Siege of Lucknow

Siege of Lucknow
	Part of Indian Rebellion of 1857
	; 7th Hussars, charging a body of the Mutineer's Cavalry in Lucknow
Date	30 May – 27 November 1857
Location	Lucknow, British India
Result	Initial British Defeat
Belligerents
East India Company	Oudh
Commanders and leaders
Henry Lawrence †; Brigadier John Inglis; Henry Havelock †; James Outram; Colin Campbell; James George Smith Neill †;	Various commanders including: Begum Hazrat Mahal; Birjis Qadr; Barkat Ahmad; Ahmadullah Shah;
Strength
1,729 troops, rising to approx. 8,000	5,000 men, rising to approx. 30,000
Casualties and losses
2,500 killed, wounded, missing	Unknown

The siege of Lucknow was the prolonged defence of the British Residency within the city of Lucknow from rebel sepoys (Indian soldiers in the British East India Company's Army) during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. After two successive relief attempts had reached the city, the defenders and civilians were evacuated from the Residency, which was then abandoned.