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Siege of Arrah

Siege of Arrah was a siege conducted on 27 July 1857 at Arrah, in what is now India; it lasted 7 days. It was part of Indian Mutiny of 1857, which ran from 1857 to 1858. The recorded result: British victory.

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"Defence of the Arrah House, 1857" by William Tayler - Coloured Lithograph from a drawing.
"Defence of the Arrah House, 1857" by William Tayler - Coloured Lithograph from a drawing.. William Tayler (1808-1892), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought27 July 1857lasted 7 days
WhereArrah, India25.557N, 84.666E
OutcomeBritish victory
Belligerents22px East India Company; United KingdomagainstJagdishpur estate; Mutinying Sepoys
Part ofIndian Mutiny of 18571857 to 1858

Where it sits in Indian Mutiny of 1857

Capture of Delhi, 1857Siege of Lucknow, 1857Siege of Cawnpore, 1857Siege of Delhi, 1857Battle of Badli-ki-Serai, 1857Battle of Jhelum - Indian Mutiny, 1857Battle of Aong, 1857Siege of Arrah, 1857Battle of Agra, 1857Battle of Najafgarh, 1857Second Battle of Cawnpore, 1857Capture of Lucknow, 1858Siege of Jhansi, 1858Battle of Sagnapur, 185818571858Siege of Arrah, 1857
14 placed engagements of Indian Mutiny of 1857 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date27 July 1857
to 3 August 1857
PlaceArrah, India
25.557N, 84.666E
KindSiege, nineteenth century
StrengthBesieged party: 68; First relief: 400; Second relief: 225Mutinying Sepoys: 2,500 – 3,000; Kunwar Singh's forces: 8,000 (Estimated)
Casualties and lossesBesieged party: 1 wounded; First relief: 170 killed; 120 wounded; Second relief: 2 killedUnknown
Commanders
  • Vincent Eyre
  • Kunwar Singh
  • Babu Amar Singh
  • Hare Krishna Singh
Siege of ArrahSiege of ArrahBattle of GhaghraBattle of BuxarBattle of GhaghraBattle of BuxarVaranasiGorakhpurGayaMuzaffarpurAurangabad100 km25.557N, 84.666E
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Siege of Arrah is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 354 in present-day India.

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Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q26910860, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Arrah, revision 1379508478, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.