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This article is part of the events in the '''[[Indian Mutiny]]''' | This article is part of the events in the '''[[Indian Mutiny]]''' | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
| − | [[Lucknow]] was one of the major centres of the [[Indian Mutiny]]. 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. | + | [[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 Sir Henry Havelock (see [[Havelock's Campaign]] and 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. | + | 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. |
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/414/mode/1up Tantya Tope (1819-1859)]<br> | [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/414/mode/1up Tantya Tope (1819-1859)]<br> | ||
| − | == External | + | == External links == |
| − | [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] www.britishempire.co.uk<br> | + | *[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> | + | *[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 | |
| − | ==== Historical books | + | :[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"] |
| − | '' 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 | + | *[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 | ||
== Recommended Reading == | == Recommended Reading == | ||
Saul David, ''Indian Mutiny: 1857'' (London: Viking, 2002), ISBN 0670911372 ; (Penguin, 2003), ISBN 0141005548<br> | Saul David, ''Indian Mutiny: 1857'' (London: Viking, 2002), ISBN 0670911372 ; (Penguin, 2003), ISBN 0141005548<br> | ||
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This article is part of the events in the Indian Mutiny
Contents
Summary
Lucknow was one of the major centres of the Indian Mutiny. 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 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 Sir Henry Havelock (see Havelock's Campaign and 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 sepoys besieged at the Secundrabagh villa were massacred when the 93rd Highlanders and the 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
| 1 May 1857 | Mutiny at Lucknow |
| 30 June 1857 | Battle of Chinhut |
| 1 July 1857 | Start of the First Siege of Lucknow |
| 23 September 1857 | Battle of Alambagh |
| 25 September 1857 | First Lucknow Relief |
| 12 November 1857 | Battle of Alambagh |
| 14 November 1857 | Actions at Dilkusha and Martiniere |
| 16 November 1857 | Battle of Secundra Bagh |
| 17 November 1857 | Second Lucknow Relief |
| 27 Nov 1857-10 Mar 1858 | Defence of Alambagh |
| 22 December 1857 | Battle of Gailee by Lucknow |
| 9 March 1858 | Battle of La Martinière |
| 11 March 1858 | Battle of Begum Kothi |
| 14 March 1858 | Battle of Imambara |
| 19 March 1858 | Battle of Moosa Bagh |
| 21 March 1858 | Recapture of Lucknow |
Biographies
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:
Colin Campbell (1792-1863)
Henry Havelock (1795-1857)
John Inglis (1814-1862)
Henry Lawrence (1806-1857)
Edward Lugard (1810-1898)
Nana Sahib (1820?-1859?)
James Neill (1810-1857)
James Outram (1803-1863)
Tantya Tope (1819-1859)
External links
- Indian Mutiny 1857-58 www.britishempire.co.uk
- Siege of Lucknow Wikipedia
- 1857: A Brief Political and Military Analysis by Maj (Retd) Agha Humayun Amin defencejournal.com (Pakistan), now archived webpages. Issues March and May 2000
- Chapter Eight "The Lucknow Campaign-1857-58 The Siege of Lucknow Residency" and Chapter Nine "Havelock's First Relief of Lucknow-June-September 1857" 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"
- Film: The Relief of Lucknow (15 minutes duration) 1912 Colonial Film. Transcript of an 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 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. 2nd edition, with additions; Third edition, with further additions. Also 3rd edition better text, but lacks images. 1858 Archive.org.
- 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. 2nd edition 1858 HathiTrust with 3 images (rotatable); 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. Volume I, Volume II Google Books.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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]
- 1st edition 1891; 2nd edition, revised 1894; 3rd edition, revised 1899; 9th edition revised 1916 Archive.org
- Lucknow & Oude in the Mutiny; a Narrative and a Study by James John McLeod Innes , RE, VC 1895 Archive.org. New and Revised edition 1896 Archive.org.
- "The First Bengal European Fusiliers at Lucknow" Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Volume 84, July-December 1858, pages 73-85 Google Books
- The London Gazette Extraordinary Wednesday, February 17, 1858, (page 811) consisting of 34 pages relating to the Indian Mutiny. Includes "a complete nominal roll of officers, members of the Uncovenanted Service, and women and children of the garrison of Lucknow" (page 839). This link [1] advises there were corrections in subsequent Gazettes
Recommended Reading
Saul David, Indian Mutiny: 1857 (London: Viking, 2002), ISBN 0670911372 ; (Penguin, 2003), ISBN 0141005548
References
- ↑ 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
