10 July in Hindu history
10 July 1806
10 July 1806Vellore sepoys rise
Ordered to remove caste marks and wear a new turban, sepoys at Vellore fort rise at night and kill over a hundred British soldiers before the revolt is crushed the same day.
Vellore Revolt
Fifty-one years before Meerut, Indian sepoys at Vellore rose against Company officers who had ordered them to shave, remove caste marks from the forehead and wear a new leather-cockaded turban.