siege, notable, nineteenth century

Siege of Lucknow

Siege of Lucknow was a siege conducted on 30 May 1857 at Lucknow, in what is now India. It was part of Indian Mutiny of 1857, which ran from 1857 to 1858. The recorded result: British victory.

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"The Relief of Lucknow," by Thomas J. Barker; a print from c.1914. Thomas J. Barker, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date	30 May 1857
Place	Lucknow, India 26.861N, 80.916E
Part of	Indian Mutiny of 1857 (1857 to 1858)
Kind	Siege, nineteenth century
Result	British victory
Belligerents	22px East India Company	22px Oudh
Commanders	Henry Lawrence; Brigadier John Inglis; Henry Havelock; James Outram; Colin Campbell; James George Smith Neill

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Cawnpore 1857, 73 km
Second Battle of Cawnpore 1857, 74 km
Battle of Aong 1857, 86 km
Battle of Khajwa 1659, 98 km
Battle of Farrukhabad 1804, 139 km

In the same war

After: Siege of Cawnpore 5 June 1857
All 10 engagements of Indian Mutiny of 1857

Elsewhere in 1857

Battle of Canton People's Republic of China
Siege of Medina Fort Mali
Battle of Fatshan Creek People's Republic of China
Battle of Escape Creek China
Battle of Devil's River United States

Siege of Lucknow is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 205 in present-day India.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q815165, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Lucknow, revision 1383118197, 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.