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	SIKH WARS - LoveToKnow Article on SIKH WARS
		First Sik/z War (184546).The first Sikh War was brought about by the insubordination of the Sikh army, which after the death of Ranjit Singh became uncontrollable and on the 11th of December 1845 crossed the Sutlej, and virtually declared war upon the British.
		The Sikhs fled in confusion, losing sixty-seven guns, and by this battle were expelled from the south side of the Sutlej.
		Second Sikh War (5848-1849).For two years after the battle of Sobraon the Punjab remained a British protectorate, with Sir Henry Lawrence as resident; but the Sikhs were unconvinced of their military inferiority, the Rani Jindan and her ministers were constantly intriguing to recover their power, and a further trial of strength was inevitable.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SI/SIKH_WARS.htm (1775 words)

	SikhLionz.com: Anglo-Sikh War 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		According to the peace settlement of March 1846, at the end of Anglo-Sikh war I, the British force in Lahore was to be withdrawn at the end of the year, but a severer treaty was imposed on the Sikhs before the expiry of that date.
		The Sikh army 12,000 strong was drawn in battle array in the dense jungle in front, their heavy guns bearing upon Chillianwala, on the River Jehlum.
		Gupta, Hari Ram, Panjab on the Eve of First Sikh War.
	www.sikhlionz.com /anglosikhwar2.htm (3294 words)

	SOBRAON - LoveToKnow Article on SOBRAON
		It was fought on the 16th of February 1846, between the British (1 5,ooo) under Sir Hugh Gough and the Sikhs (20,000) under Tej Singh and Lal Singh.
		The Sikhs had fortified themselves in a bend on the left bank of the Sutlej, with the river in their rear.
		The battle began with a two hours artillery duel, in which the Sikh guns were the more powerful, and the British heavy guns expended their ammunition.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SO/SOBRAON.htm (127 words)

	This month's featured article at www.sikh-history.com
		The 1962 war with China was fought at a time when Indian Army was suffering severely from the sustained efforts of the politicians to reduce it to a stage of near impotence.
		The Sikhs were ready for it as they had shored up their defenses and the machinegun fire along with concentrated artillery fire took a heavy toll of the enemy.
		The War Memorial at Ramgarh is in the form of a quoit (chakra) and a khanda (sword).
	www.sikh-history.com /sikhhist/archivedf/feature-june2001.html (7543 words)

	First Anglo-Sikh War
		British preparations for a war with the Sikhs began seriously in 1843 when the new governor-general, Lord Ellenborough (1842-44), discussed with the Home government the possibilities of a military occupation of the Punjab.
		The crossing over the Sutlej by Sikhs was made a pretext by the British for opening hostilities and on 13 December Governor-General Lord Hardinge issued a proclamation announcing war on the Sikhs.
		To check the enemy advance on Lahore, a large portion of the Sikh army was entrenched in a horseshoe curve on the Sutlej near the village of Sabhraon, under the command of Tej Singh while the cavalry battalions and the dreaded ghorcharas under Lal Singh were a little higher up the river.
	www.indhistory.com /anglo-sikh-war-1.html (2616 words)

	Sikh Wars -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The first war was precipitated by mutual suspicions and the turbulence of the Sikh army.
		It was the first of two decisive battles in the First Sikh War, 1845–46.
		The first significant genocide of the 20th century was directed against the Armenian residents of Asia Minor by the Turkish government.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9067731 (719 words)

	WHKMLA : The First Anglo-Sikh War, 1845-1846
		The Sikh Kingdom in the Punjab bordered on territory of the East India Company on two sides : in the east to the south of Patiala, since 1803, and to the south since the EIC conquest of Sindh in 1843.
		The Sikhs felt threatened and responded on December 11th 1845 by having their army cross the Sutlej River; on December 13th EIC Governor General Lord Hardinge declared war, as well as the annexation of the Sikh territory on the left bank of the Sutlej..
		According to the Peace of Lahore, the Sikh Kingdom had to cede its territory to the south of the Sutlej, had to pay war indemnity, had to reduce its army, had to accept a Maharaja picked by the British, as well as a British resident in Lahore.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/military/19cen/sikhwar1.html (368 words)

