Siege of Cawnpore June 1857
| Siege of Cawnpore June 1857 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of Indian Mutiny | ||
| Date: | 5-27 June 1857 | |
| Location: | Cawnpore Uttar Pradesh | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 26.470876°N 80.371896°E | |
| Result: | Siege | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Rebel Sepoys | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj Gen Sir Hugh Wheeler | Nana Sahib (Dhondu Pant) Tatya Tope | |
| Strength | ||
| 950 | ||
| Casualties | ||
Wheeler's Garrison
- One company of Artillery - 63 men, 16 women, 20 children
- 84th Regiment - 60 men, 55 women, 40 children
- 32nd Regiment - 84 men, 45 women, 60 children
- 1st Madras Fusiliers - 15 men
- Musicians and other occupations - 45 men, 29 women, 100 children
- Non-military - 100 men, 80 women, 100 children
Native Troops
- 2nd Light Cavalry
- 1st Bengal Native Infantry
- 53rd Bengal Native Infantry
- 56th Bengal Native Infantry
External Links
"Indian Mutiny 1857-58" The British Empire.
"Siege of Cawnpore" Wikipedia
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Wikipedia
Historical books on-line
List of inscriptions on Christian tombs and tablets of historical interest in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh by E A H Blunt ICS 1911 Description of the uprising and names on monuments of European victims archive.org
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