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[[Category:Battles|Belindah, Battle of]]
'''This was the skirmish that became the battle which took Fatepuhr'''
 
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|date=12 July 1857  
|date=12 July 1857  
|location=Belindah, Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh
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|commander1=[[Henry Havelock|General Sir Henry Havelock]]
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|commander2=[[Tatya Tope]]
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== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Not found<br>
Variants: Belindah/Bolinda/Belunda<br>
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/195/mode/1up Henry Havelock (1795-1857)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/414/mode/1up Tantya Tope (1819-59)]
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=W3geAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA145&dq=Futtehpore&as_brr=0&ei=Y1xJSIy4NJPgiQHylYzlDQ#PPA145,M1 Google Books - Skirmish at Belindah]
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=W3geAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA145&dq=Futtehpore&as_brr=0&ei=Y1xJSIy4NJPgiQHylYzlDQ#PPA145,M1 Skirmish at Belindah] Google Books


== Recommended Reading ==
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by D Saul 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
[[Category:Battles|Belindah, Battle of]]
[[Category:Havelock's Campaign|Belindah, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Belindah, Battle of]]

Latest revision as of 16:44, 23 April 2011

This was the skirmish that became the battle which took Fatepuhr

Battle of Belindah
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 12 July 1857
Location: Belindah, Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 25.879807°N 80.895859°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
General Sir Henry Havelock Tatya Tope
Strength
Casualties

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Not found
Variants: Belindah/Bolinda/Belunda

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:
Henry Havelock (1795-1857)
Tantya Tope (1819-59)

External Links

Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire
Skirmish at Belindah Google Books

Recommended Reading

"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
"My Indian Mutiny Diary" by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207