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[[Image:Tighramap.jpg|thumb|Tighra location<br>Survey map 1920-1946]]
== Summary ==
On 11 April 1858 General Sir Edward Lugard advancing from Lucknow encountered a rebel force at the village of Tigra - 17 miles NNW of [[Jaunpur]]. The rebels were defeated and Lugard then continued on to relieve [[Azamgarh]]<ref>