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[[Image:The Residency, Lucknow.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Residency, Lucknow]]
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This article is part of the events in the '''[[Indian Mutiny]]'''
== Summary ==
[[Lucknow]] was one of the major centres of the [[Indian Mutiny]]. [[Henry Lawrence|Sir Henry Lawrence]] became Chief Commissioner of the Province of [[Oudh]] (Awadh) on March 20th 1857. The garrison at the time consisted of HM [[32nd Regiment of Foot]], the [[7th Bengal Lancers|7th Native Cavalry]], the [[13th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]], the [[48th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] and the [[71st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]], with Indian soldiers outnumbering Europeans 10 to 1. Unrest was evident in the city for several months and when the mutiny reached the province, Lawrence fortified the Residency at Lucknow and took the British inhabitants into the compound. The rebellion broke out on the 30th May and a 87 day siege of the Residency ensued, with Lawrence killed in the first few days.
Forces led by [[Henry Havelock|Sir Henry Havelock]] (see [[Havelock's Campaign]] and [[James Outram|Sir James Outram]] reached Lucknow in September (the [[First Lucknow Relief]]). After taking the [[Alambagh]], this became the headquarters for subsequent actions at Lucknow. Under heavy assault from the rebels, they were unable to evacuate the Residency as intended and instead bolstered the garrison there, a second siege ensuing for six weeks. The [[Second Lucknow Relief]] came in November when Sir Colin Campbell reached Lucknow. On the 16th November, 2000 rebel [[sepoy]]s besieged at the Secundrabagh villa were massacred when the [[93rd Regiment of Foot|93rd Highlanders]] and the [[4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Punjabi Infantry]] took the estate. Campbell managed to evacuate the besieged Europeans at the Residency, but Havelock died before he was able to leave the city. Outram stayed and defended Lucknow until the following March, when Campbell retook the city. During this action Major Hodson (Commander of [[Hodson's Horse]]) was killed and buried in the grounds of La Martiniere College.
==Related articles ==
For details of actions during this period see the following articles
{|
|30 1 May 1857|Start of the [[Siege of Mutiny at Lucknow]]
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|30 June 1857
|[[Battle of Chinhut]]
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|1 July 1857
|Start of the [[First Siege of Lucknow]]
|-
|23 September 1857
|12 November 1857
|[[Battle of Alambagh (Lucknow) Nov 1857|Battle of Alambagh]]
|-
|14 November 1857
|[[Actions at Dilkusha and Martiniere]]
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|16 November 1857
|27 Nov 1857-10 Mar 1858
|[[Defence of Alambagh (Lucknow)|Defence of Alambagh]]
|-
|22 December 1857
|[[Battle of Gailee by Lucknow]]
|-
|9 March 1858
|14 March 1858
|[[Battle of Imambara]]
|-
|19 March 1858
|[[Battle of Moosa Bagh (Lucknow)|Battle of Moosa Bagh]]
|-
|21 March 1858
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/86/mode/1up/search Colin Campbell (1792-1863)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/195/mode/1up Henry Havelock (1795-1857)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/216/mode/2up John Inglis (1814-1862)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/246/mode/1up Henry Lawrence (1806-1857)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/255/mode/1up Edward Lugard (1810-1898)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/414/mode/1up Tantya Tope (1819-1859)]<br>
== External Links links ==*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] www.britishempire.co.uk<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Lucknow Siege of Lucknow] Wikipedia<br>*''1857: A Brief Political and Military Analysis'' by Maj (Retd) Agha Humayun Amin defencejournal.com (Pakistan), now archived webpages. Issues March and May 2000:[https://web.archive.org/web/20170218052445/http://www.defencejournal.com:80/2000/mar/lucknow.htm Chapter Eight "The Lucknow Campaign-1857-58 The Siege of Lucknow Residency" and Chapter Nine "Havelock's First Relief of Lucknow-June-September 1857"] [https://web.archive.org/web/20170505082850/http://www.defencejournal.com:80/2000/may/chapter-10.htm Chapter Ten "Sir Colin Campbell’s Final Relief and Evacuation of Lucknow Residency Garrison-November 1857" and Chapter Eleven "The Final Capture of Lucknow-March-1858"] *[http://www.colonialfilm.org.uk/node/1836 Film: The Relief of Lucknow] (15 minutes duration) 1912 Colonial Film. Transcript of an [http://www.abroadintheyard.com/veterans-of-1857-indian-mutiny-relive-it-55-years-later-through-film-1912/ article] published in the ''Penny Illustrated Paper, 14 September 1912'' about four old veterans of the Relief of Lucknow viewing the film. Abroadintheyard.com==== Historical books online ====*'' List of inscriptions on Christian tombs and tablets of historical interest in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh'' by E A H Blunt ICS 1911 [http://www.archive.org/stream/listofinscriptio00blunuoft#page/216/mode/2up Chronology of events and names on monuments of European casualties] archive.org*''An account of the mutinies in Oudh and of the siege of the Lucknow Residency; with some observations on the condition of the Province of Oudh and on the causes of the mutiny of the Bengal Army'' by Martin Richard Gubbins, Bengal Civil Service, Financial Commissioner for Oudh. [https://archive.org/details/accountofmutinie00gubb 2nd edition, with additions]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284858 Third edition, with further additions]. Also [https://archive.org/details/anaccountmutini00gubbgoog 3rd edition] better text, but lacks images. 