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|date=5 March 1858
|location=Amorah, [[Fyzabad]], Uttar Pradesh
|presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.776453,82.374457&z=13&t=h&hl=en 26.770762°N 82.381910°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=Sarun Field Force<br>HMS Pearl Naval Brigade
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys[[Sepoy]]s
|commander1=Col F. Rowcroft<br> Captain Sotheby RN
|commander2=Nazim Mahimed Hossen<br>Rajahs of Gonda & Churdah
|casualties2=500 killed & wounded<br>7 guns
}}
[[Image:Amorahmap.jpg|thumb|300px|Amorah Location, Survey 1920-1946]]'''This was one of the events of the [[Trans-Gogra Campaign]]'''
== HMS Frigate Pearl ==
32 Royal Marines<br>140 Naval column
200 Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry<br>850 Gorruknath & Burruk Gurkha Regiments<br>39 Bengal Sikh Police Battalion<br>Four 12 pounder howitzers
== External Links Spelling Variants ==[httpModern name://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]Amorha<br>[httpVariants://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VfgdAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA470&dq=Indian+Mutiny&lr=&as_brr=1&ei=N_iMR4rRBoOCsgPQtbDQBQ#PPA470,M1 Google Books - Battle of Amorah]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA32&dq=Amorah+Gazetteer+of+The+territories+under+the+Government+of+the+East+India+Company%2BCoimbatore&ei=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA32,M1 Amorah - Gazetteer 1857]
== Recommended Reading ==
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
== External Links ==[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire<br>[Imagehttp:Amorahmap//books.google.co.jpg|thumb|uk/books?id=hsVGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA154&dq=Amorha&ei=uPEuSaXUBpOMkASfvoneDQ#v=onepage&q=Amorha&f=false Battle of Amorah Location] Google Books<br>Survey 1920-1946][http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA32&dq=Amorah+Gazetteer+of+The+territories+under+the+Government+of+the+East+India+Company%2BCoimbatore&ei=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA32,M1 Amorah]Gazetteer 1857
[[Category:Battles|Amorah 5 March 1858, Battle of]]
[[Category:Trans-Gogra Campaign|Amorah 5 March 1858, Battle of]]
[[Category:Pearl's Naval Brigade|Amorah 5 March 1858, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Amorah 5 March 1858, Battle of]]
