<Ul> <Li> 1st Lucknow </Li> <Li> 1st Cawnpore </Li> <Li> Badli - ki - Serai </Li> <Li> Delhi </Li> <Li> Chinhat </Li> <Li> Aong </Li> <Li> Arrah </Li> <Li> Agra </Li> <Li> Najafgarh </Li> <Li> 2nd Cawnpore </Li> <Li> 2nd Lucknow </Li> <Li> Central India </Li> </Ul> <Li> Badli - ki - Serai </Li> <P> The Siege of Arrah (27 July--3 August 1857) took place during the Indian Mutiny (also known as the Indian Rebellion of 1857). It was the eight - day defence of a fortified outbuilding, occupied by a combination of 18 civilians and 50 members of the Bengal Military Police Battalion, against 2,500--3,000 mutinying Bengal Native Infantry sepoys from three regiments and an estimated 8,000 men from irregular forces commanded by Kunwar Singh, the local zamindar or chieftain . </P> <P> An attempt to break the siege failed, with around 290 casualties out of around 415 men in the relief party . Shortly afterwards, a second relief effort consisting of 225 men and three artillery guns--carried out despite specific orders that it should not take place--dispersed the forces surrounding the building, suffering two casualties, and the besieged party escaped . Only one member of the besieged group was injured . </P>

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