Nainital Besieged

Today Khan Bahadur Khan sent about a thousand of his soldiers with two guns to attack Haldwani on the road to Nainital.

Khan Bahadur Khan, has been ruling over Rohilkhand from its capital Bareilly as the Viceroy of the Mughal Emperor at Delhi since May 31, 1857, which marked the downfall of the British rule in Bareilly.

Though his troops were repulsed by a small contingent of Gurkhas, Khan nevertheless managed to effectively cut off supplies thus besieging Nainital where the English fugitives from Bareilly were holed up.