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'''This article is part of the '''[[Events at Cawnpore]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]]'''
== 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 Sahib]] attempted to use them as a bargaining tool to deter the British forces under [[Henry Havelock|Brig-Gen Sir Henry Havelock ]] approaching Cawnpore. When this failed the captives were murdered on 16 15 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''www.britishempire.co.uk<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Cawnpore#Bibighar_massacre Bibigarh Massacre"] ''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 ====
[[Category:Battles|Cawnpore (Bibigarh)]]
[[Category:Oude CampaignEvents at Cawnpore|Cawnpore (Bibigarh)]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Cawnpore (Bibigarh)]]
