Battle of Badli-ki-Serai

Battle of Badli-ki-Serai
Part of the Indian rebellion of 1857 and Anglo-Indian wars

Storming the Batteries at Badle-Serai, as sketched by Captain George Franklin Atkinson
Date8 June 1857
Location
Near Delhi, India, close by Adarsh Nagar metro station at the Gateways of Badli Ki Sarai
28°43′08″N 77°10′03″E / 28.719013082414165°N 77.16759832400396°E / 28.719013082414165; 77.16759832400396
Result Company victory
Belligerents

East India Company

Kingdom of Nepal		 Mughal Empire
Commanders and leaders
Henry W. Barnard Mirza Mughal (absent)
Mirza Khizr Sultan
Strength
2,000 infantry
500 cavalry
22 guns		 approx. 9,000 infantry[1]
approx. 400 cavalry
30 guns
Casualties and losses
51 killed
131 wounded[2]		 approx. 1000[2]
13 guns

The Battle of Badli-ki-Serai was fought early in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, or First War of Indian Independence as it has since been termed in Indian histories of the events. A British and Gurkha force defeated a force of sepoys who had rebelled against the British East India Company. The British victory enabled them to besiege and ultimately capture Delhi.

  1. ^ The Indian Mutiny, 1857, Saul David p.157 published by the Penguin Group 2002
  2. ^ a b "Part of Lord Robert's memoirs". Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2007.