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[[Category:Battles|Sohunpore, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Sohunpore, Battle of]]
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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]
|date=26 December 1857
|location=Sohunpore, 8 km west of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majhauli_Raj SohunporeMairwa Mairwa, Majhauli RajBihar], Uttar Pradesh]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.29621238921,8384.968506144921&z=11&t=h&hl=en 26.29621°N 83238921°N 84.968506°E144921°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1= [[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel sepoys
|commander1=Col H.Francis Rowcroft
|commander2=Hurkishen Sing<br>Naib Nazim Mushurruf Khan
|strength1=1,080
|casualties2=150
}}
== Sarun Field Force ==
*Royal marines Marines (30 men)<br>*Naval brigade (130 men)<br>*Ramdull Goorkha Regt (500 men)<br>*Gorucknath Goorkha Regt (350 men)<br>*Capt Rattray's Seikhs (50 men)<br>*Four 12 pounder howitzers
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]The British Empire<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hsVGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA83&dq=Mujowlee&ei=uPEuSaXUBpOMkASfvoneDQ#PPA83,M1 Google Books - Action at MujowleeSohunpore]Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OMYsAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1516&dq=Rowcroft+1857&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=_bxYScnYEYfCzgTQ54jLCQ#PPA1508,M1 Google Books - Rowcroft's Despatch]Google Books== Spelling Variants ==Modern name: Sohanpur<br>Variants: Sohunpore/Sonepore<br>
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
[[Category:Battles|Sohunpore, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Sohunpore, Battle of]]
