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Siege of Delhi

Siege of Delhi was a siege conducted on 8 June 1857 at Delhi, in what is now India; it lasted 3 months. It was part of Indian Mutiny of 1857, which ran from 1857 to 1858. The recorded result: British victory.

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Photograph entitled, "Cashmere Gate, Delhi, Punjab" taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s and showing extensive damage to the Kashmiri Gate.
Photograph entitled, "Cashmere Gate, Delhi, Punjab" taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s and showing extensive damage to the Kashmiri Gate.. Samuel Bourne, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought8 June 1857lasted 3 months
WhereDelhi, India28.667N, 77.217E
OutcomeBritish victory
BelligerentsBritish Empire; 25px|border East India CompanyagainstMughal Empire; Sepoy mutineers
Casualties and losses1,254 killed; 4,493 woundedandApprox. 5,000 killed and wounded; 30000+ civilians killed
Part ofIndian Mutiny of 18571857 to 1858

Where it sits in Indian Mutiny of 1857

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14 placed engagements of Indian Mutiny of 1857 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date8 June 1857
to 21 September 1857
PlaceDelhi, India
28.667N, 77.217E
KindSiege, nineteenth century
Strength3,000 regular; 6000 Punjabis, Sikhs, and Gurkhas; 2,200 Kashmiri irregulars; 42 field guns; 60 siege guns12,000 sepoys,; approx. 30,000 irregulars or mujahideen,; approx. 100 guns
Casualties and losses1,254 killed; 4,493 woundedApprox. 5,000 killed and wounded; 30000+ civilians killed
Commanders
  • Henry Barnard (British Army officer)
  • Archdale Wilson
  • John Nicholson (East India Company officer)
  • William Stephen Raikes Hodson
  • Hope Grant
  • Bahadur Shah II
  • Mirza Mughal
  • Mirza Khizr Sultan
  • Bakht Khan
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Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1299 and 1857.

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Siege of Delhi 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 Q2343263, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Delhi (1857), revision 1380233517, 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.