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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|date= 11 April 1858
|location=Tighra, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaunpur%2C_Uttar_Pradesh Jaunpur], Uttar Pradesh
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=25.978418,82.588490&z=12&t=h&hl=en 25.978418°N 82.588490°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/colonels/074.html Colonel Sir Edward Lugard KCB]
|commander2=Ghulam Hussain
|strength1=
|strength2= 500
|casualties1= 1 killed
|casualties2= 80 killed
}}
[[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>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Dh6jydKXikoC&pg=PA488&dq=%22northwest+of+jaunpur+at+the&hl=en&ei=lXBGTbyfHoK6hAee3qGNAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22northwest%20of%20jaunpur%20at%20the&f=false ''Dictionary of Battles and Seiges''] by Tony Jaques </ref>
== Azimghur Field Force ==
*[[10th Regiment of Foot]]
*[[34th Regiment of Foot]]
*[[84th Regiment of Foot]]
*1,700 Sikh Cavalry
*A portion of military train as cavalry
*3 Batteries of Artillery
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/255/mode/1up Edward Lugard (1810-1898)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/253/mode/1up Henry Longden (1819-1890)]<br>
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Tighra<br>
Variants: Tigree/Tigra
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire<br />
==== Historical Books on-line ====
''Recollections of thirty-nine years in the Army'' by Sir Charles Alexander Gordon KCB 1898 [http://www.archive.org/stream/recollectionsoft00gordrich#page/136/mode/1up Action at Tigra]<br />
''List of inscriptions on Christian tombs and tablets of historical interest in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (1911'' by Sir E A H Blunt ICS 1911 [http://www.archive.org/stream/listofinscriptio00blunuoft#page/194/mode/2up/ Epitaph of Lt C W Havelock] (archive.org)<br /> ''New Army List 1863''
:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=b-wNAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=new+army+list+1863&hl=en&ei=dddFTd32NYuYhQeQ0qHYAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAA#v=snippet&q=tigree&f=false Lt Colonel Michell commanded the Royal Horse Artillery]
:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=b-wNAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=new+army+list+1863&hl=en&ei=dddFTd32NYuYhQeQ0qHYAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=tigree&f=false Colonel Riddell commanded the Artillery of Lugard's Column]
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
==Notes==
<references />
[[Category:Battles|Tigree, Battle of]]
[[Category:Koer Singh and the Western Bihar Campaign|Tigree, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Tigree, Battle of]]
