dated 14 November 2010

External Links

General

  • Catalogue of Resources in UK Libraries in conjunction with Mutiny at the Margins

Maps

Historical newspapers and books online