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[[Category:Battles|Benares, Battle of]]
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|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|date=6 July 1857
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varanasi Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=25.282009,82.956336&z=12&t=h&hl=en 25.282009°N 82.956336°E]
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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
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== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by D Saul 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
