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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>
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[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]
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[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 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
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[[Category:Battles|Belindah, Battle of]]
 
[[Category:Battles|Belindah, Battle of]]
 
[[Category:Havelock's Campaign|Belindah, Battle of]]
 
[[Category:Havelock's Campaign|Belindah, Battle of]]
 
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Belindah, Battle of]]
 
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Belindah, Battle of]]

Revision as of 17:31, 22 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 Tantya 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