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== Spelling Variants == | == Spelling Variants == | ||
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Modern name: Bithur<br> | Modern name: Bithur<br> | ||
Variants: Bithoor<br> | Variants: Bithoor<br> | ||
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| + | == 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/311/mode/1up Nana Sahib (1820-59)]<br> | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5_UKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA203&dq=Bithoor&lr=&as_brr=1&ei=PfDKR_3GFYnIyATX48WxCQ#PPA204,M1 Google Books - Battle of Bithoor] | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5_UKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA203&dq=Bithoor&lr=&as_brr=1&ei=PfDKR_3GFYnIyATX48WxCQ#PPA204,M1 Google Books - Battle of Bithoor] | ||
Revision as of 14:29, 11 January 2010
| Battle of Bithur | ||
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| Part of Indian Mutiny | ||
| Date: | 16 August 1857 | |
| Location: | Bithur, Uttar Pradesh | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 26.607202°N 80.270499°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Rebel Sepoys | |
| Commanders | ||
| General Sir Henry Havelock | Nana Sahib | |
| Strength | ||
| 4,000 | ||
| Casualties | ||
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Bithur
Variants: Bithoor
Biographies
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:
Henry Havelock (1795-1857)
Nana Sahib (1820-59)
