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LOYALTY AND DISCONTENT IN THE MADRAS ARMY OF VELLORE MUTINY

    3 Author(s):  JADHAV NAGENDRA KRISHNA, MS PRASHANTH, ABRAHAM KULLUVATTUM

Vol -  3, Issue- 2 ,         Page(s) : 468 - 470  (2012 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH

Abstract

The nearness of the banished group of the late Tipu Sultan may likewise have added to the current of threatening vibe. Tipu Sultan`s children were detained at the Vellore stronghold since 1799. One of Tipu Sultan`s little girls was to be hitched on July 9 1806. The plotters of the mutiny amassed at the fortress under the stratagem of going to the wedding. Two hours after 12 pm, on July 10, the sepoys (warriors) encompassed the fortification and killed the greater part of the British. The agitators seized control by sunrise and raised the banner of the Mysore Sultanate over the fortress. Tipu`s second child Fateh Hyder was proclaimed King. Notwithstanding, a British officer had gotten away and cautioned the battalion in Arcot. After nine hours, the British nineteenth Light Dragoons, driven by Colonel Gillespie and the Madras Cavalry entered the stronghold through entryways that had not been completely secured by the sepoys. The staying of the Vellore Mutiny was an inevitable end product. After the episode, the detained royals were exchanged to Calcutta. The disputable intruding with social and religious traditions of the sepoys was nullified. Whipping additionally was separated with. Following the mutiny, both Cradock and Lord William Bentinck (1774-1839), Governor of Bombay, were sacked.

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