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|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
*Remington's Troop of Horse Artillery
*Blunt's Troop of Horse Artillery
*[[9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)|9th Lancers]] (100 men) under Lieut Sarel
*[[61st Regiment of Foot|HM 61st Regt]] (250 men) under Colonel Rainey
*[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|1st Bengal Fusiliers]] (200 men) under Maj Jacob
*[[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Infantry]], Coke's Rifles (400 men) under Lieut Lumsden
*[[2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Infantry]], Green's Rifles, (400 men)
*[[2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Cavalry]] (100 men) under Lieut C. Nicholson
*[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Guide Cavalry]] (200 men) under Capt Sandford
*[[15th (Cureton's Multani) Bengal Lancers|Mooltanee Horse]] (300 men) under Lieut Lind
*Detail of Sappers & Miners Under Lieut Geneste of the Engineers
== Field Force Spelling Variants ==Tomb's Troop of Horse ArtilleryModern name: Najafgarh<br>Remington's Troop of Horse Artillery<br>Blunt's Troop of Horse Artillery<br>9th Lancers (100 men) under Lieut Sarel<br>HM 61st Regt (250 men) under Colonel Rainey<br>1st Bengal Fusiliers (200 men) under Maj Jacob<br>1st Punjab Infantry, Coke's Rifles (400 men) under Lieut Lumsden<br>2nd Punjab Infantry, Green's Rifles, (400 men) <br>2nd Punjab Cavalry (100 men) under Lieut C. Nicholson<br>Guide Cavalry (200 men) under Capt Sandford<br>Mooltanee Horse (300 men) under Lieut LindVariants: Nujjuffghur/Nuzzufghur/Nudjufghur/Nujuj Guhr<br>Detail of Sappers & Miners Under Lieut Geneste of the Engineers
== 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 D Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548 [[Category:Battles|Nujjuffghur, Battle of]][[Category:Delhi Campaign|Nujjuffghur, Battle of]][[Category:Indian Mutiny|Nujjuffghur, Battle of]]
