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Information will be added soon{{Battles_Infobox|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]|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 [[Sepoy]]s|commander1=Col F. Rowcroft<br> Captain Sotheby RN|commander2=Nazim Mahimed Hossen<br>Rajahs of Gonda & Churdah |strength1=about 1,300<br>4 guns|strength2= 4,000 sepoys Gwalior contingent<br>700 Oude Police Corps<br>10,000 irregulars<br>300 sowars<br>9 guns|casualties1= 1 killed<br>9 wounded |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 == Sarun Field Force ==200 Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry<br>850 Gorruknath & Burruk Gurkha Regiments<br>39 Bengal Sikh Police Battalion<br>Four 12 pounder howitzers == Spelling Variants ==Modern name: Amorha<br>Variants: Amorah<br> == Recommended Reading ==''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>''"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>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hsVGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA154&dq=Amorha&ei=uPEuSaXUBpOMkASfvoneDQ#v=onepage&q=Amorha&f=false Battle of Amorah] Google Books<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 [[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]]
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