Sati Chaura Ghat, Kanpur This place is associated with the massacre of Europeans on 27 June 1857 when they had come to the Ghat to take boats for Allahabad. The massacre followed Neill's killings at Banaras and Allahabad. Indian Cavalry attacking a British Infantry square in the battle of Kanpur The incident depicted here occurred on 15 July 1857 when the British force was advancing on Kanpur.