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[[Category:Battles|Chillianwallah, Battle of]]
 
[[Category:Battles|Chillianwallah, Battle of]]
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See also [[List of Battles & Actions in British India 1600-1900]]
 
 
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|date=13 January 1849
 
|date=13 January 1849
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|location=Chilianwala, Punjab
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|location=[[Chillianwala]], Punjab
 
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
 
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|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]   
 
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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
 
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|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Empire Sikh Empire]
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|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101011135/ Maj Gen Sir Hugh Gough]  
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|commander1=[[Hugh Gough|Maj Gen Sir Hugh Gough]]
 
|commander2= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sher_Singh_Attariwalla Sher Singh Attariwalla]
 
|commander2= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sher_Singh_Attariwalla Sher Singh Attariwalla]
 
|strength1=16,000 British & Indian troops<br>66 guns
 
|strength1=16,000 British & Indian troops<br>66 guns
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== Army of the Punjab ==
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'''Order of Battle at Chillianwallah'''<br>
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''Commander in Chief: [[Hugh Gough|Maj Gen Sir Hugh Gough]]''<br>
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'''Cavalry Division'''<br>
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''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/27156?docPos=56429 Maj-Gen Sir Joseph Thackwell]''
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*1st Brigade: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29262?docPos=60785 Brigadier Michael White]
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:*[[3rd The King's Own Hussars|HM 3rd Light Dragoons]]
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:*[[14th Light Dragoons|HM 14th Light Dragoons]]
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:*[[1st Bengal Light Cavalry]]
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:*[[6th Bengal Light Cavalry]]<br>
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'''1st Infantry Division'''<br>
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''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10704?docPos=22457 Lt-Gen Sir Walter Gilbert]''
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*1st Brigade: Brigadier Mountain
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:*[[29th Regiment of Foot|HM 29th Foot]]
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:*[[30th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|30th Bengal Native Infantry]]
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:*[[56th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|56th Bengal Native Infantry]]
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*2nd Brigade: Brigadier Godby
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:*[[2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|2nd European Light Infantry]]
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:*[[31st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|31st Bengal Native Infantry]]
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:*[[70th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|70th Bengal Native Infantry]]
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'''2nd Infantry Division'''<br>
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''[[Colin Campbell|Sir Colin Campbell]]''<br>
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*1st Brigade: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21884?docPos=45306 Brigadier John Pennycuick]
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:*[[24th Regiment of Foot|HM 24th Foot]]
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:*[[25th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|25th Bengal Native Infantry]]
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:*[[45th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|45th Bengal Native Infantry]]
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*2nd Brigade: Brigadier Hoggan
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:*[[61st Regiment of Foot|HM 61st Foot]]
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:*[[6th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|6th Bengal Native Infantry]]
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:*[[36th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|36th Bengal Native Infantry]]
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:*[[46th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|46th Bengal Native Infantry]]
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*3rd Brigade: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21882?docPos=45303 Brigadier Nicholas Penny]
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:*[[15th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|15th Bengal Native Infantry]]
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:*[[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|20th Bengal Native Infantry]]
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:*[[69th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|69th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>
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'''Artillery'''
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*6 horse batteries: Maj-Gen Brooke
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:*1st Brigade: Grant, Lane, Christie and Huish
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:*2nd Brigade: Brind, Warner, Duncan and Fordyce
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*3 field batteries: Mowatt, Robertson and Dawes
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*2 heavy batteries: Maj Horsford, Capts Shakespeare and Ludlow
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== Spelling Variants ==
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Modern name: Chilianwala<br>
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Variants: Chillianwallah<br>
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==Recommended Reading==
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''"Historic Battlefields of Pakistan"'' by Johnny Torrens-Spence, Oxford University Press, Karachi 2006<br>
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ISBN 0195978978
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ISBN 978-0195978971
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
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[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anglo_Sikh_War_II Sikhiwiki - 2nd Anglo-Sikh War]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chillianwala Wikipedia - Battle of Chillianwala]<br>[http://www.britishbattles.com/second-sikh-war/chillianwallah.htm BritishBattles.com - The Battle of Chillianwallah]<br>[http://www.rrw.org.uk/museums/brecon/fact_sheets/4.htm South Wales Borderers Regimental History]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=vq-gR8OBGcnKiwGCuaywCg&as_brr=1&id=iA4MAAAAYAAJ&dq=Chillianwallah&jtp=566#PPA566,M1 Google Books - Battle of Chilllianwallah]
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[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>
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[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anglo_Sikh_War_II 2nd Anglo-Sikh War] Sikhiwiki<br>
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chillianwala Battle of Chillianwala] Wikipedia<br>
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[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>
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[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>
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[http://members.tripod.com/%7EGlosters/Chili.htm Officers who died in the battle] Stephen Lewis Website<br>
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[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA202&dq=Chillianwalla=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA202,M1 Chillianwalla] Gazetteer 1857<br>
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[http://pakistaniat.com/2006/11/13/chillianwala-chase/ Chillianwala Chase] pakistaniat.com<br>
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[http://www.info-sikh.com/PageChilli.html Chillianwala: The forgotten British reverse in India] by Maj (Retd) Agha Humayun Amin info-sikh.com
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== Historical books on-line ==
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''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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[[Category:2nd Sikh War|Chillianwallah, Battle of]]

Latest revision as of 10:47, 24 March 2013

Battle of Chillianwallah
Part of 2nd Sikh War
Date: 13 January 1849
Location: Chillianwala, Punjab
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 32.669076°N 73.598009°E
Result: Indecisive
Combatants
East India Company Sikh Empire
Commanders
Maj Gen Sir Hugh Gough Sher Singh Attariwalla
Strength
16,000 British & Indian troops
66 guns 		Est 23,000 Sikhs of the Khalsa
60 guns
Casualties

Army of the Punjab

Order of Battle at Chillianwallah
Commander in Chief: Maj Gen Sir Hugh Gough

Cavalry Division
Maj-Gen Sir Joseph Thackwell

1st Infantry Division
Lt-Gen Sir Walter Gilbert

  • 1st Brigade: Brigadier Mountain
  • 2nd Brigade: Brigadier Godby

2nd Infantry Division
Sir Colin Campbell

  • 2nd Brigade: Brigadier Hoggan

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

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Chilianwala
Variants: Chillianwallah

Recommended Reading

"Historic Battlefields of Pakistan" by Johnny Torrens-Spence, Oxford University Press, Karachi 2006
ISBN 0195978978 ISBN 978-0195978971

External Links

Sikh Wars Heritage History
2nd Sikh War Wikipedia
2nd Anglo-Sikh War Sikhiwiki
Battle of Chillianwala Wikipedia
The Battle of Chillianwallah BritishBattles.com
South Wales Borderers Regimental History www.rrw.org.uk
Battle of Chillianwallah Google Books
Officers who died in the battle Stephen Lewis Website
Chillianwalla Gazetteer 1857
Chillianwala Chase pakistaniat.com
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 Battle of Chillianwallah Google Books

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