That court, "from the evidence before them, are of opinion that the Sikhs and Mussulmans of the Thirty-fourth Regiment of Native Infantry are trustworthy soldiers of the State, but that the Hindoos generally of that corps are not trustworthy."

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the report of a Court of Inquiry, which sat upon the disturbance at Barrackpore. #1857_Mutiny

(Cawnpore - The Station, The Outbreak, The Siege, The Treachery, The Massacre - by G.O. Trevelyan)

While at one end of Northern India stout Sir John was fighting his province in the interests of the general weal; denuding himself of British soldiers, and committing his existence and reputation to the faith of Sikh allies....

(Cawnpore - The Station, The Outbreak, The Siege..)

another gem:

Then came the Highlanders, and the bulk of the artillery; followed by the Sixty-fourth, the Eighty-fourth, and the Sikh battalion. For some time the mutineers seemed to be unconscious of what was going on...

#1857_Mutiny (Cawnpore - The Station, The Outbreak.....)

one more:

The rocks coated with frequent films of lead, and the wreck of a small temple, testify that this is the famous post, known in military history as the "Sammy-house picket," which Briton, and Sikh, and Ghoorka, fighting shoulder to shoulder.

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