An information plaque at the Shaheed Smarak (lit. Martyr's Memorial Meerut) situated in Meerut containing the names of the 85 soldiers of the 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry who, in May 1857, refused to use the tallow-greased cartridges for the then new Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle and were subsequently court-martialled; sparking off the 1857 First War of Indian Independence.