Vellore Mutiny

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historical event military mutiny uprising

The Vellore Mutiny was an 1806 uprising of Indian sepoys against British rule in the Vellore garrison, considered one of the earliest large-scale military rebellions preceding the 1857 Indian Rebellion.

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Label	Occurrences
Vellore Mutiny canonical	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ military mutiny ⓘ uprising ⓘ
authorityOpposed	British East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ British colonial rule in India ⓘ
cause	grievances of Indian sepoys against British military regulations ⓘ resentment over changes to dress code and religious practices ⓘ wider discontent with British East India Company rule ⓘ
colonialPower	United Kingdom ⓘ
combatant	British East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian sepoys ⓘ Madras Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
considered	one of the earliest large-scale military rebellions against British rule in India ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
date	10 July 1806 ⓘ
followedBy	Indian Rebellion of 1857 NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrisonType	Company army garrison ⓘ
governingEntityAtTime	British East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalCategory	19th-century rebellions in Asia ⓘ conflicts in 1806 ⓘ mutinies in India ⓘ
languageContext	took place under British military command using English as official language ⓘ
legacy	influenced British military policy towards Indian sepoys ⓘ studied as a precursor to later Indian nationalist uprisings ⓘ
location	British India NERFINISHED ⓘ Madras Presidency NERFINISHED ⓘ Vellore NERFINISHED ⓘ Vellore Fort NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	infantry ⓘ
participants	Hindu sepoys ⓘ Muslim sepoys ⓘ
partOf	history of British India ⓘ
precededBy	early resistance to British East India Company rule ⓘ
region	South India ⓘ
relatedTo	Indian Rebellion of 1857 NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian independence movement NERFINISHED ⓘ history of the Madras Army ⓘ
result	heavy casualties among Indian sepoys ⓘ reassertion of British control over Vellore garrison ⓘ suppression of the mutiny by British forces ⓘ
scale	large-scale military rebellion at a single garrison ⓘ
significance	early warning of sepoy discontent that later culminated in the 1857 rebellion ⓘ important episode in the history of Indian resistance to colonial rule ⓘ
timePeriod	early 19th century ⓘ

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Description of subject: The Vellore Mutiny was an 1806 uprising of Indian sepoys against British rule in the Vellore garrison, considered one of the earliest large-scale military rebellions preceding the 1857 Indian Rebellion.

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Vellore → historicalEvent → Vellore Mutiny ⓘ