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[[Category:Battles|Phoolpore, Battle of]]
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|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]|date=20 february February 1858|location= On the Gogra River between Barhaj and Phulpur 8 km east of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanda,_Rampur Tanda], [[Uttar Pradesh]]|presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]] |co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.541208,82.71404&z=11&t=h&hl=en 26.541208°N 82.71404°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepoy Rebel Sepoys]
|commander1=Col Francis Rowcroft|commander2=Gholam Hossein<br>Ali Hyder|strength1= 1,534|strength2= 2,000-2,500
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
'''This was one of the events of the [[Trans-Gogra Campaign]]'''
== Field Detachment ==
*190 [[Pearl's Naval Brigade]] with 4 guns
*44 Sikhs
*1,300 Gurkhas with 6 guns
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Phulpur<br>
Variants: Phoolpore
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hsVGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA123&dq=Phoolpore%2B1858&as_brr=3&ei=Q4LGSM36A4v-jgHoqrTrDQ#PPA123,M1 Battle of Phoolpore] Google Books [[Category:Battles|Phoolpore, Battle of]][[Category:Trans- Gogra Campaign|Phoolpore, Battle of]][[Category:Pearl's Naval Brigade|Phoolpore, Battle of ]][[Category:Indian Mutiny|Phoolpore, Battle of]]
