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[[Category:Battles|Benares, Battle of]]
== Recommended Reading ==[[Category:Mutinies|Mutiny at Benares]][[Category:Havelock''"Indian s Campaign|Benares, Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>at]]''"My [[Category:Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207|Benares, Mutiny at]]
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|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|date=3 June 1857
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varanasi Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh[Benares]] |presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=25.282009,82.956336&z=12&t=h&hl=en 25.282009°N 82.956336°E]
|result= Suppression of mutiny
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=Brig Ponsonby<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_George_Smith_Neill [James Neill|Lieut Col James Neill]]
|commander2=
|strength1= [[10th Regiment of Foot]] (150 men)<br>[[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers]]<br>No 12 Field Artillery (30 men & 3 guns)|strength2= [[37th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|37th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>[[15th (Ludhiana) Regiment of Sikh Infantry|Regiment of Sikh Infantry]]<br>[[13th Irregular Cavalry]]
|casualties1=
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[[Image:Benares.jpg|thumb|Benares Map 1933]]
== Summary ==
News of the [[Mutiny at Azimguhr]] reached [[Benares]] and it was decided that the [[37th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|37th Bengal Native Infantry]] should be disarmed. [[James Neill|Lieut Col James Neill]] had arrived from [[Madras]] with the [[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|1st Madras European Regiment]] and insisted that this should be done at once. When called on parade some of the 37th came with arms and fired at their officers. The [[15th (Ludhiana) Regiment of Sikh Infantry|Sikh Infantry]], thought to be loyal, also turned on the Europeans as did the Irregular Cavalry. Neill drove the rebels from their lines and withdrew into barracks for the night. Next day he consolidated his position and secured the treasury. The 37th fled from the cantonments during which about 100 were killed and 200 wounded. Further reinforcements ensured the safety of the Europeans and in subsequent days Neill carried out numerous hangings of suspected rebels as a deterrent.
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Varanasi<br>
Variants: Benares<br>
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/314/mode/1up James Neill (1810-1857)]<br>
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]The British Empire website<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IzQoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA154&dq=Benares+Neill&as_brr=3&ei=xgKLSYi_A5vWzAS-s_y5BQ#PPA154,M1 Mutiny at Benares] Google Books <br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XEEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA49&dq=Benares&as_brr=3&ei=z6DVSvjlLam- Mutiny zAS7m6SlCw#v=onepage&q&f=false Uprising at Benares]Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7JjBbZwtikwC&pg=PA51&dq=Indian+Mutiny+1857+Peel&hl=en&ei=-ZItTNWSGteUsQbD84i2Ag&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFgQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q&f=false VCs won on 4 June] Google Books<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Gill_(VC) Sgt-Maj Peter Gill VC] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirk_(VC) Pte John Kirk VC] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Rosamund Sgt-Maj Matthew Rosamund VC] Wikipedia<br>
