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{{Battles_Infobox | |||
|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]] | |||
|date=17 April 1857 | |||
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohtak Rohtak, Haryana] | |||
|presidency=[[Bengal]] | |||
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=28.886422,76.589332&z=10&t=h&hl=en 28.886422°N 76.58933°E] | |||
|result=British victory | |||
|territory= | |||
||combatant1=[[East India Company]]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodson%27s_Horse Hodson's Horse] | |||
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys | |||
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stephen_Raikes_Hodson Lieut William Hodson] | |||
|commander2=Babar Khan | |||
|strength1= 233 Hodson's Horse<br>103 Guide Cavalry<br>25 Jhind horsemen with 6 European officers | |||
|strength2= 300 horsenmen<br>900 matchlockmen | |||
|casualties1= | |||
|casualties2= | |||
}} | |||
== External Links == | |||
[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=vJ4HFt5S8CcC&pg=PA153&dq=Rohtak+1857&as_brr=3&ei=pCrRSKyEA4HwjgHX4eHmAw&sig=ACfU3U3aB9oojWlaXJeHhLh04H4PCeo5Jw#PPA152,M1 Google Books - Action at Rohtak] | |||
== Recommended Reading == | |||
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by D Saul 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>''"The Last Mughal"'' by William Dalrymple 2006 ISBN 9780747587272 10987654 | |||
Revision as of 16:31, 17 September 2008
| Battle of Rohtak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of Indian Mutiny | ||
| Date: | 17 April 1857 | |
| Location: | Rohtak, Haryana | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 28.886422°N 76.58933°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company Hodson's Horse |
Rebel Sepoys | |
| Commanders | ||
| Lieut William Hodson | Babar Khan | |
| Strength | ||
| 233 Hodson's Horse 103 Guide Cavalry 25 Jhind horsemen with 6 European officers |
300 horsenmen 900 matchlockmen | |
| Casualties | ||
External Links
The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58
Google Books - Action at Rohtak
Recommended Reading
"Indian Mutiny" by D Saul 2002 ISBN 0141005548
"The Last Mughal" by William Dalrymple 2006 ISBN 9780747587272 10987654