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'''This event was part of the [[Delhi Campaign]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]]''' | '''This event was part of the [[Delhi Campaign]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]]''' | ||
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| + | == Summary == | ||
| + | Following the uprisings at Meerut and elsewhere mutineers converged on Delhi. The 54th BNI were marched in to restore order but shot their officers and joined the mutiny. The sepoys then killed all the Europeans they came across. A party of officers and NCOs defended the magazine until their field guns were out of ammunition. Conductor Scully then blew up the arms store perishing in the process. The rebels took possession of the city. | ||
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| + | == Native Regiments == | ||
| + | '''In Delh'''i | ||
| + | *[[38th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|38th Bengal Native Infantry]] | ||
| + | *[[54th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|54th Bengal Native Infantry]] | ||
| + | *[[74th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|74th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br> | ||
| + | '''From Meerut''' | ||
| + | *[[11th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|11th Bengal Native Infantry]] | ||
| + | *[[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|20th Bengal Native Infantry]] | ||
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| + | == Defenders of the Magazine == | ||
| + | *Lieut Willoughby, Bengal Artillery, Deputy Commissary at Delhi - escaped to the Cashmere Gate | ||
| + | *Lieut Raynor, Ordnance Dept - escaped to Meerut | ||
| + | *Lieut Forrest, Ordnance Dept - escaped to the Cashmere Gate | ||
| + | *Conductor Buckley - escaped to Meerut | ||
| + | *Conductor Shaw | ||
| + | *Conductor Scully - killed in the explosion | ||
| + | *Sub-Conductor Crow | ||
| + | *Sergeant Edwards | ||
| + | *Sergeant Stewart | ||
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''"The Last Mughal"'' by William Dalrymple 2006 ISBN 9780747587272 10987654 | ''"The Last Mughal"'' by William Dalrymple 2006 ISBN 9780747587272 10987654 | ||
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Revision as of 17:32, 6 October 2010
| Mutiny at Delhi | ||
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| Part of Indian Mutiny | ||
| Date: | 11-16 May 1857 | |
| Location: | Delhi National Capital Region | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 28.656233°N 77.241066°E | |
| Result: | Sepoy victory | |
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| Commanders | ||
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This event was part of the Delhi Campaign during the Indian Mutiny
Contents
Summary
Following the uprisings at Meerut and elsewhere mutineers converged on Delhi. The 54th BNI were marched in to restore order but shot their officers and joined the mutiny. The sepoys then killed all the Europeans they came across. A party of officers and NCOs defended the magazine until their field guns were out of ammunition. Conductor Scully then blew up the arms store perishing in the process. The rebels took possession of the city.
Native Regiments
In Delhi
From Meerut
Defenders of the Magazine
- Lieut Willoughby, Bengal Artillery, Deputy Commissary at Delhi - escaped to the Cashmere Gate
- Lieut Raynor, Ordnance Dept - escaped to Meerut
- Lieut Forrest, Ordnance Dept - escaped to the Cashmere Gate
- Conductor Buckley - escaped to Meerut
- Conductor Shaw
- Conductor Scully - killed in the explosion
- Sub-Conductor Crow
- Sergeant Edwards
- Sergeant Stewart
European Casualties
A few mentioned in records
- Commissioner Frazer
- Assistant Commissioner Captain Douglas
- Conductor Scully
- Colonel Knyvett, 38th BNI
- Colonel Ripley, 54th BNI
- Captain Smith, 54th BNI
- Captain Burrows, 54th BNI
- Lieutenant Butler, 54th BNI
- Lieutenant Edwardes, 54th BNI
- Lieutenant Waterfield, 54th BNI
- Ensign Angelo, 54th BNI
- Captain Gordon, 74th BNI
- Lieutenant Addington, 74th BNI
- Lieutenant Reveley, 74th BNI
- Lieutenant Hyslop, 74th BNI
- Rev Mr Jennings
- Miss Jennings
- Miss Clifford
External Links
Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire
Siege of Delhi Wikipedia
Mutiny at Delhi Google Books
"Delhi, 1857" William Dalrymple's article on the massacre, originally printed in The Guardian (May 10, 2007)
Escapes from Delhi Google Books
Recommended Reading
"Indian Mutiny" by D Saul 2002 ISBN 0141005548
"The Last Mughal" by William Dalrymple 2006 ISBN 9780747587272 10987654
