Battle of Bunkagaon
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| Battle of Bunkagaon | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of Indian Mutiny | ||
| Date: | 8 October 1858 | |
| Location: | Baragaon, Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 28.050007°N 80.14104°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Rebel Sepoys | |
| Commanders | ||
| Brig Thomas Seaton | Khan Ali Khan | |
| Strength | ||
| 513 cavalry 1,201 infantry 161 gunners 6 guns |
4,000 4 guns | |
| Casualties | ||
| 300 killed 2 guns | ||
Field Force
- No 7 Light Field Battery
- One 24-pounder howitzer and five 9-pounders
- 71 British and 90 Native troops
- A wing of the 6th Dragoon Guards (140 troopers)
- Mooltanee Regiment of Cavalry (373 sowars)
- 1st Battalion 60th Rifles (468 men)
- Detachment of 82nd Regiment (396 men)
- 22nd Poonah Infantry (337 men)
Spelling Variants
Modern Name: Baragaon
Variants: Bunkagaon/Bun-ka-gaon/Buragaon
External Links
Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire
Sir Thomas Seaton's dispatch Google Books
Buragaon Gazetteer 1857
Recommended Reading
"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
"My Indian Mutiny Diary" by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207