Cawnpore (Bibigarh)
| Cawnpore (Bibigarh) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of Indian Mutiny | ||
| Date: | 15 July 1857 | |
| Location: | Cawnpore Uttar Pradesh | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 26.470876°N 80.371896°E | |
| Result: | British murdered | |
| Combatants | ||
| Rebel Sepoys | ||
| Commanders | ||
| Tatya Tope Azimullah Khan | ||
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
External Links
"Indian Mutiny 1857-58" The British Empire.
Bibigarh Massacre" Wikipedia
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Wikipedia
Scene of the Massacre Ames Library
Recommended Reading
Saul David, Indian Mutiny: 1857 (London: Viking, 2002), ISBN 0670911372 ; (Penguin, 2002), ISBN 0141005548
W H Russell, My Indian Mutiny Diary (Periodicals Service Co, 1967), ISBN 0527781207
Andrew Ward, Our Bones are Scattered: the Cawnpore Massacres and the Indian Mutiny of 1857 (McArthur & Co, 1996), ISBN 0719564107