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Fifth Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Petition of all the Officers of the 11th Regiment Native Infantry dated 16th July 1857

Fifth Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Petition of all the Officers of the 11th Regiment Native Infantry dated 16th July 1857

Secret Papers

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April 14, 2023 at 8:57:45 AM

National archives of India

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Fifth Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Petition of all the Officers of the 11th Regiment Native Infantry dated 16th July 1857

DELHI IN 1857 VOL. 1 ( THE TRIAL OF BAHADUR SHAH)

Foreign

July 16 , 1857

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Mutiny

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April 13, 2023 at 8:00:00 PM

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Mohammed Abdulkarim

English

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The Translation and Comment

 by 

 Mohammed Abdulkarim:

 of Original Document:



 

          To—The  Nourisher  of  the  Poor!  His  Highness  the  General 

Sabib  Bahadur  !

 

               YESTERDAY  about  noon,  Kalyan  Singh,  Corporal,  having eaten  his  dinner,  went  to  the  ramparts,  where  he  found  Mahabal  Singh,  Sepoy  of  the  2nd  Company  11th  Regiment  Native Infantry,  who  was  on  duty  at  the  time,  as  sentry  over  the  guns, asleep  at  his  post.  Seeing  this  neglect, the  Corporal  took away  the  sentry’s  musket,  and  then  wakening  him,  asked  him what  had  become  of  it.  The  sentry  replied  that  he  did  not know  who  had  taken  it  away,  The  Corporal  immediately reported  the  circumstance  to  Somair  Singh,  Subadar  Bahadur, and  agreeably  to  his  orders,  the  Sepoy  was  placed  in  arrest. To-day  all  the  officers  of  the  Regiment  assembled  as  a  Court, and  the  prisoner,  Mahabal  Singh,  appearing  before  them, acknowledged  having  been  asleep  while  on  duty  as  a  sentry. The  offence  of  the  prisoner  being  thus  astablished  by  his  own confession,  he  is  forwarded  to  Your  Highness  with  this  petition. The  punishment  which  may  be  awarded  by  Your  Highness will  be  approved  of  by  all  of  us.  The  petition  of  all  the  Commissioned  and  Non-Commissioned  Officers  of  the  [1th  Regi- ment  Native  Infantry,  stationed  at  the  Ajmir  Gate. 

Order  by  the  King 

 

           Ordered—That  your  petition,  reporting  the  offence  of Mahahal  Singh,  Sepoy,  in  going  to  sleep  while  on  duty  asa sentry,  as established  by  his  own  confession  before  the  Court and  forwarding  him  tothe  Court  of  the  Cammander-in-Chief Bahadur,  with  the  view  that  the  punishment  necessary  in  the case  might  be  awarded,  has  been  considered.  Your  Court  are therefore  directed  yourselves  to  determine  what  punishment may  be  adequate,  and  to  carry  it  out  at  once.  Your  decision will  be  approved  of.  Authenticated  by  the  King’s  Autograph cypher  in  ink.  ‘Dated  17th  July  1857”. 

Note  below the  order  “An  order  has  been  written’’, 

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