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Battle of Goruckpore
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: March 1858
Location: Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 26.756411°N 83.373643°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Colonel Rowcroft Nazim Mahomed Hussein
Rajah of Gonda
Rajah of Churdah
Mehndee Ali Hussein
Strength
1,300+ 12,000
Casualties

HEIC Force

  • 200 Naval Brigade under Capt Sotheby RN
  • 200 Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry
  • 900 Goorkhas
  • a few Sikhs
  • 4 guns