Cawnpore (Bibigarh)
| Cawnpore (Bibigarh) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of Indian Mutiny | ||
| Date: | 15 July 1857 | |
| Location: | Cawnpore Uttar Pradesh | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 26.470876°N 80.371896°E | |
| Result: | British murdered | |
| Combatants | ||
| Rebel Sepoys | ||
| Commanders | ||
| Tatya Tope Azimullah Khan | ||
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
External Links
"Indian Mutiny 1857-58" The British Empire.
Bibigarh Massacre" Wikipedia
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Wikipedia
Scene of the Massacre Ames Library
Recommended Reading
Saul David, Indian Mutiny: 1857 (London: Viking, 2002), ISBN 0670911372 ; (Penguin, 2002), ISBN 0141005548
W H Russell, My Indian Mutiny Diary (Periodicals Service Co, 1967), ISBN 0527781207
Andrew Ward, Our Bones are Scattered: the Cawnpore Massacres and the Indian Mutiny of 1857 (McArthur & Co, 1996), ISBN 0719564107
File:1858 Kanpur well monument.jpg
"The Well and Monument, Slaughter House, Cawnpore" Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, taken in 1858. From 'Murray Collection: Views in Delhi, Cawnpore, Allahabad and Benares' taken by Dr. John Murray. Picture shows the Bibigurh house in which European women and children were killed and the well where their bodies were found.
