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[[Category:Battles|Ghanzi 1839, Battle of]]
 
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|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan  War]
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|date=6 March 1842
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|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazni Ghazni, Afghanistan]
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|presidency=[[Bengal]]
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|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.549437,68.416482&z=12&t=h&hl=en 33.549438°N 68.416483°E] 
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|result=British defeat
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|territory=
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|combatant1=British & Indians
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|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
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|commander1=
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|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Khan Akbar Khan]
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== External Links ==
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[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PAi&dq=Brigadier+Shelton&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPR1,M1 Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBEWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA425&dq=Ghuznee&as_brr=1&ei=AFrOR-P0DJXOywT8goiwBQ#PPA425,M1 Google Books - Fall of Ghazni]

Revision as of 16:06, 7 July 2008

Storming of Ghazni
Part of 1st Afghan War
Date: 6 March 1842
Location: Ghazni, Afghanistan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 33.549438°N 68.416483°E
Result: British defeat
Combatants
British & Indians Various Afghan tribes
Commanders
Akbar Khan
Strength
Casualties

External Links

Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War
Google Books - History of the War in Afghanistan
Google Books - Fall of Ghazni