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85 troopers of the 3rd Light Cavalry refused to accept their cartridges, were court martialled, sentenced and sent to the common jail in [[Meerut]]. The following day sepoys of the 11th & 20th Native Infantry stormed the jail and released the troopers and 1200 other prisoners. Colonel Finnis of the 11th BNI was shot on the parade ground, the bungalows of the European officers were set on fire and many of their families murdered. The 2,200 European troops were not used to oppose the mutineers who marched away to join the regiments in Delhi. Major-General W.H.Hewitt was removed from his command of the Meerut Division.

A few mentioned in records<br /><div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">'''[[3rd Bengal Light Cavalry]]'''*Colonel Finnis, Lieutenant C I E Macnabb*Veterinary Surgeon Phillips*Veterinary Surgeon Dawson<br />'''[[11th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|11th Bengal Native Infantry]]'''*Captain & Mrs Macdonald, Lt-Colonel J Finnis<br /> '''[[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|20th Bengal Native Infantry]]'''*Captain J H Taylor, [[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|20th Bengal Native Infantry]]*Captain & Mrs D Macdonald*Lieutenant D Henderson, *Lieutenant W Pattle<br /> '''[[20th Regiment of Bengal Native InfantryHorse Artillery|20th Bengal Native InfantryHorse Artillery]]'''*Gunner Donohoe*Lieutenant Macnabb, [[3rd Bengal Light Cavalry]]Gunner Conolly*Gunner Benson*Lieutenant Pattle, Gunner Cairns<br /> '''[[20th 60th Regiment of Bengal Native InfantryFoot|20th Bengal Native Infantry60th Rifles]]'''*Mr Tregear, Educational ServiceCorporal & Mrs Mortimer*Messrs Phillips and Dawson, Veterinary SurgeonsCorporal & Mrs Edwardes*Captain Fraser, Corporal & Mrs Fitzpatrick<br /> '''[[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]'''*Mrs Dawson and childrenCaptain Fraser<br />  

== External Links == Historical books online ====*[httphttps://wwwarchive.britishempireorg/details/cu31924024080719/page/n8 ''The Chaplain's Narrative of the Siege of Delhi : from the Outbreak at Meerut to the Capture of Delhi''] by John Edward Wharton Rotton, one of the Chaplains of Meerut and Chaplain to the Delhi Field Force.co1858 Archive.ukorg*''Service and Adventure with the Khakee Ressalah; or, Meerut Volunteer Horse, during the Mutinies of 1857-58'' by Robert Henry Wallace Dunlop BCS 1858**[http:/forces/armycampaignsbooks.google.com/indiancampaignsbooks?id=iw4NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA31&dq=Meerut+Light+Horse&hl=en&ei=rRMzTcTYIcyxhAemntCwCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Meerut%20Light%20Horse&f=false Gungapershad's account]**[http:/mutiny/mutinybooks.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58google.com/books?id=iw4NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA34&dq=Meerut+Light+Horse&hl=en&ei=rRMzTcTYIcyxhAemntCwCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Meerut%20Light%20Horse&f=false List of Europeans murdered on 10 May] The British EmpireGoogle Books<br>*''The Indian Empire Vol II by R Montgomery Martin'' [http://en.wikipediaarchive.org/wikistream/Siege_of_Delhiindianempirehist02mart#Outbreak_of_the_Rebellion Outbreak of Rebellionpage/142/mode/2up Meerut 22 April to 11 May] Wikipedia (archive.org)<br>*''The History of the Indian Revolt 1859 '' [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IzQoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA51&dq=Meerut+1857&as_brr=3&ei=wFctSfe6FI_QkwTrkMnsAQ Uprising at Meerut] (Google Books)<br>*''The Indian Mutiny 1857-58 '' [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BQ_qW5Sg6k4C&pg=PA227&dq=The+Indian+Mutiny+1857-58&hl=en&ei=WLQsTKKsDYzbsAaB74XSAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Platt&f=false Events at Meerut] (Google Books)<br>*''Narrative of the Indian Mutinies of 1857 '' [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XEEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA10&dq=Mutineers+Delhi+Meerut&as_brr=3&ei=z6DVSvjlLam-zAS7m6SlCw#v=onepage&q&f=false Mutiny at Meerut] (Google Books)*[https://archive.org/details/thelastmughalthefallofadynastydelhi18572008vintagebooks_201910 ''The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857''] by William Dalrymple 2006 Archive.org.

The following books are reviewed in [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Military_reading_list FIBIS Military Reading List] and can be purchased through the [http://shop.fibis.org/amazon.htm FIBIS online shop]. (See also ''Military:The Mutiny'' category on right hand side of shop page for further suggestions).

* ''The last Last Mughal : the fall Fall of a dynastyDynasty, Delhi, 1857'' by William Dalrymple. (London: Bloomsbury, 2006) . Available online, refer above. * ''The Indian Mutiny : 1857'' by David Saul. (London: Viking, 2002)* ''The Indian Mutiny 1857-58'' by Gregory Fremont-Barnes (Oxford: Osprey, 2007.) * ''The great uprising Great Uprising in India 1857-58'' by Rosie Llewellyn-Jones.(Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2007) )