Siege of Lucknow

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battle event in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 siege

The Siege of Lucknow was a prolonged and pivotal defense of the British Residency at Lucknow by British and loyalist forces against rebel sepoys and local insurgents during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Siege of Lucknow canonical	6
Relief of Lucknow	3
British Residency at Lucknow	1
First Relief of Lucknow	1
Lucknow Residency siege	1
Second Relief of Lucknow	1
Second relief of Lucknow	1
The Relief of Lucknow (painting)	1
The Siege of Lucknow (historical accounts)	1
relief of Lucknow	1
relief of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion of 1857	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ event in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ siege ⓘ
aftermath	contributed to dissolution of the British East India Company ⓘ strengthening of British control over Oudh ⓘ transfer of power in India to the British Crown in 1858 ⓘ
belligerent	British East India Company ⓘ Oudh rebels ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ local insurgents ⓘ loyalist Indian troops ⓘ rebel sepoys ⓘ
cause	political unrest in Oudh after its annexation ⓘ widespread mutiny of sepoys in 1857 ⓘ
civilianImpact	destruction of large parts of Lucknow ⓘ heavy civilian casualties ⓘ
commemoratedBy	inscriptions and plaques at the Lucknow Residency ⓘ
conflict	Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
defendedPlace	Siege of Lucknow self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: British Residency at Lucknow
defensiveWork	entrenched positions around the Residency ⓘ
endDate	1857-11-27 ⓘ
historicalPeriod	British Raj era transition ⓘ
involvedForce	British soldiers ⓘ Indian sepoys ⓘ civilian defenders ⓘ rebellious infantry units of the Bengal Army ⓘ
location	Lucknow ⓘ northern India ⓘ surface form: North India Oudh ⓘ
memorial	Grave of Henry Lawrence at the Residency ⓘ Residency ruins at Lucknow ⓘ
notableCommander	Begum Hazrat Mahal ⓘ Colin Campbell ⓘ Henry Havelock ⓘ Henry Lawrence ⓘ James Outram ⓘ Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi ⓘ surface form: Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah
partOf	Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
relatedWork	Siege of Lucknow self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Relief of Lucknow (painting) Siege of Lucknow self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Siege of Lucknow (historical accounts)
reliefOperation	Siege of Lucknow self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Relief of Lucknow Siege of Lucknow self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Second Relief of Lucknow
result	British victory ⓘ
significance	pivotal engagement of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
startDate	1857-06-30 ⓘ
tactic	artillery bombardment ⓘ mining and counter-mining ⓘ prolonged siege warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian Rebellion of 1857 → notableEvent → Siege of Lucknow ⓘ

this entity surface form: Relief of Lucknow

Oudh → importantEvent → Siege of Lucknow ⓘ

Siege of Lucknow → defendedPlace → Siege of Lucknow self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Residency at Lucknow

Siege of Lucknow → reliefOperation → Siege of Lucknow self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Relief of Lucknow

Siege of Lucknow → reliefOperation → Siege of Lucknow self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Relief of Lucknow

Siege of Lucknow → relatedWork → Siege of Lucknow self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Relief of Lucknow (painting)

Siege of Lucknow → relatedWork → Siege of Lucknow self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Siege of Lucknow (historical accounts)

Battle of Jhansi → precededBy → Siege of Lucknow ⓘ

Begum Hazrat Mahal → associatedWith → Siege of Lucknow ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lucknow Residency siege

Battle of Gwalior → relatedEvent → Siege of Lucknow ⓘ

this entity surface form: Relief of Lucknow

Colin Campbell → notableFor → Siege of Lucknow ⓘ

this entity surface form: relief of Lucknow

Residency ruins at Lucknow → significantEvent → Siege of Lucknow ⓘ

Ramachandra Pandurang Tope → battle → Siege of Lucknow ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second relief of Lucknow

Henry Lawrence → participantIn → Siege of Lucknow ⓘ

8th Hussars → notableEngagement → Siege of Lucknow ⓘ

this entity surface form: Relief of Lucknow

Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde → notableWork → Siege of Lucknow ⓘ

this entity surface form: relief of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion of 1857

British administration in Awadh → significantEvent → Siege of Lucknow ⓘ