	SikhLionz.com: Anglo-Sikh War 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The rapid march in November 1845 of the governor-general towards the frontier and a report of Sir Charles Napier's speech in the Delhi Gazette saying that the British were going to war with the Sikhs filled Lahore with rumours of invasion.
		The abandonment of Firozpur as a first target was the result of the treachery of the Sikh prime minister, Lal Singh, who was in treasonable communication with Captain Peter Nicholson, the assistant political agent of the British.
		To check the enemy advance on Lahore, a large portion of the Sikh army was entrenched in a horse-shoe curve on the Sutlej near the village of Sabhraon, under the command of Tej Singh while the cavalry battalions and the dreaded ghorcharas under Lal Singh were a little higher up the river.
	www.sikhlionz.com /anglosikhwar1.htm (2621 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A Channel 4 documentary called "War of the Springing Tiger", first shown in 1984, examines the role of the Indian National Army (INA) which was formed by Mohan Singh, with support from the Japanese during the Second World War.
		All aspects of the two world wars and other conflicts involving Britain and the Commonwealth since 1914 come within the scope of the Imperial War Museum, and are illustrated in its' displays which include land, sea and air warfare as well as life on the home-front.
		Considering that Sikhs, along with Indians, had contributed over 3 million volunteers between the two world wars and lost over 200,000 of them, and that they fought in every theatre of the war, very little acknowledgement is given to this fact in the displays (or D-Day celebrations!).
	www.sikh-heritage.co.uk /heritage/heritagebritain/sheribritain.htm (4244 words)

	SikhSpectrum.com Monthly. Sikhs In The Salient: A Unique War Commemoration
		An exhibition on Sikhism and the role of the Sikhs in the war was mounted.
		During the war, soldiers often were not really loved by the local inhabitants of the front zone (such as Ypres), and the feelings of distrust were especially apparent towards the colonial troops, like Senegalese, Moroccans, Indians and Chinese.
		he Sikhs also had to get rid of a possibly awkward matter: while the Vaisakhi in Ypres was announced as ‘a celebration of peace’, the Sikhs are considered as a people with a strong martial tradition, and also are proud of their tradition of ‘warrior saints’.
	www.sikhspectrum.com /042003/salient_j.htm (2900 words)

	Sikh Men & Women in the Military
		Sikhs fought in World Wars I and II along with the Allied forces in Europe and Africa.
		Harita Kaur Deol : In 1994, Harita Kaur Deol at the age 22, became the first woman pilot in the Indian Air Force (IAF), on a solo flight.
		A Yuba City resident became one of the first women of East Indian descent to have been commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Air Force.
	www.sikhwomen.com /equality/social/military (462 words)

	FLASHMAN READER - B
		He was the first photographer known to have visited China when he accompanied the military force to Pekin during the Second China war.
		During the war with Mexico in 1846, it was a staging area for the U.S. Army.
		Flashman's first encounter was in London in the autumn of 1842 on the night of his escape from the police raid on the Minor Club.
	members.aol.com /FSotUK/FLASHMAN/frb.html (4969 words)

	The First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46) - Sify.com
		Consequently, the Sikh troops crossed the Sutlej, between Hariki and Kasur on December 11, 1845 and took offensive against the English troops commanded by Sir Hugh Gough.
		The first bloody battle was fought at Mudki between the British troops commanded by Sir Hugh Gough and the Sikhs under Lal Singh.
		The Sikhs were required to cede to the British all the territories to the south of the Sutlej, together with the extensive Jullundur Doab, lying between the Sutlej and the Beas.
	sify.com /itihaas/fullstory.php?id=13258253 (642 words)

