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|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|date=22 May 1858
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpi [Kalpi]], Uttar Pradesh]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.120035,79.722217&z=13&t=h&hl=en 26.120035°N 79.722217°E]
|combatant2=Rebel sepoys
|commander1=[[Hugh Rose|Sir Hugh Rose]]
|commander2=[http:Rao Rahib<br />Rajah of banda<br /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rani_Lakshmi_Bai >[[Rani Lakshmibai|Rani of Jhansi]]
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|casualties1= 24 killed<br />43 wounded
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== External Link Summary ==After the victory at the [[Battle of Koonch]], [[Hugh Rose|Sir Hugh Rose]] advanced towards [[Kalpi]]. The rebels under [[Rani Lakshmibai]], reinforced by Rao Sahib (nephew of Nana Sahib) and the Rajah of Banda, attacked the British across deep ravines in 40° heat south east of the town. They were forced to retreat however and the town and fort, which were found deserted, were overrun and looted.
== External links ==[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101024093/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Gen Sir Hugh Rose] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography<br> ==== Historical books on-line ====*''The Revolt in Central India, 1857-59'' by Army Intelligence Branch 1908 [http://www.archive.org/stream/revoltincentral00burtgoog#page/n180/mode/2up Battle of Kalpi] archive.org<br />*''Recollections of the campaign in Malwa and Central India under Major General Sir Hugh Rose GCB'' by Asst Surgeon John Henry Sylvester FGS 1860 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DVoNNeKsKmgC-TsQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA80PA143&dq=General+Rose+Kalpi+1858Sehore&hl=en&ei=i0C0TfrqItGs8QOW4-iVDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&as_brrved=0CD8Q6AEwBA#v=3onepage&q&sigf=ACfU3U1YpqRXP4HNvee3q5m2TmcY9iJH7A Capture false Battle of Kalpi] Google Books<br />*''Central India during the rebellion of 1857 and 1858'' by Thomas Lowe [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4dtGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA292&dq=Calpee&hl=en&ei=i0C0TfrqItGs8QOW4-iVDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false Capture of Calpee]
[[Category:Battles|Kalpi, Battle of]]
[[Category:Central India Campaign|Kalpi, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Kalpi, Battle of]]
