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This article is part of the '''[[Events at Cawnpore]]'''
== Synopsis ==
Following the massacre at [[Cawnpore (Satichaura Ghat)|Satichaura Ghat]] on 27 June, the surviving women and children were taken back to Cawnpore. Together with refugees from [[Futteguhr|Fategarh]], in total 206 women and children, they were confined in two rooms of a residence called Bibigarh. Nana Shaib attempted to use them as a bargaining tool to deter the British forces under Brig-Gen Sir Henry Havelock approaching Cawnpore. When this failed the captives were murdered on 16 July and the bodies thrown down a well the following day.
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm "Indian Mutiny 1857-58"] ''The British Empire''.<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Cawnpore#Bibighar_massacre Bibigarh Massacre"] ''Wikipedia''<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanpur Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh] ''Wikipedia''<br>[http://snuffy.lib.umn.edu/image/srch/bin/Dispatcher?mode=600&id=amp00489 Scene of the Massacre] ''Ames Library''==== Historical books on-line ====''The Story of Cawnpore'' by Capt Mowbray Thompson 1859 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2hzQJmZ-UYcC&pg=PA208&dq=The+Story+of+Cawnpore+It+was+a+truly+strange+spectacle&hl=en&ei=v9UcTK2tF-qG4gbQocmtDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Capt Thompson's account] archive.org<br>
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