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[[Category:Battles|Nujjuffghur, Battle of]]
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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
||combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=[[John Nicholson|Brig-Gen John Nicholson]]|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nicholson_(general) Brig Gen John NicholsonBakht_Khan Bakht Khan]|commander2=|strength1= 2,500<br>16 guns|strength2= 6,000<br>13 guns
|casualties1=60 killed & wounded
|casualties2=800
}}
'''This event was part of the [[Delhi Campaign]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]]'''
== Field Force ==
*Tomb's Troop of Horse Artillery
*[[15th (Cureton's Multani) Bengal Lancers|Mooltanee Horse]] (300 men) under Lieut Lind
*Detail of Sappers & Miners Under Lieut Geneste of the Engineers
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: NazafgarhNajafgarh<br>
Variants: Nujjuffghur/Nuzzufghur/Nudjufghur/Nujuj Guhr<br>
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]The British Empire<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Najafgarh Battle of Najafgarh] Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=yyJBSbnKOZOUMffdpcMN&as_brr=3&id=oIxFAAAAIAAJ&dq=Delhi&jtp=148#PPA148,M1 Google Books - Action at Nujjuffghur]Google Books<br> ==== Historical books on-line ====''Lives of Indian Officers Vol II'' by John William Kaye 1867 [http://wwwarchive.oxforddnb.comorg/stream/livesofindianoff02kayeiala#page/index498/101020141mode/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - John 1up Nicholson's account]archive.org<br>
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
[[Category:Battles|Nujjuffghur, Battle of]]
[[Category:Delhi Campaign|Nujjuffghur, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Nujjuffghur, Battle of]]
