Siege of Cawnpore

When

5 Jun 1857 – 25 Jun 1857

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

26.46° N, 80.33° E

Description

siege during the Indian rebellion of 1857

Siege during the Indian rebellion of 1857

The siege of Cawnpore was a key episode in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The besieged East India Company forces and civilians in Cawnpore were duped into a false assurance of a safe passage to Allahabad by the rebel forces under Nana Sahib. Their evacuation from Cawnpore thus turned into a massacre; most of the men were killed, while women and children were taken to a nearby dwelling known as Bibi Ghar.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die bis 25. Juni dauernde Belagerung von Kanpur durch aufständische indische Truppen unter Nana Sahib beginnt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в ходе восстания сипаев произошла осада Канпура в ходе которой мятежники победили”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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