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|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
 
|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
 
|date=30 April 1858  
 
|date=30 April 1858  
|location=Kukuralli, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narauli Narauli], Uttar Pradesh
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|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakrala Kakrala], Badaun, Uttar Pradesh
 
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
 
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=28.479739,78.723712&z=12&t=h&hl=en 28.479739°N 78.723712°E]   
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|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=27.892552,79.206061&z=13&t=h&hl=en 27.892552°N 79.206061°E]   
 
|result=British victory  
 
|result=British victory  
 
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== Field Force ==
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*[[6th Dragoon Guards|HM Carabineers]] (200 men)
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*[[64th Regiment of Foot|HM 64th Regiment]] (350 men)
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*[[15th (Cureton's Multani) Bengal Lancers|Mooltan Horse]] (250 men)
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*[[27th (1st Baluch Battalion) Bombay Light Infantry|Belooch Battalion]] wing (360 men)
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*[[2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjaub Cavalry]] (299 men)
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*Light Field Battery (4 guns)
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
 
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VqI1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA2790&dq=Kukerowlee&as_brr=3&ei=3YfwSLzzIpW0yQS9nKiODA#PPA2790,M1 Google Books - Col Jones' Despatch]
 
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VqI1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA2790&dq=Kukerowlee&as_brr=3&ei=3YfwSLzzIpW0yQS9nKiODA#PPA2790,M1 Google Books - Col Jones' Despatch]
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== Recommended Reading ==
 
== Recommended Reading ==
 
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
 
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
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Latest revision as of 18:36, 23 September 2009

Battle of Kukerowlee
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 30 April 1858
Location: Kakrala, Badaun, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 27.892552°N 79.206061°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Maj Gen Nicholas Penny
Col H.R.Jones
Strength
Casualties

Field Force

External Links

The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58
Google Books - Col Jones' Despatch

Recommended Reading

"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548