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|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] | |partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] | ||
|date=6 March 1842 | |date=20 November 1841 - 6 March 1842 | ||
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazni Ghazni, Afghanistan] | |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazni Ghazni, Afghanistan] | ||
|presidency=[[Bengal]] | |presidency=[[Bengal]] | ||
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|combatant1=British & Indians | |combatant1=British & Indians | ||
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes | |combatant2=Various Afghan tribes | ||
|commander1= | |commander1=Colonel Palmer | ||
|commander2= | |commander2=Shumshoodeen Khan | ||
|strength1= | |strength1= | ||
|strength2= | |strength2= | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id= | [http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OWUBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA426&dq=Ghuznee&ei=VVNySOX6Io7gtgOh9eW0Bg#PPA430,M1 Google Books - Siegel of Ghazni] | ||
Revision as of 17:43, 7 July 2008
| Siege of Ghazni | ||
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| Part of 1st Afghan War | ||
| Date: | 20 November 1841 - 6 March 1842 | |
| Location: | Ghazni, Afghanistan | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 33.549438°N 68.416483°E | |
| Result: | British defeat | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Various Afghan tribes | |
| Commanders | ||
| Colonel Palmer | Shumshoodeen Khan | |
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
External Links
Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War
Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan
Google Books - Siegel of Ghazni