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Who entered the unarmed fort and attacked the mutineers?

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Major Coots
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General Gillesby
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William Bentick
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Lord Wellesley
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The correct option is B General Gillesby
General Gillesby, with a huge army and entered the unarmed fort and attacked the mutineers. More than 800 sepoys were shot dead and some of them were hanged to death. Thus, the uprising was brought to and end by General Gillesby. Vellore was brought under the control of the English.

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