Siege of Cawnpore

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The Siege of Cawnpore was a brutal and pivotal episode of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, marked by a prolonged rebel siege of British forces and the subsequent massacre of British soldiers and civilians.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
event in the Indian Rebellion of 1857
siege
alsoKnownAs Siege of Cawnpore
surface form: Cawnpore Massacre

Siege of Cawnpore
surface form: Siege of Kanpur
belligerent British civilians
British forces
British East India Company
surface form: East India Company

forces of Nana Sahib
sepoy rebels
casualties large number of British soldiers killed
large number of British women and children killed
significant rebel casualties
cause grievances against East India Company rule
political ambitions of Nana Sahib
widespread discontent among sepoys in Bengal Army
commander Hugh Wheeler
Nana Sahib
Tatya Tope
conflict Indian Rebellion of 1857
country British India
describedIn British colonial accounts of the Indian Rebellion of 1857
Indian nationalist historiography of 1857
endDate 1857-06-25
followedBy British recapture of Cawnpore
British reprisals against local population
garrisonStrength European civilians and Anglo-Indian civilians
several hundred European soldiers
historicalPeriod British Raj precursor period
locatedIn Kanpur
surface form: Cawnpore

India
Kanpur
Uttar Pradesh
militaryTheater northern India
surface form: North India
notableEvent Siege of Cawnpore self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bibighar massacre

Siege of Cawnpore self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sati Chaura Ghat massacre

surrender of British garrison under promise of safe conduct
partOf Indian Rebellion of 1857
precededBy outbreak of mutiny at Meerut
uprising in Delhi in 1857
rebelStrength several thousand sepoys and irregular troops
result massacre of British soldiers and civilians
rebel victory
significance galvanized British public opinion against rebels
major turning point in Indian Rebellion of 1857
symbol of brutality of the conflict on both sides
used to justify harsh British reprisals
startDate 1857-06-06
timePeriod June 1857
weaponUsed artillery
small arms

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Indian Rebellion of 1857 notableEvent Siege of Cawnpore
Nana Sahib associatedWithEvent Siege of Cawnpore
Nana Sahib associatedWithEvent Siege of Cawnpore
this entity surface form: Bibighar massacre
Tatya Tope participatedIn Siege of Cawnpore
Siege of Cawnpore notableEvent Siege of Cawnpore self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sati Chaura Ghat massacre
Siege of Cawnpore notableEvent Siege of Cawnpore self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bibighar massacre
Siege of Cawnpore alsoKnownAs Siege of Cawnpore
this entity surface form: Siege of Kanpur
Siege of Cawnpore alsoKnownAs Siege of Cawnpore
this entity surface form: Cawnpore Massacre
Kanpur notableEvent Siege of Cawnpore
Dhondu Pant conflict Siege of Cawnpore
Tope participatedIn Siege of Cawnpore
subject surface form: Tatya Tope
Battle of Kanpur alsoKnownAs Siege of Cawnpore
Battle of Kanpur alsoKnownAs Siege of Cawnpore
this entity surface form: Cawnpore Massacre
Ramachandra notableEvent Siege of Cawnpore
Ramachandra Pandurang Tope battle Siege of Cawnpore
Hugh Wheeler event Siege of Cawnpore
Hugh Wheeler associatedWith Siege of Cawnpore
this entity surface form: Cawnpore massacre
Bithoor, near Kanpur, British India conflictInvolvement Siege of Cawnpore
subject surface form: Bithoor
this entity surface form: Siege of Cawnpore context