Question

Give an estimation of Revolt at Vellore (1806).

Answer 1

1. General Gillespie from Arcot along with the captain's young cavalry commander crushed the revolt. Nearly eight hundred soldiers were found dead. The organising part of the revolt was done perfectly by the subedars of the 1st battalion of the 1st regiment and the 2nd battalion of the 23rd Regiment.
2. The Vellore revolt failed because there was no immediate help from outside.
3. It was the 1st open uprising of the Indian soldiers under the British army.
4. This revolt was not confined to Vellore Fort alone but echoed outside regions also.
5. Vellore Revolt had all the forebodings of the Great Rebellion of 1857.
6. This was also called Vellore mutiny as it arose only from the soldiers.