battle, nineteenth century

Battle of Chatra

Name: Battle of Chatra
Location: Chatra, India

Battle of Chatra was a battle fought in 1857 at Chatra, in what is now India. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Chatra. The recorded result: British victory. Recorded strength: 200 against 3000 rebels.

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Fought1857

WhereChatra, India24.205N, 84.877E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeBritish victory

Belligerents22px East India Company; United KingdomagainstMutinying sepoys and rebel zamindars

Casualties and losses56 in total. 46 Europeans and 10 Sikhs.and150

Record

Date	1857 (year precision)
Place	Chatra, India 24.205N, 84.877E
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	200	3000 rebels
Casualties and losses	56 in total. 46 Europeans and 10 Sikhs.	150
Commanders	Thakur Vishwanath Shahdeo Pandey Ganpat Rai

Placed at Chatra; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Arrah 1857, 152 km N
Battle of Buxar 1764, 176 km NW
Battle of Ghaghra 1529, 178 km N
Battle of Giria 1740, 325 km E
Battle of Plassey 1757, 346 km E

Elsewhere in 1857

Battle of Canton People's Republic of China
Siege of Delhi India
Siege of Lucknow India
Siege of Cawnpore India
Battle of Agra India

Battle of Chatra is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 376 in present-day India.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q65077662, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Chatra, revision 1370108944, 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.