Historedia
Episode 3 of 4

Siege of Lucknow

When
July-November 1857
Where
British Residency
Part of
Outbreak of the Indian Rebellion of 1857: Meerut to Delhi, Lucknow and Kanpur

The prolonged defence of the British Residency in Lucknow from rebel sepoys during the rebellion. The siege lasted until November 1857.

The siege of Lucknow was the prolonged defence of the British Residency within the city from rebel sepoys. The conflict involved the final capture of Lucknow in November 1857. Delafosse joined the defending garrison during this siege.

Sources

  1. Siege of Lucknow Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22
  2. Siege of Cawnpore Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22

Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.