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[[Category:Battles|Kintoor, Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Kintoor, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Kintoor, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
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|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|date=6 October 1858
|date=6 October 1858
|location=[http://ourvillageindia.org/Place.aspx?PID=562564 Kintoor, Daryabad, Uttar Pradesh]
|location=Kantur, near Bado Sarai, Daryabad, Uttar Pradesh  
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=27.01504,81.483387&z=12&t=h&hl=en approx 27.01504°N 81.483387°E]   
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=27.020635,81.485903&z=12&t=h&hl=en 27.020635°N 81.485903°E]   
  |result=British victory  
  |result=British victory  
27.020635, 81.485903
|territory=
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=Maj A.Hume
|commander1=Maj A.Hume<br> Rajah of [http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Kapurthala Kapurthala]
|commander2=
|commander2=Abson Khan<br> Mohamed Ameer Khan
|strength1=See account  
|strength1=See account  
|strength2= 3,000 infantry<br>2-300 cavalry<br>4 guns
|strength2= 3,000 infantry<br>2-300 cavalry<br>4 guns
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== Major Hume's Column ==
*150 rank & file [[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers |1st Bengal Fusiliers]]
*2nd Coy 3rd Batt Artillery (two 9-pounders)
*56 sabres [[Hodson's Horse]]
*200 sabres [[Oude Military Police Cavalry]]
*Kapurthala Contingent
:*Rajah's Artillery (five 8-pounders, three 6-pounders)
:*124 sabres Rajah's Cavalry
:*650 rank & file Rajah's Infantry
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Kantur<br>
Variants:Kintoor<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=BloPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA290&dq=Kintoor&as_brr=0#PPA290,M1 Google Books - Battle at Kintoor]
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BloPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA290&dq=Kintoor&as_brr=0#PPA290,M1 Battle at Kintoor] Google Books
 
 
== Recommended Reading ==


''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
[[Category:Battles|Kintoor, Battle of]]
[[Category:Oude Campaign|Kintoor, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Kintoor, Battle of]]

Latest revision as of 13:19, 23 August 2013

Battle of Kintoor
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 6 October 1858
Location: Kantur, near Bado Sarai, Daryabad, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 27.020635°N 81.485903°E
Result: British victory

27.020635, 81.485903

Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Maj A.Hume
Rajah of Kapurthala
Abson Khan
Mohamed Ameer Khan
Strength
See account 3,000 infantry
2-300 cavalry
4 guns
Casualties
4 wounded
1 horse killed, 7 wounded
450 killed

Major Hume's Column

  • Rajah's Artillery (five 8-pounders, three 6-pounders)
  • 124 sabres Rajah's Cavalry
  • 650 rank & file Rajah's Infantry

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Kantur
Variants:Kintoor

External Links

Battle at Kintoor Google Books