The Siege Besieging of Cawnpore was a key episode in the Indian rebellion of 1857 .

The besieged Company forces and civilians in Cawnpore ( now Kanpur ) were unprepared for an extended siege and surrendered Surrendering to rebel forces under Nana Sahib , in return for a safe passage to Allahabad .

However , their evacuation from Cawnpore turned Becoming into a massacre , and most of the men were killed Killing .

As an East India Company rescue force from Allahabad approached Cawnpore , 120 British women and children captured Conquering by the Sepoy forces were killed Killing in what came to be known as the Bibighar Massacre , their remains being thrown Motion down a nearby well in an attempt to hide Hiding_objects the evidence .

Following the recapture of Cawnpore and the discovery Coming_to_be of the massacre , the angry Company forces engaged Participation in widespread retaliation against captured rebel soldiers and local civilians .

The murders greatly embittered Bodily_harm the British rank-and-file against the Sepoy rebels and inspired Influence the war cry `` Remember Cawnpore !