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[[Image:Bilwamap.jpg|thumb|Bilwa location<br>Survey map 1920-1946]]
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|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|date=2-5 March 1858
|location=Bilwa, near Gorakhpur[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faizabad Faizabad], Uttar Pradesh
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.599934759863,8382.716658328998&z=910&t=h&hl=en approx 26.599934°N 83759863°N 82.716658°E328998°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
[[Image:Bilwa.jpg|300px]]
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] British Empire website<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hsVGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA146&dq=Belwa&ei=uPEuSaXUBpOMkASfvoneDQ#v=onepage&q=Belwa&f=false Battle at Belwar] Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPA122,M1 Belwar - Gazetteer 1857] Google Books<br>[http://www.pdavis.nl/Mutiny.htm Naval Brigade at Belwa] extract of ''Clowes, William Laird: "The Royal Navy: a history from the earliest times to the death of Queen Victoria"''
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: BelwaNot found<br>Variants: Belwar/BilwaBelwa<br>
[[Category:Battles|Belwar Fort, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Belwar Fort, Battle of]]
