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Revision as of 18:17, 1 June 2008

Arrah House
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 26 July-3 August 1857
Location: Arrah, Bhojpur, Bihar
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 25.559827°N 84.667483°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Mr Herwald Wake
Major Vincent Eyre
Koer Singh
Strength
8 Europeans
60 Sikhs of Rattray's Police Battalion
2,000 Sepoys
Casualties

External Links

The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58
Archive.org - Siege of Arrah
Google Books - Relief of Arrah

Recommended Reading

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

Arrah Location
Survey 1920-1946