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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|date=14 March 1858
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucknow Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.857839,80.939644&z=16&t=h&hl=en 80.9345978°N 80.9345978°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101010095/ Brig Gen Thomas Franks]
|commander2=[[Nana Sahib]]
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
'''This was part of the [[Events at Lucknow]] in the [[Oude Campaign]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]]'''
== Summary ==
[[Colin Campbell]] leading the Army of Oude returned to recapture Lucknow. A major action took place at the Hah Najaf Imambara.
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire website<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Lucknow Capture of Lucknow] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wRENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA672&dq=Imambara+Lucknow&as_brr=3&ei=4dCASN3-G4_-jgHj-JijBw#PPA672,M1 Attack on the Imambara] Google Books<br>
[http://www.bharatonline.com/uttar-pradesh/travel/lucknow/shah-najaf.html Shah Najaf Imambara Mosque] Bharatonline.com
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
[[Category:Battles|Imambara, Battle of]]
[[Category:Events at Lucknow|Imambara, Battle of]]
[[Category:Shannon's Naval Brigade|Imambara, Battle of]]
[[Category:Oude Campaign|Imambara, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Imambara, Battle of]]
