Delhi, Meerut and Punjab

Author, Title and Publisher	Notes
Abbott, Major. Particulars of the Mutiny at Delhi on the 11th of May 1857 (likely printed privately, undated)
(Bayley). Reminiscences of School and Army Life 1839-1859. Printed for private circulation, 1875.	This spritely account of a 20-year career ends when he is wounded during the Siege of Delhi.
Barter, Richard. The Siege of Delhi: Mutiny Memories of an Old Officer. London: The Folio Society, 1984.	Served with HM’s 75th.
Becher, Augusta. Personal Reminiscences in India and Europe. Edited by H. G. Rawlinson. London: Constable and Co., 1930.	An interesting memoir of a lady in India. She experienced the mutiny in Simla.
Beresford, G. The Handbook of the Imperial City of Delhi. Calcutta: D’Rozario & Co., 1856.	The manager of the Delhi Bank, who was killed on 11 May. This is a guidebook he wrote a year before his untimely end.
Cave-Browne, Rev. J. The Punjab and Delhi in 1857. 2 vols. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861
Correspondence and copy correspondence re the claims of Inspector General of Hospitals F. C. Annesley to recognition of his services as Senior Medical Officer during the siege of Delhi, India, 1857	Wellcome Collection. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/e3hhvmkr
Cooper, Frederic. The Crisis in the Punjab: From the 10th of May until the Fall of Delhi. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1858.
Cullross, James. Missionary Martyr of Delhi: A Memoir of the Rev. John Mackay, Baptist Missionary, Who Was Killed at Delhi, May 1857. London: J. Heaton & Son, 1860
Dalrymple, William. The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857. London: Bloomsbury, 2006.
Fanshawe, H. C. Delhi Past and Present. London: John Murray, 1902.
Greathed, H. H. Letters Written During the Siege of Delhi. Edited by Elisa Greathed. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858.
Griffin, Lepel Henry. Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab. Vol. 1. Lahore: Government Printing, 1940.
Griffiths, Charles John. A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi: With an Account of the Mutiny at Ferozepore in 1857. Edited by Henry John Yonge. London: John Murray, 1910.
Handcock, Major-General A. G. The Siege of Delhi in 1857: A Short Account. Allahabad: Pioneer Press, 1897.
Harris, Major-General J. T. “China Jim”: Being Incidents and Adventures in the Life of an Indian Mutiny Veteran. London: William Heinemann, 1912.	His adventures are cut short at Delhi, he then goes hunting and eventually ends up in China. A lively book.
Hodson, W. S. R. Twelve Years of a Soldier’s Life in India: Being Extracts from the Letters of the Late Major W. S. R. Hodson. Edited by George H. Hodson. London: John W. Parker and Son, 1859.	The biography of W.S.R. Hodson was written by his brother. Hodson features heavily in the Siege of Delhi but also in later narratives, until his untimely demise in March 1858 at Lucknow.
Ireland, William Wotherspoon [“An Officer Who Served There”]. History of the Siege of Delhi. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1861.
Leasor, James. The Red Fort: An Account of the Siege of Delhi. London: Werner Laurie, 1956.
Lee-Warner, William. Memoirs of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wylie Norman. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1908.	Norman was a staff officer from the very start of the mutiny. He served at the Siege of Delhi, served with the Delhi Column, at the relief and capture of Lucknow, the Rohilkhand Campaign and later as Adjutant-General of the Oudh field force.
Llewellyn, Alexander. The Siege of Delhi. London: Macdonald and Jane’s, 1977
Mackenzie, A. R. D. Mutiny Memoirs: Being Personal Reminiscences of the Great Sepoy Revolt of 1857. Allahabad: Pioneer Press, 1892.	His adventures begin in Meerut, to Delhi and continue through the mutiny.
Mount, Ferdinand. The Tears of the Rajas: Mutiny, Money and Marriage in India 1805-1905. London: Simon & Schuster, 2015.	Although not technically a book about the mutiny, it does touch on the Metcalfe family and the famous Metcalfe House.
Murray, John. M.D.: On the Topography of Meerutt, and the Principal Diseases which Prevailed in the 1st Brigade of Horse Artillery at that Place. Calcutta: G. Huttmann, Military Orphan Press, 1839