1858 Archive.org.*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BoteAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Siege of Lucknow''] by a Member of the Garrison [ J C P] 1858 Google Books. Author is catalogued as J C Parry. He is stated elsewhere to have been Secretary/Manager of the Delhi Bank, Lucknow Branch.*''A Memoir, Letters, and Diary of the Rev. Henry S. Polehampton, Chaplain of Lucknow'' ed. by E. and T.S. Polehampton. [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b294468?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 2nd edition 1858] HathiTrust with 3 images (rotatable); [https://archive.org/details/amemoirlettersa01polegoog Third edition 1859] clear text but no illustrations. Archive.org.:He arrived in India 1856. Appointed to Lucknow. Wounded and died during the Siege of Lucknow July 1857.*''From London to Lucknow: with memoranda of mutinies, marches, flights, fights, and conversations. To which is added, an opium-smuggler's explanation of the Peiho Massacre'' by A Chaplain in H M Indian Service [catalogued James Aberigh- Mackay] (elsewhere stated to be [J. Mackay afterwards Aberigh-Mackay]) 1860. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=UDsBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume I], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=XpVFAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA259 Volume II] Google Books.*[https://archive.org/details/siegelucknowadi00inglgoog ''The Siege of Lucknow : a Diary''] by The Honourable Lady Inglis 1892 Archive.org. The author was Julia Inglis, the wife of Lieutenant- Colonel John E. W. Inglis, [[32nd Regiment of Foot]].:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.71912/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Chronicle Of Private Henry Metcalfe H M 32nd Regiment of Foot, together with Lieutenant John Edmondstone’s Letter to his Mother of 4 January 1858''] collected and edited by Lieut.-General Sir Francis Tuker 1953 Archive.org. *[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284840 ''A Lecture On The Relief Of Lucknow''] on 7 August 1867 by Colonel H W Norman. 1867 Archive.org*''The Tourists Guide to Lucknow'' by One of the Beleaguered Garrison [Edward H Hilton]:[https://archive.org/details/touristsguidetol01hilt_0 1st edition 1891]; [https://archive.org/details/touristsguideto00hiltgoog 2nd edition, revised 1894]; [https://archive.org/details/b28710861 3rd edition, revised 1899]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.919 9th edition revised 1916] Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/lucknowoudeinmut00inne ''Lucknow & Oude in the Mutiny; a Narrative and a Study''] by James John McLeod Innes , RE, VC 1895 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.81532 New and Revised edition 1896] Archive.org.*[http://books.google.com/books?id=P7YCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA73 "The First Bengal European Fusiliers at Lucknow"] ''Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Volume 84, July-December 1858'', pages 73-85 Google Books*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22098/page/811 ''The London Gazette Extraordinary Wednesday, February 17, 1858''], (page 811) consisting of 34 pages relating to the Indian Mutiny. Includes "a [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22098/page/839 complete nominal roll] of officers, members of the Uncovenanted Service, and women and children of the garrison of Lucknow" (page 839). This [http://www.archive.org/stream/unitedservicema02pollgoog#page/n239/mode/1up link] <ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/unitedservicema02pollgoog#page/n239/mode/1up page 230 footnote] "Notes on the History and Services of the Thirty-Second Regiment" ''Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal'' 1880 Part 3</ref> advises there were corrections in subsequent Gazettes
==== Historical books on-line ==Recommended Reading ==Saul David, '' List of inscriptions on Christian tombs and tablets of historical interest in the United Provinces of Agra and OudhIndian Mutiny: 1857'' by E A H Blunt ICS 1911 [http(London://www.archive.org/stream/listofinscriptio00blunuoft#page/216/mode/2up Chronology of events and names on monuments of European casualties] archive.orgViking, 2002), ISBN 0670911372 ; (Penguin, 2003), ISBN 0141005548<br>
== Recommended Reading References ==Saul David, ''Indian Mutiny: 1857'' (London: Viking, 2002), ISBN 0670911372 ; (Penguin, 2002), ISBN 0141005548<brreferences />{{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}
