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[[Category:Battles|Jugdeespoore, Battle of]]
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[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Jugdeespoore, Battle of]]
|presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
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|coordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.016667,73.416667&z=12&t=h&hl=en 34.016667°N 73.416667°E]
|date= 12 August 1857
|altitude= 2,250 metres (7,500 ft)
|location=Jagdispur, Bihar
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khanspur Khanspur]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_West_Frontier_Province North West Frontier Province] (NWFP)now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.450015,81.616669&z=11&t=h&hl=en 26.450015°N 81.616669°E]  
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan Pakistan]
|result=British victory
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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101009040/ Major Vincent Eyre]
|commander2=[http://theyear1857.wordpress.com/2007/05/06/bihars-last-lion/ Koer Singh]
|strength1= 450
|strength2=
|casualties1= 
|casualties2=
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== Field Detachment ==
*[[5th Regiment of Foot|HM 5th Fusiliers]] (160 men)
*[[10th Regiment of Foot|HM 10th Foot]] (200 men)
*Sikhs (100 men)
== 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=S35CAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA545&dq=Jugdeespoor&as_brr=3&ei=Gh-GSLSaGI3wjAGhp4meCw#PPA546,M1 Google Books - Battle at Jagdispur]


== Recommended Reading ==
'''Khanspur''' was a hill station in [[Hazara District]], [[North West Frontier Province]]. It was part of the [[Ghora Dhakka]] [[cantonment]].
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
 
==Military==
A detachment of British infantry was stationed here during the summer months.
 
==Also see==
*[[Murree]]
 
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khanspur "Khanspur"], ''Wikipedia''.
 
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_251.gif Khanspur entry], V15: p245, ''Imperial Gazetteer''.
 
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160316150724/http://www.chowrangi.pk/welcome-to-khanspur.html Welcome to Khanspur] by shirazi  May 19, 2007 chowrangi.pk, now archived. Comments at the bottom include  "a place in which I spent some time in my youth. At that time i.e. 1934/1936 it was a hill station for the British Army and the families would stay here whilst their men were serving on the plains in places such as [[Risalpur]], [[Nowshera]] and [[Rawalpindi]]. I smell pine trees these days and the memory of Khanspur comes flooding back to me, a memory that is evocative of extreme, youthful pleasure pursuits". 
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130918034815/http://www.panoramio.com:80/photo/2623031  Photograph: Khanspur Church] panoramio.com, now archived. 
 
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Latest revision as of 08:04, 7 February 2018

Khanspur
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 34.016667°N 73.416667°E
Altitude: 2,250 metres (7,500 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Khanspur
State/Province: North West Frontier Province (NWFP)now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country: Pakistan
Transport links

Khanspur was a hill station in Hazara District, North West Frontier Province. It was part of the Ghora Dhakka cantonment.

Military

A detachment of British infantry was stationed here during the summer months.

Also see

External links

  • Welcome to Khanspur by shirazi May 19, 2007 chowrangi.pk, now archived. Comments at the bottom include "a place in which I spent some time in my youth. At that time i.e. 1934/1936 it was a hill station for the British Army and the families would stay here whilst their men were serving on the plains in places such as Risalpur, Nowshera and Rawalpindi. I smell pine trees these days and the memory of Khanspur comes flooding back to me, a memory that is evocative of extreme, youthful pleasure pursuits".
  • Photograph: Khanspur Church panoramio.com, now archived.