The Sepoy Mutiny was a violent and very bloody uprising against British rule in India in 1857. It is also known by other names: the Indian Mutiny, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, or the Indian Revolt of 1857. Begun in Meerut by Indian troops (sepoys) in the service of the British East India Company, it spread to Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, and Lucknow. Mutiny Memoirs by A. R. D. Mackenzie is a rare eyewitness account of the great Indian Mutiny such as it appeared to the eyes of a young Subaltern Officer of Native Cavalry, who was engaged in its suppression.