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{{short description|Indian religious leader}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| birth_name = Sayyad Barkat Ahmad Risaldar
| known_for = [[Battle of Chinhat]], Figure of [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]
}}

{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict=Battle of Chinhat
|image=
|caption=
|partof=[[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]
|date=June 30, 1857
|place=Ismailganj, near [[Lucknow]], [[India]]
|result=Mughal victory
|combatant1=[[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|22px]] [[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[[Mughal Empire]]
|commander1=[[Sir Henry Lawrence]] Col. John Inglis (32nd)
|commander2=Barkat Ahmad Khan Ali Khan
|strength1=approx. 700<ref name="Polehampton1858">{{cite book|author=Henry Stedman Poleahampton|title=A Memoir, Letters, and Diary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hltHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA319|year=1858|publisher=R. Bentley|pages=319–}}</ref> '''Infantry''':
* [[32nd Regiment of Foot]] - 300
* 13th, 48th, 71st [[Bengal Native Infantry]] - 230
'''Cavalry'''
* Volunteer cavalry - 40
* Detachments of 1st, 2nd, 3rd Oude Irregular Cavalry - 120
'''Artillery'''
* Horse Light Field Battery - 4 guns
* No 2 Oude Field Battery - 4 guns
* One 8 inch howitzer
|strength2=approx. 7,000<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Chinhat 30 June 1857 |url=https://www.irondukeminiatures.co.uk/p-1-lucknow-front |website=Iron Duke Miniatures |accessdate=29 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730050639/https://www.irondukeminiatures.co.uk/p-1-lucknow-front |archive-date=30 July 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> '''Infantry''': approx. 6,000
* 22nd [[Bengal Native Infantry]].
* 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th Oude Irregular Infantry.
* 1st, 2nd Regiments Military Police.
* Local Police Detachment - 300
* Oude talookdars from Ramnugger Dhumeyree and Mahonah
* Levied Infantry
'''Cavalry''' approx. 800
* 15th Bengal Irregular Cavalry
* 1st, 2nd & 3rd Oude Irregular Cavalry
'''Artillery''': 16 guns
* 5th, 7th, 13th Bty. Bengal Artillery
* 1st Bty. Light Field, Oude Irregular Artillery
|casualties1='''Dead''': Col. William Case, CPT. Stephens, Lt. Brackenbury, Thomson (32nd), 112 NCOs and Men. '''Wounded''': Campbell (71st), James (Commissariat) '''Losses''':
* 2 Howitzer,
* 1 9-Pounder<ref name="Polehampton1858" />
|casualties2=589
|}}
{{Campaign box India 1857}}

'''Barkat Ahmad''' (1787 – 5 June 1858) was a [[sepoy]] mutineer and leading figure of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]. Barkat Ahmad led the army of Indian rebels in the [[Battle of Chinhat]], in [[Awadh]] region.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sNoz_F_wQPkC&q=barkat+ahmad&pg=PA459|title=Britain's Empire: Resistance, Repression and Revolt| work=Richard Gott |isbn=9781844677382|last1=Gott|first1=Richard|date=7 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9RWKAgAAQBAJ&q=barkat+ahmad+lucknow%2F&pg=PT131|title=The World Beyond |work=Sangeeta Bhargava |isbn=9780749010898 |last1=Bhargava |first1=Sangeeta |date=25 July 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31813&articlexml=Battle-of-Chinhat-A-Wilful-Amnesia-12072015014059 |title=Battle of Chinhat and Barkat Ahmad |work=Sonal Gupta The Times Group |access-date=30 October 2017 |archive-date=8 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208072015/http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31813&articlexml=Battle-of-Chinhat-A-Wilful-Amnesia-12072015014059 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Barkat Ahmad was a highly trained {{original research inline|date=December 2017}} British sepoy. He led the rebels against the British officer [[Sir Henry Lawrence]] who was then located at [[The Residency, Lucknow|the Residency]]{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}.

==Battle of Chinhat==

On 30 June 1857, Sir Henry Lawrence received information of the movement of rebels and plan of attacking Lucknow. Sir Henry Lawrence was so confident to ambush the rebel, he led the army and came out of the Residency on a buggy. The British army was composed of 300 British soldiers, 200 Indian soldiers, 200 cavalry and 13 cannons. Barkat Ahmad had anticipated this move of Britishers, hence planned for the attack near the village of Chinchat, twelve miles from Lucknow.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3amnMPTPP5MC&q=barkat+ahmad+chinhat&pg=PA240 |title= E-book, Battle and Sieges | work= Tony Jaques|isbn= 9780313335372 |last1= Jaques |first1= Tony |year= 2007 }}</ref>

Barkat Ahmad led the rebel army of 5000 soldiers. He also had [[Ahmadullah Shah]] as a commander under him. A fierce battle took place at Chinhat in which Britishers retreated and were pushed backed to the Residency.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} Henry Lawrence was wounded by an exploding shell on 2 July and died two days later.<ref name="auto">{{cite book|title=Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah and Great Revolt of 1857, by Rashmi Kumari}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Indian Freedom Movement]]
*[[Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi]]
*[[Bakht Khan]]
*[[Begum Hazrat Mahal]]
*[[Siege of Lucknow]]
*[[Capture of Lucknow]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last= Richard |first=Gott | date=2011 |title=Britain's Empire: Resistance, Repression and Revolt |isbn=9781844677382 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sNoz_F_wQPkC&q=barkat%20ahmad%20lucknow&pg=PP1}}

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