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Modern name:Charikar<br>
Variants: Chareekar<br>
== Codrington's Memorial ==
Captain Christopher CODRINGTON - 49th N.I. - Aged 34. Son of Christopher and Martha. Husband of Julia Webber. Killed in action during the defence of Charikar, Kohistan 5th November 1841, while commanding the 4th (Gurkha) Infantry, Shah Shuja's Army.
Memorial at Christ Church, Cheltenham - "Sacred to the memory of Christopher Codrington, Capt. in the Bengal Army and Commandant of the Goorkha Regt of Shah Shooja's contingent, who fell at Chareekar in Afghanistan, whilst defending his post against an overwhelming force of the enemy, Nov. 5th 1841, aged 34 years.<br>"http://glosters.tripod.com/FAfghan.htm
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bv4hzxpo424C&pg=PA204&dq=Charikar+1841&as_brr=3&cd=8#v=onepage&q=Charikar%201841&f=false Siege of Charikar] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Eiduxo3wZEQC&pg=PA1&dq=Narrative%20of%20Moteram%20Singh&cd=2#v=onepage&q=Narrative%20of%20Moteram%20Singh&f=false Narrative of Havildar Moteram Singh] Google Books
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://www.archive.org/stream/kabulinsurrecti00eyregoog#page/n150/mode/2up ''The Kabul insurrection of 1841-42'' - The Attack on Charikar] by Maj-Gen Sir Vincent Eyre 1879 (Archive.org)<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uXYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA103&dq=A+journal+of+the+disasters+in+Affghanistan+Pottinger+Haughton+Kohistan&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''A journal of the disasters in Affghanistan, 1841-2'' - Lady Sale's Account of Charikar] by Lady Florentia Sale 1844 (Google Books)
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[[Category:Battles|Charikar, Siege of]]
[[Category:Kabul Uprising|Charikar, Siege of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Charikar, Siege of]]
