Mutiny at Mynpoorie

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Mutiny at Mynpoorie
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 23 May 1857
Location: Mynpoorie, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 27.229061°N 79.02743°E
Result: Mutiny
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Strength
9th Native Infantry
Casualties

Summary

News came of the uprising at Allygurh and the European women and children were escorted to Agra by the Assistant Magistrate, Mr J N Power. Three companies of the 9th BNI mutinied, plundered the treasury and carried off all the ammunition they could. Lieutenant De Kantzow bravely tried to dissuade them and barely escaped with his life.

External Links

Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire

Historical books on-line

Narrative of the Indian mutinies of 1857 Mutiny at Mynpoorie Google Books