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Meerut mutiny
East India Company
The Meerut mutiny was a military mutiny on 10 and 11 May 1857 in the city of Meerut in British-controlled India, the first significant armed action against British military authority which accelerated an outbreak of the Indian rebellion of 1857 and 1858. Most of the Indian native soldiers of whole city garrison, outraged by a severe punishment of their 85 other comrades, raised their weapons against the local British forces and eventually civilians in the city. The event sparked an intense impulse to the other Indian soldiers in British ranks and following rebellion spread to various regions of British-ruled India.