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== Recommended Reading == | == Recommended Reading == | ||
| − | 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:Mutiny category on right hand side of shop page for further suggestions). | + | 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 Mughal : the fall of a dynasty, Delhi, 1857'' by William Dalrymple. (London: Bloomsbury, 2006) | * ''The last Mughal : the fall of a dynasty, Delhi, 1857'' by William Dalrymple. (London: Bloomsbury, 2006) | ||
Revision as of 16:31, 18 April 2010
| Mutiny at Meerut | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of Indian Mutiny | ||
| Date: | 10 May 1857 | |
| Location: | Meerut, Uttar Pradesh | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 28.991462°N 77.7032636°E | |
| Result: | Sepoy uprising | |
| Combatants | ||
| 60th Rifles (1,000) 6th Dragoon Guards (600) One troop of Horse Artillery Artillery Recruits (500) |
3rd Bengal Light Cavalry 11th Bengal Native Infantry 20th Bengal Native Infantry | |
| Commanders | ||
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
External Links
Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire
Outbreak of Rebellion Wikipedia
Uprising at Meerut Google Books
Recommended Reading
The following books are reviewed in FIBIS Military Reading List and can be purchased through the FIBIS online shop. (See also Military:The Mutiny category on right hand side of shop page for further suggestions).
- The last Mughal : the fall of a dynasty, Delhi, 1857 by William Dalrymple. (London: Bloomsbury, 2006)
- 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 in India 1857-58 by Rosie Llewellyn-Jones.(Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2007) )
