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|partof=[[:Category:2nd Sikh War|2nd Sikh War]]
|date=22 November 1848
|location=Ramnagar, near [[Wazirabad]], [[Punjab]]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=32.441411,74.111882&z=14&t=h&hl=en 32.441411°N 74.111882°E]
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Empire Sikh SikhsEmpire] |commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101011135/ [Hugh Gough|Maj -Gen Sir Hugh Gough] ]
|commander2= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sher_Singh_Attariwalla Sher Singh Attariwalla]
|strength1=12,000 British & Indians<br>60 guns|strength2=20,000 Sikhs<br>50 guns|casualties1= 150|casualties2= est. a few hundred
}}
== Summary==
The Sikhs set their line of defence at the Chenab River. [[Hugh Gough]] led his army against them but his cavalry attack was repulsed. The Sikhs considered this a victory but then withdrew.
== Army of the Punjab ==
'''Order of Battle at Ramnuggur'''<br>
''Commander in Chief: [[Hugh Gough|Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Gough]]''<br>
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'''Cavalry Division'''<br>
''[[Charles Robert Cureton|Brigadier-General Charles Cureton]]''
*1st Brigade: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101029262/ Brigadier Michael White]
:*[[3rd The King's Own Hussars|HM 3rd Light Dragoons]]
:*[[14th Light Dragoons|HM 14th Light Dragoons]]
:*[[5th Bengal Light Cavalry]]
:*[[8th Bengal Light Cavalry]]
*2nd Brigade: Brigadier Pope
:*[[9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers|HM 9th Lancers]]
:*[[14th Light Dragoons|HM 14th Light Dragoons]]
:*[[1st Bengal Light Cavalry]]
:*[[6th Bengal Light Cavalry]]<br>
'''1st Infantry Division'''<br>
''General Gilbert''
*1st Brigade: Brigadier Mountain
:*[[29th Regiment of Foot|HM 29th Foot]]
:*[[30th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|30th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[56th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|56th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*2nd Brigade: Brigadier Godby
:*[[2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|2nd European Light Infantry]]
:*[[31st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|31st Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[70th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|70th Bengal Native Infantry]]
'''2nd Infantry Division'''<br>
''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101027156/ General Joseph Thackwell]''<br>
*1st Brigade: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101021884/ Brigadier Pennycuick]
:*[[24th Regiment of Foot|HM 24th Foot]]
:*[[25th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|25th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[45th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|45th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*2nd Brigade: Brigadier Hoggan
:*[[61st Regiment of Foot|HM 61st Foot]]
:*[[6th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|6th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[36th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|36th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*3rd Brigade: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101021882/ Brigadier Nicholas Penny]
:*[[15th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|15th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|20th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[69th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|69th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>
'''Artillery'''
*6 horse batteries: Lane, Christie, Huish, Warner, Duncan and Fordyce.
*3 field batteries: Dawes, Kenleside and Austin.
*2 heavy batteries.
</div>
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Ramnagar<br>
Variants: Ramnuggar/Ramnuggur/Ramnugger<br>
== External Links ==
[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anglo_Sikh_War_II Sikhiwiki - 2nd Anglo-Sikh War]Sikhiwiki<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Sikh_War Wikipedia - 2nd Sikh War]Wikipedia<br>[http://www.britishbattles.com/second-sikh-war/ramnagar.htm BritishBattles.com - Battle of Ramnagar]BritishBattles.com<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wRENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA520&dq=Ramnuggur&as_brr=3#PPA520,M1 Google Books - Battle at Ramnagar]Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AonUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA289&dq=Campbell+Gough+1848&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Campbell%20Gough%201848&f=false Generals' Despatches] Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HF1HAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA68&dq=Ramnugger+1848&as_brr=3#PPA68,M1 Google Books - Location of Ramnugger]Google Books<br>[http://members.tripod.com/~Glosters/Ramnag.htm Officers killed in the battle] Stephen Lewis Website ==== Historical books on- Officers killed line ====''Narrative of the Second Sikh War in 1848-49'' by Edward Joseph Thackwell 1851 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AonUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA29&dq=Narrative+of+the battle+second+Sikh+war,+in+1848-49+Ramnugger&hl=en&ei=3smvTrrdJcbV8gPw0r2UAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CEMQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false Battle of Ramnugger]Google Books
