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{{Battles_Infobox
[[Category:Battles]]
|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|date=24 August 1857
|location=[[Aligarh]], Uttar Pradesh
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=27.896546,78.07366&z=14&t=h&hl=en 27.893754°N 78.068142°E] 
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=Major G.J.Montgomery
|commander2=Ghose Mahomed Khan
|strength1= 307 troops<br>Two 9 pounders<br>One 24 pounder howitzer
|strength2= 6000 mutineers
|casualties1= 
|casualties2=
}}
== 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=VfgdAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA285&dq=Indian+Mutiny&lr=&as_brr=1&ei=N_iMR4rRBoOCsgPQtbDQBQ#PPA287,M1 Google Books - Action at Allygurh 24 August 1857] - Scroll to page 286<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA25&dq=Allygurh+Gazetteer+of+The+territories+under+the+Government+of+the+East+India+Company%2BCoimbatore&ei=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA25,M1 Allygurh - Gazetteer 1857]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aligarh Wikipedia - Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh]
 
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by D Saul 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
[[Category:Battles|Allygurh August 1857, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Allygurh August 1857, Battle of]]

Latest revision as of 14:45, 5 February 2009

Battle of Allygurh August 1857
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 24 August 1857
Location: Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 27.893754°N 78.068142°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Major G.J.Montgomery Ghose Mahomed Khan
Strength
307 troops
Two 9 pounders
One 24 pounder howitzer
6000 mutineers
Casualties

External Links

The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58
Google Books - Action at Allygurh 24 August 1857 - Scroll to page 286
Allygurh - Gazetteer 1857
Wikipedia - Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh

Recommended Reading

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