What the records say
- When
- 2 Oct 1857
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 24.20° N, 84.88° E
- Description
- struggle between the East India Company and the rebel soldiers during the Indian independence struggle of 1857
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Chatra
The Battle of Chatra was a conflict that took place during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 between the East India Company and the mutinying sepoys who were allied certain local zamindars. The rebels had amassed a force of 3000 men and had taken the town of Chatra which is located in the Chota Nagpur Division. It was a crucial and bloody military engagement fought on October 2, 1857, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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