Muter, Mrs. My Recollections of the Sepoy Revolt (1857-58) London: John Lang Ltd., 1911	Mrs Muter was in Meerut
Palmer, J.A. B. The Mutiny Outbreak at Meerut in 1857 Cambridge University Press, 1966	A detailed look at the uprising, not to be missed.
Metcalfe, Charles Theophilus, trans. Two Native Narratives of the Mutiny in Delhi. Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co., 1898.	The other side of the siege, telling of life inside the city.
Nigam, N. K. Delhi in 1857. Delhi: S. Chand, 1957.
Norman, General Sir Henry Wylie, and Mrs. Keith Young, eds. Delhi-1857: The Siege, Assault, and Capture as Given in the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Colonel Keith Young. London: W. and R. Chambers, 1902.
Peile, Agnes. History of the Delhi Massacre. Liverpool: C. Tinling, 1858.
Reid, Sir Charles. Extracts from Letters and Notes Written During the Siege of Delhi in 1857. London: Henry S. King & Co., 1858.
Rotton, John Edward Wharton. The Chaplain’s Narrative of the Siege of Delhi. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1858.	The book begins in Meerut and then through the Siege.
Shebbeare, Robert. Indian Mutiny and Beyond: The Letters of Robert Shebbeare, VC. Edited by Arthur Littlewood. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2007.	The mutiny in Ambala. Subsequently, he served at Delhi, and then later with the newly formed 15th Punjab Rifles.
Singh, Amarpal. The Siege of Delhi. Amberley Publishing, 2021
Singh, Ganda. The Indian Mutiny of 1857 and the Sikhs. Delhi: Gurduara Management Committee, 1969.
Stewart Charles, E. Through Persia in Disguise with some Reminiscences of the Indian Mutiny. London: George Rutledge & Sons, Ltd. 1911	The mutiny in the Punjab
Taylor, A. Cameron. General Sir Alexander Taylor: His Times, His Friends, and His Work. Vol. 1. London: Williams and Norgate, 1913.	The other man who engineered the Ridge and the batteries at Delhi.
Trotter, Lionel J. The Life of John Nicholson: Soldier and Administrator. London: John Murray, 1897	This gives a good overview of Nicholson’s career.
Tytler, Harriet. An Englishwoman in India: The Memoirs of Harriet Tytler, 1828–1858. Edited by Anthony Sattin. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986.	She was the only woman on the Ridge during the Siege.
Turnbull, Lt. Col. J.R. Letters Written During the Siege of Delhi. Torquay, Directory Steam Printing Works, 1876
Vibart, Edward. The Sepoy Mutiny as Seen by a Subaltern: From Delhi to Lucknow. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1898.	The escape from Delhi is vividly told.
Vibart, H.M. Richard Baird Smith: The Leader of the Delhi Heroes in 1857. Private Correspondence of the Commanding Engineer During the Siege of Delhi. Westminster: Archibald Constable & co. 1897	The man who engineered the Ridge and the batteries at Delhi. There is still some arguing whether Taylor or Baird-Smith were responsible for engineering the Ridge.
Wallace, Christopher. Rifles and Kukris, Delhi 1857. The Royal Green Jacket Museum Trust, 2007
Wagentreiber, Florence. Reminiscences of the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857. Lahore: Civil & Military Gazette Press, 1911.	The book is written by Florence but is an account of her parents’ escape from Delhi. She was present but was an infant at the time. The book is likely hearsay, based on family stories, but it is a lively read and gives an account of her mother, who was the daughter of Skinner.
Wagentreiber, George. The Indian Mutiny to the Fall of Delhi. London: G. Routledge & Co., 1857.	Florence’s father.
Walker, Thomas Nicholls. Through the Mutiny: Reminiscences of Thirty Years’ Active Service and Sport in India, 1854–1884. London: Gibbings & Co., 1907.	From the mutiny at Ambala to the Siege of Delhi. He also served in the Rohilkhand Campaign.
Yadav, K. C. The Revolt of 1857 in Haryana. New Delhi: Manohar Book Service, 1977

Articles

• Chhina, Rana T. S. “Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel Hedayat Ali – Some Further Details.” Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research 80, no. 323 (Autumn 2002): 221–28. jstor.org.
• Gajrani, Shiv. “The Sikhs: The Revolt of 1857 in Punjab.” Proceedings of the Indian History Congress 61 (2000): 679–85
• Mukherjee, Paresh Nath. “Bulandshahr in 1857 Rising.” Proceedings of the Indian History Congress 21 (1958): 496–500

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