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[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire website<br>
 
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm 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=IzQoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA154&dq=Benares+Neill&as_brr=3&ei=xgKLSYi_A5vWzAS-s_y5BQ#PPA154,M1 Mutiny at Benares] Google Books<br>
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[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XEEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA49&dq=Benares&as_brr=3&ei=z6DVSvjlLam-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://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/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/John_Kirk_(VC) Pte John Kirk VC] Wikipedia<br>
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Rosamund Sgt-Maj Matthew Rosamund VC] Wikipedia<br>
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Rosamund Sgt-Maj Matthew Rosamund VC] Wikipedia<br>
 
== Recommended Reading ==
 
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
 
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
 
  
  

Revision as of 17:45, 30 October 2010

Mutiny at Benares
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 3 June 1857
Location: Benares
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 25.282009°N 82.956336°E
Result: Suppression of mutiny
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Brig Ponsonby
Lieut Col James Neill
Strength
10th Regiment of Foot (150 men)
1st Madras (European) Fusiliers
No 12 Field Artillery (30 men & 3 guns)
37th Bengal Native Infantry
Regiment of Sikh Infantry
13th Irregular Cavalry
Casualties
Benares Map 1933

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Varanasi
Variants: Benares

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:
James Neill (1810-1857)

External Links

Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire website
Mutiny at Benares Google Books
Uprising at Benares Google Books
VCs won on 4 June Google Books
Sgt-Maj Peter Gill VC Wikipedia
Pte John Kirk VC Wikipedia
Sgt-Maj Matthew Rosamund VC Wikipedia