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|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Delhi#Capture_of_Delhi_by_the_Rebels Wikipedia - Siege of Delhi]
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Delhi#Capture_of_Delhi_by_the_Rebels Wikipedia - Siege of Delhi]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fMNGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA52&dq=Eedgah+Battery&ei=_GViSP-aDoT6sQP-voDQBQ#PPA52,M1 Google Books - Attack on Idgah Battery]


== Recommended Reading ==
== Recommended Reading ==

Revision as of 15:42, 25 June 2008


Siege of Delhi 1857 - Idgah Battery
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 17 June 1857
Location: Idgah Battery, Red Fort, Delhi
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 28.656233°N 77.241066°E
Result: Successsful British attack
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Col Henry Tombs
Strength
Casualties

External Links

The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58
Wikipedia - Siege of Delhi
Google Books - Attack on Idgah Battery

Recommended Reading

"Indian Mutiny" by D Saul 2002 ISBN 0141005548
"The Last Mughal" by William Dalrymple 2006 ISBN 9780747587272 10987654

Red Fort Plan 1906