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'''The regiment was disarmed on 13 May 1857 at Meean Meer. On 30 July Major Spencer was murdered and the 26th Native Infantry fled south unarmed to the River Ravi. The next day they were attacked by villagers and police and 150 were killed. They retreated to an island in the river a and then surrenders surrendered to a Mr Francis Cooper, Deputy Commissioner of the Punjab, and a deatchment detachment of Sikh horseThey assumed they would be court martialled but were summarily executed.'''
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|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|date=30 July and 1 August 1857
|location=Ajnala, near Balghat, Punjab <br>19 miles from Lahore
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.56000440254,74.35074546&z=11&t=h&hl=en approx 31.560004°N 40254°N 74.35°E074546°E]
|result=Destruction of regiment
|territory=
|commander2=
|strength1=80 Sikh horse
|strength2=[[26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|26th Bengal Native Infantry]]500+
|casualties1= None
|casualties2= 150 killed by villagers & police<br>35 drowned<br>45 died in gaol<br>237 shot<br>42 blown from guns in Lahore
}}
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