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==Spelling variants==
==Spelling variants==
Meerut, Meerutt, Miruth
Meerut, Meerutt, Miruth, Merat


== Military history ==
== Military history ==
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===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/stream/firstimpressions01baco#page/358/mode/2up "Merat"], page 358 ''Volume I, First impressions and studies from nature in Hindostan; embracing an outline of the voyage to Calcutta, and five years residence in Bengal and the Doab, from MDCCCXXXI to MDCCCXXXVI'' by Thomas Bacon, Lieut. Of the Bengal Horse Artillery 1837 Archive.org
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/lsidyv38fae274#ark:/81055/vdc_00000003494F.0x00000B  ''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 itemViewer. (pdf download may be accessed through the BL catalogue: copy and paste lsidyv38fae274 in the [http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?menuitem=1&fromTop=true&fromPreferences=false&fromEshelf=false&vid=BLVU1  Search] and select ‘ I want this’)
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/lsidyv38fae274#ark:/81055/vdc_00000003494F.0x00000B  ''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 itemViewer. (pdf download may be accessed through the BL catalogue: copy and paste lsidyv38fae274 in the [http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?menuitem=1&fromTop=true&fromPreferences=false&fromEshelf=false&vid=BLVU1  Search] and select ‘ I want this’)
**[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/lsidyv38fae274#ark:/81055/vdc_00000003494F.0x00000A Plan of the Artillery Hospital and Artillery Barracks]
**[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/lsidyv38fae274#ark:/81055/vdc_00000003494F.0x00000A Plan of the Artillery Hospital and Artillery Barracks]

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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

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