Siege of Cawnpore
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title:
Siege of Cawnpore
text:
The siege of Cawnpore was a key episode in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The besieged East India Company forces and civilians in Cawnpore were duped into a false assurance of a safe passage to Allahabad by the rebel forces under Nana Sahib. Their evacuation from Cawnpore thus turned into a massacre, and most of the men were killed and women and children taken to a nearby dwelling known as Bibi Ghar. As an East India Company rescue force from Allahabad approached Cawnpore, 120 British women and c
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Siege during the Indian rebellion of 1857
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Cawnpore
date created:
2005-04-25T07:10:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T19:44:52Z
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