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    The Siege of Delhi was a decisive conflict of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The rebellion against the authority of the East India Company was widespread...
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  • The siege of Delhi (8–19 October 1804) was conducted by the Maratha leader Maharaja Yashwantrao Holkar against the forces of the British East India Company...
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  • Khanate launched an invasion of the Delhi Sultanate, when two major units of the Delhi army were away from the city. The Delhi Sultan Alauddin Khalji, who...
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    The siege of Chittorgarh occurred in 1303, when the Khalji ruler Alauddin Khalji (r. 1296–1316) captured and sacked the Chittor Fort, toppling the Guhila...
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    Battle of Delhi in 1757 also referred to as the Second Battle of Delhi, was fought on 11 August 1757 between the Maratha Confederacy under the command of Raghunath...
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    Hindal, uncertain of his intentions, abandoned the siege of Delhi and withdrew to Agra. Although Kamran was persuaded to leave Delhi untouched and to follow...
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    company's army established a base on the Delhi ridge to the north of the city and the Siege of Delhi began. The siege lasted roughly from 1 July to 21 September...
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  • Battle of Delhi (1803), fought between the British East India Company and the Maratha Confederacy, as part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War Siege of Delhi (1804)...
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    Khooni Darwaza (Bloody Gate) during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. During the siege of Delhi by British forces, the young Mughal prince had been appointed...
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    Yashwantrao Holkar (category Maharajas of Indore)
    the emperor, Holkar marched towards Delhi and attacked the army of Colonel Ochterlony and Berne. The Siege of Delhi (1804) lasted for more than a week...
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    the end of Siege of Delhi. After 1857, the British moved to Civil Lines, and Kashmere Gate became the fashionable and commercial centre of Delhi, a status...
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    Castle, Delhi was a building located in the Civil Lines in Delhi, India, which for a time during East India Company rule in the first half of the 19th...
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    Alamgir II (category Emperors of the Mughal Empire)
    captured Delhi and plundered Mathura. While the Marathas became more powerful because of their collaboration with Imad-ul-Mulk, and dominated the whole of northern...
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    Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling...
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  • This article lists the battles involving the Mughal Empire of India from its formation in 1526 until its dissolution 1857. The Mughal Empire was founded...
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  • army surrendered and peace agreement was reached in early March 1846. Siege of Delhi took place in June–September 1857. The troops from the British East...
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  • Rule: Battle of Delhi between the Marathas and British East Indian Company. 1804 – Siege of Delhi by Marathas. 1857 – Indian Rebellion of 1857 begins in...
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    Gurkha (category Brigade of Gurkhas)
    during the conflict, and 25 Indian Order of Merit awards were made to men from that regiment during the Siege of Delhi. Three days after the rebellion began...
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    inside the Red Fort complex in Delhi, India. It was built by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, damaged during the Siege of Delhi, and subsequently restored by...
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    John Smith (British Army officer, born 1816) (category Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross)
    through various campaigns, earning the Victoria Cross in 1857 at the Siege of Delhi. Smith died from dysentery in 1864. Smith was born in Ashby Road, Ticknall...
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    Queen's Truncheon (category Brigade of Gurkhas)
    Indian Rebellion of 1857, the 8th (Sirmoor) Local Battalion made a particularly notable contribution. During the four-month Siege of Delhi, they defended...
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    Battle of Najafgarh was a subsidiary engagement of the Siege of Delhi during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. A large Indian force sortied from Delhi, intending...
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    Henry Tombs (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
    Gazette of the 16th January, 1858.) For services at the siege of Delhi, Tombs was promoted brevet lieutenant-colonel and made a Companion of the Order of the...
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  • 3rd Gorkha Rifles (category Infantry regiments of the Indian Army from 1947)
    including the siege of Delhi in 1857 to the First and Second World Wars. After the Partition of India in 1947 the regiment was one of the six Gorkha...
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    A siege (Latin: sedere, lit. 'to sit') is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or by well-prepared assault...
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    William Raynor (category Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross)
    Siege of Delhi, India, Lieutenant Raynor was one of nine men who defended the ammunition storehouse for more than five hours against large numbers of...
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    Delhi has been an important political centre of India as the capital of several empires. The recorded history of Delhi begins with the 8th century Tomar...
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    James Thompson (VC) (category Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross)
    siege. Thompson was one of five men of the 1/60th elected under Section 13 of the Royal Warrant to receive the Victoria Cross for the Siege of Delhi....
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    Shah Alam II (category People from Delhi)
    Yashwantrao Holkar tried to snatch Delhi from the British in Siege of Delhi (1804), but failed. Shah Alam II died of natural causes on 19 November 1806...
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    The Capture of Delhi, fought in 1760, pitted the forces of the Maratha Confederacy against those of the Durrani Empire led by Yakub Ali Khan. The Maratha...
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