Lucknow

Lucknow
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates:	26.812800°N, 80.901300°E
Altitude:	123 m (404 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name:	Lucknow
State/Province:	Uttar Pradesh
Country:	India
Transport links
Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway

Lucknow is a city in north-central India, about 250m/400km south-west of Delhi. It was the scene of a major siege during the Indian Mutiny, when the Residency was defended against great odds by a small group of soldiers and civilians, including schoolboys from La Martiniere College.

History

Events of the Indian Mutiny

Timeline

Siege of Lucknow	30 May to 27 Sept 1857
First Lucknow Relief	29 September 1857
Second Lucknow Relief	17 November 1857
Battle of Gailee by Lucknow	22 December 1857
Recapture of Lucknow	1-21 March 1858
Battle of Begum Kothi (Lucknow)	11 March 1858
Battle of Moosa Bagh (Lucknow)	19 March 1858

Transport

Lucknow became an important railway hub for both broad and metre gauge lines, headquarters of the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway (which also had two major workshops situated close by, at Alambagh and Charbagh), and a terminus for the Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway's line from Bareilly.

External links

• "Lucknow" Love to Know 1911.
• "Siege of Lucknow" Wikipedia.
• "Lucknow" Wikipedia.