Mutiny 1857 –Delhi . Battlefield visit.
Presentation
on the mutiny including pictures. The Siege and the Assault. Delhi May to
September 1857. Discussions.
Actual
battle site visit.
43
VC's were awarded in this area in 1857. If you want a specific one covered
let us know the name.
vKabul Gate - Spot where Nicholson fell./George Waller VC+
For a picture of Brigadier General John Nicholson see/click below http://www.geocities.com/rampalr1/22.jpg
EARLY MORNING WILL FACILITATE VISIT -THE MOST CONGESTED POINT
FOR OUR VISIT.
vBritish Magazine- 3 VC's.
vKashmir Gate/ Nicholson Road/ Lothian Road/ Lt. Duncan Home's feat (4 VC's) and John Divane and William Sutton VC
Click below for a picture of Bugler Robert Hawthorne VC who sounded the advance for the 52nd Oxfordshire Light Infantry into Delhi on 14th May 1857 and for a picture of Kashmir Gate as after the assault in 1857.
http://www.geocities.com/rampalr1/17.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/rampalr1/21.jpg
vPass Nicholson Cemetery /Ludlow Castle+
vJeetgarh Memorial / Bara Hindu Rao(Hospital now) The 60th R and 2GR were posted here during the seige. James Thompson, Stephen Garvin and Samuel Turner, Alfred Spencer Heathcote VC's
For a picture of Artillery at the Bara Hindu Rao (Ridge) please click below
http://www.geocities.com/rampalr1/18.jpg
Map of Delhi Assault in 1857.
http://www.geocities.com/rampalr1/23.jpg
vMosque, Flag Staff tower, Bell of Arms
,Barracks at DU+
vPass Rajpur Cemetry- Hills and Tombs 2 VC's / Harriet Tytler -Reids Lane+
For a picture of the siege train destination Delhi please click below
http://www.geocities.com/rampalr1/24.jpg
vMetcalfe house++
NO PHOTOGRAPHS – houses the Defense Science Laboratory now.
vBloody Gate -where Hodson shot the three princes.+
/Humayun’s tomb
vIndia
Gate – the memorial in honour of the Indian soldiers who died in WW I and all
Indian Soldiers memorial -AMAR JAWAN.
vBadli ki Seria and
Coronation Park where all statues of British Monarchs lie nowadays.- this can be
covered after Lunch.
Picture of Lt. General Sir Archdale Wilson who was the commander of the Delhi field force.
http://www.geocities.com/rampalr1/25.jpg
+ We do not alight either too crowded or not advisable.
Green means 60th Rifles VC
DAY 3 Meerut
Optional. Visit to Meerut, where the mutiny started in North India.
GUIDE:
Rajesh Rampal, Chartered Accountant and Author of
THE DIVINE STRANGLERS - A STORY OF THUGS AND THUGGEE SLEEMAN
http://www.geocities.com/rampalr1/divinestranglers.htm
