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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|date=27 February 1857
|location=[[Berhampore]], West Bengal
|presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=24.1,88.25&z=11&t=h&hl=en 24.1°N 88.25°E]
|result=34th BNI disbanded
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=Lt-Col Mitchell
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Summary ==
The [[19th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] refused to receive percussion caps due to fears about new greased cartridges until confronted by cavalry and artillery. A court of inquiry censured Colonel Mitchell and ordered the disbandment of the regiment. They were marched to [[Barrackpore]] and disbanded on 31 March.
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XEEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA2&dq=Mutineers+Delhi+Meerut&as_brr=3&ei=z6DVSvjlLam-zAS7m6SlCw#v=onepage&q&f=false Mutiny at Berhampore] Google Books<br>
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Mutiny at Berhampore]]
[[Category:Mutinies]]
|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|date=27 February 1857
|location=[[Berhampore]], West Bengal
|presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=24.1,88.25&z=11&t=h&hl=en 24.1°N 88.25°E]
|result=34th BNI disbanded
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=Lt-Col Mitchell
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Summary ==
The [[19th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] refused to receive percussion caps due to fears about new greased cartridges until confronted by cavalry and artillery. A court of inquiry censured Colonel Mitchell and ordered the disbandment of the regiment. They were marched to [[Barrackpore]] and disbanded on 31 March.
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XEEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA2&dq=Mutineers+Delhi+Meerut&as_brr=3&ei=z6DVSvjlLam-zAS7m6SlCw#v=onepage&q&f=false Mutiny at Berhampore] Google Books<br>
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Mutiny at Berhampore]]
[[Category:Mutinies]]
