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Latest revision as of 19:19, 15 November 2009

Battle of Kineyri
Part of 2nd Sikh War
Date: 18 June 1848
Location: Kineri, Shujaabad, Punjab
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 29.873527°N 71.235115°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Sikh Empire
Commanders
Lieut Herbert Edwardes
Gen Henry Van Cortlandt
Dewan Mulraj
Strength
Casualties

Other accounts describe the battle on that day as at Noonaree 5 miles from Shujaabad

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Kineri
Variants: Kineyri

External Links

Sikhiwiki - 2nd Anglo-Sikh War
Wikipedia - 2nd Sikh War
Google Books - Battle at Noonaree
Google Books - Major Edwardes Memoirs