Capture of Lucknow

Capture of Lucknow
	Part of Indian Rebellion of 1857
Date	1 March – 21 March 1858
Location	Lucknow, Awadh, India
Result	East India Company victory
Belligerents
East India Company	Oudh rebels supported by rebel sepoys
Commanders and leaders
Sir Colin Campbell	Begum Hazrat Mahal
Strength
31,000; 104 guns	100,000 (?); unknown number of guns
Casualties and losses
127 killed; 595 wounded	Unknown

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).

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