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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|date=7 April 1858
|location=BhongaonBhargain, Uttar Pradesh
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=27.257438616857,79.198221270066&z=1214&t=h&hl=en 27.257438°N 616857°N 79.198221°E270066°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101024992/ Brig Thomas Seaton]
|commander2=
|strength1=
|casualties2=
}}
Also referred to as the '''Battle of Bowgong'''. The description mentions Bhargain near Kampil.
== Field Force ==
'''Artillery'''
*7th Cot 14th Btn [[Royal Artillery]]
:No 4 Field Battery
:6 European officers and 74 other ranks
:1 Native NCO and 13 syce drivers
*[[82nd Regiment of Foot|HM 82nd Regiment]] attached to artillery
:1 officer and 13 other ranks
*Ordnance
:One 24-pounder howitzer
:Two 9-pounder and two 6-pounder guns
*Total: 5 guns, 7 officers and 101 other ranks
'''European Infantry'''
*[[82nd Regiment of Foot|HM 82nd Regiment]]
:33 officers and 677 other ranks
'''Punjaub Irregular Infantry'''
*[[7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|7th Regiment]]
:6 European officers, 6 Native officers and 180 other ranks
'''Irregular Cavalry'''
*[[Alexander's Horse]]
:1 European officer, 1 Native officer and 89 other ranks
*Horsemen attached to [[7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|7th Punjaub Infantry]]
:3 Native officers and 50 other ranks
*Futtehghur Organised Police Battalion
:1 European officer, 6 Native officers, and 165 other ranks
*Total Native Cavalry: 2 European officers, 10 Native officer and 204 other ranks
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Bhargain<br>
Variants: Bhongaon/Bowgong/Bangown<br>
== 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=VqI1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA2616&dq=Brigadier+Seaton&ei=k2ZWSInPKoSgiwHyyJWJDA#PPA2617,M1 Google Books - Battle of Khankhur]
[[Image:Kampilmap.jpg|thumb|Kampil location<br>Survey map 1920-1946]]
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
[[Category:Battles|Khankhur, Battle of]][[Category:Seaton's Movable Column|Khankhur, Battle of]] ''"My [[Category:Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207|Khankhur, Battle of]]
