<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> 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>
who led the revolt of 1857 in arrah
who led the revolt of 1857 in arrah
Kunwar Singh , the local zamindar or chieftain
Kunwar Singh , the local zamindar or chieftain