Capture of Lucknow
| Capture of Lucknow | |||||||
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| Part of Indian Rebellion of 1857 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| East India Company | Oudh rebels supported by rebel sepoys | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Sir Colin Campbell | Begum Hazrat Mahal | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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31,000 104 guns |
100,000 (?) unknown number of guns | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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127 killed 595 wounded | Unknown | ||||||
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The Capture of Lucknow (Hindi: लखनऊ का क़ब्ज़ा, Urdu: لکھنؤ کا قبضہ) was a battle of Indian rebellion of 1857. The British recaptured the city of Lucknow which they had abandoned in the previous winter after the relief of a besieged garrison in the Residency, and destroyed the organised resistance by the rebels in the Kingdom of Awadh (or Oudh, as it was referred to in most contemporary accounts).