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|location=Sundarpur on the Gogra River opposite Baghar, [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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'''This was one of the events of the [[Trans-Gogra Campaign]]'''
== Field Detachment ==
*130 [[Pearl's Naval Brigade]]
*35 Sikhs
*60 Gurkhas


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[[Category:Battles|Chandeepore, Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Chandeepore, Battle of]]
[[Category:Trans-Gogra Campaign|Chandeepore, Battle of]]
[[Category:Trans-Gogra Campaign|Chandeepore, Battle of]]
[[Category:Pearl's Naval Brigade|Chandeepore, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Chandeepore, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Chandeepore, Battle of]]

Latest revision as of 18:07, 4 May 2016

Battle of Chandeepore
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 17 February 1858
Location: Sundarpur on the Gogra River opposite Baghar, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 26.364627°N 83.05137°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Col Rowcroft
Capt Edward Sotheby RN
Strength
Casualties

This was one of the events of the Trans-Gogra Campaign

Field Detachment

Spelling Variants

Modern Name: Sundarpur
Variants: Chandeepore/Chanderpore/Chunderpoor

External Links

Battle of Chandeepore Google Books
Capture of Chanderpore Google Books