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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|date=13 May and 30 July 1857
|location=Mian Mir, [[Lahore]], Punjab
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.560004,74.35&z=11&t=h&hl=en 31.560004°N 74.35°E]
|result=Mutiny
|territory=
||combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel sepoys
|commander1=
|commander2=
|strength1= [[81st Regiment of Foot|HM 81st Regiment]] (300 men)<br>Two troops of Horse Artillery (12 guns)
|strength2= [[16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|16th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>[[16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|26th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>[[49th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|49th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>[[8th Bengal Light Cavalry|8th Light Cavalry]]<br>Total 3,500 men
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
'''The regiments were disarmed on 13 May 1857 at Meean Meer. On 30 July Major Spencer was murdered and the 26th Native Infantry fled south to the River Ravi. The next day they were annihilated at the [[Massacre of Ajnala]].'''
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=i0EoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Meean+Meer&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=UMvVSr3DLJPoMIvqyYQF#v=onepage&q=Meean%20Meer&f=false Mutiny at Meean Meer] Google Books
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
[[Category:Battles|Meean Meer, Mutiny at]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Meean Meer, Mutiny at]]
|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|date=13 May and 30 July 1857
|location=Mian Mir, [[Lahore]], Punjab
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.560004,74.35&z=11&t=h&hl=en 31.560004°N 74.35°E]
|result=Mutiny
|territory=
||combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel sepoys
|commander1=
|commander2=
|strength1= [[81st Regiment of Foot|HM 81st Regiment]] (300 men)<br>Two troops of Horse Artillery (12 guns)
|strength2= [[16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|16th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>[[16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|26th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>[[49th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|49th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>[[8th Bengal Light Cavalry|8th Light Cavalry]]<br>Total 3,500 men
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
'''The regiments were disarmed on 13 May 1857 at Meean Meer. On 30 July Major Spencer was murdered and the 26th Native Infantry fled south to the River Ravi. The next day they were annihilated at the [[Massacre of Ajnala]].'''
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=i0EoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Meean+Meer&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=UMvVSr3DLJPoMIvqyYQF#v=onepage&q=Meean%20Meer&f=false Mutiny at Meean Meer] Google Books
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
[[Category:Battles|Meean Meer, Mutiny at]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Meean Meer, Mutiny at]]
