The siege of Lucknow was the prolonged defence of the British Residency within the city of Lucknow from rebel sepoys (Indian soldiers in the British East...
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November 1857, the Residency was subject to the Siege of Lucknow, part of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Lucknow was recaptured by the East India Company in...
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William Hall (VC) (category Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross)
Canadian to receive the Victoria Cross due to his actions in the 1857 Siege of Lucknow. He received the medal for his actions during the Indian Rebellion...
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Henry Lawrence (Indian Army officer) (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
Lawrence Military Asylums and for his death at the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Lawrence was born in June 1806 into an Ulster-Scots...
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ISBN 978-1-135-72312-5. Anderson, Captain R. P. (1858). A Personal Journal of the Siege of Lucknow. London: W. Thacker and Co. pp. 200–203. Rajmohan Gandhi (1999)...
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Thomas Henry Kavanagh (category Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross)
Mutiny, when the following deed took place on 9 November 1857 at the Siege of Lucknow, India for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross: Mr. Thomas Henry...
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Dilkusha Kothi (category Buildings and structures in Lucknow)
shelled during its involvement in the Siege of Lucknow in 1857, together with the Residency and the nearby school of La Martinière. The house was constructed...
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Julia, Lady Inglis (category British people of the Indian Rebellion of 1857)
troops at the Siege of Lucknow in 1857. She kept a diary of her life during the siege, which was published as The Siege of Lucknow: a Diary. She aimed to...
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instead of Indic text. Lucknow (/ˈlʌknaʊ/; Hindustani: [ˈləkʰnəuː] ; ISO: Lakhanaū) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh...
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John Alexander (VC) (category British Army personnel of the Crimean War)
who was severely wounded. He was later killed in action during the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny in British India on 24 September 1857. Private...
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educational institution located in Lucknow, the capital of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The college consists of two schools on different campuses...
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Hilton — author of an eye-witness guide to the siege of Lucknow Charles Palmer — civil engineer and survivor of the siege of Lucknow Inabata Katsutarō...
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from concealed positions or distances exceeding the detection capabilities of enemy personnel. Some notable military snipers include Not all snipers are...
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Delhi and the Siege and relief of Lucknow. Indian Order of Merit A military and civilian decoration of British India, the Indian Order of Merit was first...
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Battle of Le Cateau Battle of Leliefontein Siege of Lucknow Battle of Magdala Battle of Magersfontein Battle of Maiwand Manipur Expedition Battle of Mount...
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Russian cannon captured at the siege of Sevastopol. Recent research has thrown doubt on this story, suggesting a variety of origins. The original Royal Warrant...
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Sikandar Bagh (category History of Lucknow)
within its walls the slaughter of all 2,200 sepoy mutineers who had made it a stronghold during their Siege of Lucknow. The site now houses the National...
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John Eardley Inglis (category British military personnel of the Indian Rebellion of 1857)
the British compound for 87 days in the siege of Lucknow. In 1833 he joined the 32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot, in which all his regimental service...
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Nowell Salmon (category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath)
Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny. He was a member of the force defending the Residency when he volunteered to climb a tree near the wall of the...
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1857 in India (category Years of the 19th century in India)
British defeat at Chinhat (30 June) near Lucknow; siege of Lucknow begins. Other events of June: Battle of Badli-ki-Serai (8 June); Delhi Field Force...
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Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (category British military personnel of the Indian Rebellion of 1857)
commanded the British forces during the Siege of Lucknow in 1857. She later wrote of her experiences during the siege in her diary, which was later published...
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completed. The British Residency at Lucknow, to which Lawrence withdrew, was then the scene of the Siege of Lucknow until November 1857. Henry Stedman...
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his part in the Siege of Lucknow, where he was at odds with the commanding officer, Henry Montgomery Lawrence. He was the third son of Major-General Joseph...
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Flashman in the Great Game (category Cultural depictions of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
Sepoy Mutiny begins. Flashman survives the Siege of Cawnpore and the Siege of Lucknow but ends up imprisoned in Gwalior after an attempt to deliver Lakshmi...
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Selina Scott (category Alumni of the University of East Anglia)
survived the Siege of Lucknow. In December 2021, Scott was one of the four walkers travelling with the BBC's 360 degree camera, in the first series of BBC Four's Winter...
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commander. At the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, 12-year-old Drummer Ross of the 93rd Highlanders signalled the arrival of his regiment...
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Commissioner's Province of India until 1937 Agencies of British India List of British residents or political agents in Delhi, 1803–57 Siege of Lucknow - the prolonged...
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(1795-1857), known from the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The streets were laid out in 1858, with Lucknow Street as the main thoroughfare...
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The siege of Louisbourg was a pivotal operation of the French and Indian War in 1758 that ended French colonial dominance in Atlantic Canada and led to...
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Umrao Jaan Ada (category Novels set in Lucknow)
return to the kotha. Umrao Jaan performs at the court of Wajid Ali Shah until the Siege of Lucknow forces her to flee the city for Faizabad. There she finds...
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