The place in which General Neil was killed in the Chinese Bazaar, Lucknow, 1858

Photograph by Felice Beato (1825-1907), Indian Mutiny (1857-1859).

Brigadier-General James Neil was shot and killed at Lucknow on 25 September 1857. The 'Chinese Bazaar' was at a place called the Lal Bagh. Neil had earlier put down a rebellion at Allahabad, before joining Sir Henry Havelock's Lucknow relief column as commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade.