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[[Category:Battles|Cheekawutne, Serai of]]
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|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|date=23 August 1857  
|date=23 August 1857  
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichawatni Chichwatni, Punjab]  
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichawatni Chichawatni, Punjab]  
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=30.537847,72.690876&z=12&t=h&hl=en30.537847°N 72.690876°E]   
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=30.537847,72.690876&z=12&t=h&hl=en 30.537847°N 72.690876°E]   
|result=British victory  
|result=British victory  
|territory=
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=Maj Crawford Chamberlain
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101032348/ Maj Crawford Chamberlain]
|commander2=
|commander2=
|strength1=  
|strength1=  
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|casualties2=  
}}
}}
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name:Chichawatni<br>
Variants: Cheekawutne/Cheechawutnee<br>
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pkEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA206&dq=Cheechawutnee&as_brr=3&ei=VRwbSYeWG6XmtgP_mdTyCw#PPA206,M1 Google Books - Siege at Chichawatni]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA198&dq=Cheechawutnee=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA198,M1 Cheechawutnee - Gazetteer 1857]
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pkEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA206&dq=Cheechawutnee&as_brr=3&ei=VRwbSYeWG6XmtgP_mdTyCw#PPA206,M1 Google Books - Siege at Chichawatni]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA198&dq=Cheechawutnee=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA198,M1 Cheechawutnee - Gazetteer 1857]
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''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 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:Indian Mutiny]]
[[Category:Battles|Cheekawutne, Serai of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Cheekawutne, Serai of]]

Latest revision as of 13:34, 10 October 2009

Battle of Cheekawutne
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 23 August 1857
Location: Chichawatni, Punjab
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 30.537847°N 72.690876°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Maj Crawford Chamberlain
Strength
Casualties

Spelling Variants

Modern name:Chichawatni
Variants: Cheekawutne/Cheechawutnee

External Links

The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58
Google Books - Siege at Chichawatni
Cheechawutnee - Gazetteer 1857

Recommended Reading

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