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[[Category:Battles|Chillianwallah, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:2nd Sikh War|2nd Sikh War]]
|date=13 January 1849
|location=[[Chillianwala]], Punjab
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=32.669076,73.598009&z=11&t=h&hl=en 32.669076°N 73.598009°E]
|result=Indecisive
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Empire Sikh Empire]
|commander1=[[Hugh Gough|Maj Gen Sir Hugh Gough]]
|commander2= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sher_Singh_Attariwalla Sher Singh Attariwalla]
|strength1=16,000 British & Indian troops<br>66 guns
|strength2= Est 23,000 Sikhs of the Khalsa<br>60 guns
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Army of the Punjab ==
'''Order of Battle at Chillianwallah'''<br>
''Commander in Chief: [[Hugh Gough|Maj Gen Sir Hugh Gough]]''<br>
<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
'''Cavalry Division'''<br>
''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/27156?docPos=56429 Maj-Gen Sir Joseph Thackwell]''
*1st Brigade: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29262?docPos=60785 Brigadier Michael White]
:*[[3rd The King's Own Hussars|HM 3rd Light Dragoons]]
:*[[14th Light Dragoons|HM 14th Light Dragoons]]
:*[[1st Bengal Light Cavalry]]
:*[[6th Bengal Light Cavalry]]<br>
'''1st Infantry Division'''<br>
''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10704?docPos=22457 Lt-Gen Sir Walter Gilbert]''
*1st Brigade: Brigadier Mountain
:*[[29th Regiment of Foot|HM 29th Foot]]
:*[[30th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|30th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[56th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|56th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*2nd Brigade: Brigadier Godby
:*[[2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|2nd European Light Infantry]]
:*[[31st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|31st Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[70th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|70th Bengal Native Infantry]]
'''2nd Infantry Division'''<br>
''[[Colin Campbell|Sir Colin Campbell]]''<br>
*1st Brigade: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21884?docPos=45306 Brigadier John Pennycuick]
:*[[24th Regiment of Foot|HM 24th Foot]]
:*[[25th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|25th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[45th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|45th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*2nd Brigade: Brigadier Hoggan
:*[[61st Regiment of Foot|HM 61st Foot]]
:*[[6th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|6th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[36th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|36th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[46th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|46th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*3rd Brigade: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21882?docPos=45303 Brigadier Nicholas Penny]
:*[[15th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|15th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|20th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[69th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|69th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>
'''Artillery'''
*6 horse batteries: Maj-Gen Brooke
:*1st Brigade: Grant, Lane, Christie and Huish
:*2nd Brigade: Brind, Warner, Duncan and Fordyce
*3 field batteries: Mowatt, Robertson and Dawes
*2 heavy batteries: Maj Horsford, Capts Shakespeare and Ludlow
</div>
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Chilianwala<br>
Variants: Chillianwallah<br>
==Recommended Reading==
''"Historic Battlefields of Pakistan"'' by Johnny Torrens-Spence, Oxford University Press, Karachi 2006<br>
ISBN 0195978978
ISBN 978-0195978971
== External Links ==
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_sikh.php Sikh Wars] Heritage History<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Sikh_War 2nd Sikh War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anglo_Sikh_War_II 2nd Anglo-Sikh War] Sikhiwiki<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chillianwala Battle of Chillianwala] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.britishbattles.com/second-sikh-war/chillianwallah.htm The Battle of Chillianwallah] BritishBattles.com<br>[http://www.rrw.org.uk/museums/brecon/fact_sheets/4.htm South Wales Borderers Regimental History] www.rrw.org.uk<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=vq-gR8OBGcnKiwGCuaywCg&as_brr=1&id=iA4MAAAAYAAJ&dq=Chillianwallah&jtp=566#PPA566,M1 Battle of Chillianwallah] Google Books<br>
[http://members.tripod.com/%7EGlosters/Chili.htm Officers who died in the battle] Stephen Lewis Website<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA202&dq=Chillianwalla=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA202,M1 Chillianwalla] Gazetteer 1857<br>
[http://pakistaniat.com/2006/11/13/chillianwala-chase/ Chillianwala Chase] pakistaniat.com<br>
[http://www.info-sikh.com/PageChilli.html Chillianwala: The forgotten British reverse in India] by Maj (Retd) Agha Humayun Amin info-sikh.com
== Historical books on-line ==
''Narrative of the Second Sikh War in 1848-49'' by Edward Joseph Thackwell 1851 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AonUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA120&dq=Narrative+of+the+second+Sikh+war,+in+1848-49+Ramnugger&hl=en&ei=3smvTrrdJcbV8gPw0r2UAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CEMQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false Battle of Chillianwallah Google Books]
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