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{{Battles_Infobox
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|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
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|date= 8 October 1858
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|location=Baragaon, Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh
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|presidency=[[Bengal]]
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|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=28.080768,80.14104&z=5&t=h&hl=en  28.050007°N 80.14104°E]
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|result= British victory
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|territory=
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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
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|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
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|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101024992/ Brig Thomas Seaton]
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|commander2=Khan Ali Khan
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|strength1= 513 cavalry<br>1,201 infantry<br>161 gunners<br>6 guns
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|strength2= 4,000<br>4 guns
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|casualties1= 
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|casualties2=300 killed<br>2 guns
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}}
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== Field Force ==
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*No 7 Light Field Battery
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:One 24-pounder howitzer and five 9-pounders
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:71 British and 90 Native troops
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*A wing of the [[6th Dragoon Guards]] (140 troopers)
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*[[15th (Cureton's Multani) Bengal Lancers|Mooltanee Regiment of Cavalry]] (373 sowars)
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*1st Battalion [[60th Regiment of Foot|60th Rifles]] (468 men)
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*Detachment of [[82nd Regiment of Foot|82nd Regiment]] (396 men)
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*[[22nd Regiment of Bombay Infantry|22nd Poonah Infantry]] (337 men)
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== Spelling Variants ==
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Modern Name: Baragaon<br>
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Variants: Bunkagaon/Bun-ka-gaon/Buragaon
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== External Links ==
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[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire<br>
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[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3tc1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA254&dq=Brigadier+Thomas+Seaton&as_brr=3&ei=1PfRSvavDJPyNPf-_d0N#v=onepage&q=Brigadier%20Thomas%20Seaton&f=false Sir Thomas Seaton's dispatch] Google Books<br>
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[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA156&dq=Buragaon=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA156,M1 Buragaon]  Gazetteer 1857
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== Recommended Reading ==
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''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
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''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
 
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[[Category:Seaton's Movable Column|Bunkagaon, Battle of]]
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[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Bunkagaon, Battle of]]

Latest revision as of 07:39, 12 October 2009

Battle of Bunkagaon
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 8 October 1858
Location: Baragaon, Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 28.050007°N 80.14104°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Brig Thomas Seaton Khan Ali Khan
Strength
513 cavalry
1,201 infantry
161 gunners
6 guns
4,000
4 guns
Casualties
300 killed
2 guns

Field Force

  • No 7 Light Field Battery
One 24-pounder howitzer and five 9-pounders
71 British and 90 Native troops

Spelling Variants

Modern Name: Baragaon
Variants: Bunkagaon/Bun-ka-gaon/Buragaon

External Links

Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire
Sir Thomas Seaton's dispatch Google Books
Buragaon Gazetteer 1857

Recommended Reading

"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
"My Indian Mutiny Diary" by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207