The Mutiny in Meerut and at Ambala
The mutiny at Meerut was precipitated by some foolhardy decisions on the part of the station’s commanding officers; a parade to introduce the new drill for the Enfield cartridges turned into a fiasco, leading to 90 men facing court-martial. Eighty-five were convicted and clapped in irons in a humiliated show on the parade ground. It would be here, on 10 May 1857, that the mutiny had its first violent outburst, but had the British been aware of the sentiments in the Bengal army, long foretold, never have occurred.
At Ambala, things had taken a different turn, with two regiments ready to mutiny, but neither taking the lead.
Mutiny Reflections 