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|date=17 April 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=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys[[Sepoy]]s
|commander1=Col F Rowcroft<br>Captain E S Sotheby RN
|commander2=
|casualties2= 200-300
}}
[[Image:Amorahmap.jpg|thumb|300px|Amorah Location, Survey 1920-1946]]
== Location ==
The account describes this action taking place at Thamowlee, a few miles from Amorha.
== External Links Spelling Variants ==[httpModern name://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]Amorha<br>[httpVariants://books.google.com/books?as_brr=1&id=0tU1AAAAMAAJ&dq=Amorah%2B1858%2B5th%3DMarch%25lr%3D&jtp=2288#PPA2438,M1 Google Books - Capt Sotheby's Despatch]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VqI1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA2629&dq=Amorah+17+April+1858&as_brr=3&ei=tHe2SenWLYyyMaec2NYL#PPA2629,M1 Google Books - Col Rowcroft's Despatch]<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]
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
== Spelling Variants External Links ==Modern name[http: Amorha//www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>Variants[http: //books.google.com/books?as_brr=1&id=0tU1AAAAMAAJ&dq=Amorah%2B1858%2B5th%3DMarch%25lr%3D&jtp=2288#PPA2438,M1 Google Books - Capt Sotheby's Despatch]<br>[[Imagehttp:Amorahmap//books.jpg|thumb|google.co.uk/books?id=VqI1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA2629&dq=Amorah Location+17+April+1858&as_brr=3&ei=tHe2SenWLYyyMaec2NYL#PPA2629,M1 Google Books - Col Rowcroft's Despatch]<br>Survey 1920[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 -1946]Gazetteer 1857]
[[Category:Battles|Amorah 17 April 1858, Battle of]]
[[Category:Trans-Gogra Campaign|Amorah 17 April 1858, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Amorah 17 April 1858, Battle of]]
