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[[Image:Amorahmap.jpg|thumb|300px|Amorah Location, Survey 1920-1946]]
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'''This was one of the events of the [[Trans-Gogra Campaign]]'''
== Location ==
== Location ==
The account describes this action taking place at Jamoulee a few miles from Amorha.
The account describes this action taking place at Jamoulee a few miles from Amorha.
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[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA32&dq=Amorah+Gazetteer+of+The+territories+under+the+Government+of+the+East+India+Company%2BCoimbatore&ei=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA32,M1 Amorah - Gazetteer 1857]
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Latest revision as of 14:21, 21 August 2010

Battle of Amorah 25 April 1858
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 25 April 1858
Location: Amorah, Fyzabad, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: approx 26.770762°N 82.381910°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Col Francis Rowcroft
Captain E. S. Sotheby RN
Strength
4,000
4 guns
Casualties
Amorah Location, Survey 1920-1946

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

Location

The account describes this action taking place at Jamoulee a few miles from Amorha.

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Amorha
Variants: Amorah

Recommended Reading

"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
"My Indian Mutiny Diary" by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207

External Links

The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58
Google Books - Battle of Amorah
Amorah - Gazetteer 1857