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Siege of Bharatpur

Siege of Bharatpur was a siege conducted on 9 December 1825 at Bharatpur, in what is now India; it lasted 40 days. The recorded result: British victory. Recorded strength: 27,000 against 25,000.

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Siege of Bharatpur
J. Bartholomew, Edin. (cf. John Bartholomew and Son), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought9 December 1825lasted 40 days
WhereBharatpur, India27.217N, 77.490E
OutcomeBritish victory
BelligerentsBritish Empire; East India CompanyagainstBharatpur State
Casualties and losses1,050and19,000

Record

Date9 December 1825
to 18 January 1826
PlaceBharatpur, India
27.217N, 77.490E
KindSiege, nineteenth century
Strength27,00025,000
Casualties and losses1,05019,000
Commanders
  • Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere
  • Michael Childers
  • Balwant Singh of Bharatpur
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Siege of Bharatpur is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 354 in present-day India.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q21683999, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Bharatpur (1825–1826), revision 1370739571, 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.