Meerut is where the Sepoy Mutiny begins. The first of these was Barrackpore Mutiny of 1824, led by Sepoy Bindee Tiwary. There were also Indian Sepoy troops garrisoned at Singapore by the British. He wrote of an incident during the Sepoy Rebellion in 1857. John Lawrence was in Rawalpindi when he received news of a sepoy uprising in Meerut. As a young, war-decorated sepoy, he earned respect from fellow soldiers in his battalion. Lawrence structured the regiment to include two battalions, one European and one "Sepoy" (Indian). The term "sepoy" was used to describe Indian military militia. Sepoy Karam Singh was also awarded the Military Medal. His whole army amounted to 1,100 Europeans and 2,100 sepoy troops, with nine field-pieces. Several British were convinced that the sepoy insurgents had blown British women from guns. He left Pondicherry, for Tanjore and joined the Tanjorean army as a "sepoy" (foot soldier). A sepoy does not wear any rank insignia on his uniform. These "Sepoy" Indians still have descendants in the town today. Simmerson is first shown having ordered the flogging of a sepoy.