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Massacre at Ajnala

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|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|date=30 July and 1 August 1857
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajnala,_India Ajnala], near Balghat, Punjab <br>19 miles from Lahore |presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]] |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.56000484,74.3576&z=11&t=h&hl=en 31.560004°N 84°N 74.35°E76°E]
|result=Destruction of regiment
|territory=
|commander2=
|strength1=80 Sikh horse
|strength2=[[26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|26th Bengal Native Infantry]]500+
|casualties1= None
|casualties2= 150 killed by villagers & police<br>35 drowned<br>45 died in gaol<br>237 shot<br>42 blown from guns in Lahore
}}
'''The regiment [[26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] was disarmed on 13 May 1857 at [[Mutiny at Meean Meer|Meean Meer]]. On 30 July Major Spencer was murdered and the 26th Native Infantry regiment fled south unarmed to the River Ravi. The next day they were attacked by villagers and police and 150 were killed. They retreated to an island in the river a and then surrenders surrendered to a Mr Francis Cooper, Deputy Commissioner of the Punjab, and a deatchment detachment of Sikh horse.'''They assumed they would be court martialled but were summarily executed.
== External Links ==
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
 
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