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| | #REDIRECT [[Siege of Arrah]] |
| |partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
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| |date=30 July & 3 August 1857
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| |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrah Arrah, Bhojpur, Bihar]
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| |presidency=[[Bengal]]
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| |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=25.559828,84.667483&z=11&t=h&hl=en 25.559827°N 84.667483°E]
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| |result=British victory
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| |territory=
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| |combatant1=[[East India Company]]
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| |combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
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| |commander1=Major Vincent Eyre
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| |strength1=
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| |casualties1=
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| == External Links ==
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| [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=wRENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA645&dq=Arrah&as_brr=1&ei=sQSaR9zhH6DQiQG8oP3FAQ#PPA646,M1 Google Books - Relief of Arrah] | |
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| == Recommended Reading ==
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| ''"Indian Mutiny"'' by D Saul 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
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| ''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
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| [[Image:Arrahmap.jpg|thumb|Arrah Location<br>Survey 1920-1946]]
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