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Cawnpore in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Cawnpore in India. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records4 event labels2 people1857–1857

Historical events in Cawnpore

1857

June 1857
Command at Cawnpore
Tatya Tope · Indian Wars of Independence

Tatya Tope becomes a leading military commander for Nana Sahib's forces during the fighting around Cawnpore.

5 June 1857
Siege of Cawnpore
Nana Sahib · Indian Wars of Independence

Nana Sahib emerges as the principal rebel leader at Cawnpore as Company forces are besieged in their entrenchment.

July 1857
Leadership at Cawnpore
Nana Sahib · Indian Wars of Independence

Nana Sahib assumes political and military leadership of the rebellion around Cawnpore during the summer of 1857.

6 December 1857
Battle of Cawnpore
Tatya Tope · Indian Wars of Independence

Tatya Tope's army is defeated by Colin Campbell's force during renewed fighting for Cawnpore.

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