	Great Sikh warriors at www.sikh-history.com
		NGLO-SIKH WAR 1, 1845-46, resulting in partial subjugation of the Sikh kingdom, as the outcome of British expansionism.
		The English, by then firmly installed in Firozpur the Sikh frontier, about 70 km from ahore, the Sikh capital, were watching the happenings across the border with more than neighbour's interest The disorder that revailed there promised them a good oppurtunity for direct intervention.
		The abandonment of Firozpur as a firstt target was the result of the treachery of the Sikh prime minister, Lal Singh, who was in treasonable communication with Captain Peter Nicholson, the assistant political agent of the British.
	www.sikh-history.com /sikhhist/events/anglosikhwars.html (2613 words)

	Chiliawallah - A plausible answer
		He recalls that he is still famous from his Afghanistan exploits, obviously he was given no credit for his part in the 1st Sikh War, and then suggests he participated in the 2nd Sikh War of 1848-9 and in particularly the bungled cavalry charge during the battle of Chilianwala on 13th January 1849...
		The Khalsa had hot been broken in the first Sikh war; they were merely licking their wounds and waiting.
		An anonymous letter, supposed to be a trooper of the 14th, or at least of a witness of Colonel King's attempt to first instigate a charge in the direction of the Sikhs and then to rally his panic-stricken men, was received by the Full Colonel of the regiment.
	members.aol.com /dtibbe2926/UKC/mjw.html (3586 words)

	Participants from the Indian subcontinent in the First World War
		Indians were in action on the Western Front within a month of the start of the war, at the First Battle of Ypres where Khudadad Khan became the first Indian to win a Victoria Cross.
		By the end of the war a total of 47,746 Indians had been reported dead or missing; 65,126 were wounded.
		The 129th Baluchis, with whom Khudadad Khan was serving as a machine-gunner, faced the well-equipped German army in appalling conditions - shallow waterlogged trenches in which to take cover, a lack of hand grenades and barbed wire, and a dire shortage of soldiers to man the defensive line.
	www.mgtrust.org /ind1.htm (947 words)

	Sikh Wars
		The First Sikh War 1845–46 followed an invasion of British India by Punjabi Sikhs.
		The Sikhs were defeated and part of their territory annexed.
		The Second Sikh War 1848–49 arose from a Sikh revolt in Multan.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0020294.html (140 words)

	Sikh Soldier Killed in Iraq, First Indian Casualty of War
		He is the first Indian National and first Sikh to die in the War in Iraq.
		After the service and cremation, his ashes will be flown back to the US and buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington with his fellow soldiers, as per the wishes of his family.
		Uday Singh comes from a line of soldiers: His grandfather fought in World War II under the British in the Royal Indian Air Force, his father is a retired Lt-Col of the Indian Army.
	www.sikhnet.com /s/udaysingh (300 words)

	World History 1840-1850 AD
		The French began a war with Morocco which had refused to recognize its conquest of Algeria and provided the refuge to the Algerian rebel leader.
		-The first inter-city telegraph was demonstrated by Samuel Morse.
		The First Anglo-Sikh War ended with a British victory at the battle of Sobraon in the Punjab.
	www.multied.com /dates/1840ad.html (993 words)

	faridkot
		He assisted with transport and supplies during the First Afghan War in 1839-1842, then served alongside British Forces in the First Sikh War, giving immense help in the struggle against the Lahore Durbar.
		By then, the Great War had been raging in Europe and the state had contributed significantly towards the war effort, her soldiers serving with considerable distinction in East Africa.
		Brij Indar Singh also assisted the War effort, receiving recognition for his own services and those of his troops by the grant of a commission and the personal title of Maharaja.
	4dw.net /royalark/India/faridkot.htm (1088 words)

	The First Afghan War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		he origins and causes of the First Afghan War, as it came to be known, can be reduced to a few major concepts.
		Maharajah Ranjit Singh, aging but charismatic leader of the Sikh, sworn enemies of the Moslem Afghans and uneasy buffer between Afghanistan and India in the independent state of Punjab.
		He took the crown jewels from Shujah, which included the fabled Koh-i-noor diamond, at the time the largest in the world, as rent and room and board for the harem.
	www.jmhare.com /history3.htm (1408 words)

	Anglo Afghan War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The second Anglo-Afghan war (1878-80) was sparked by Amir Sher Ali's refusal to accept a British mission in Kabul.
		The First Anglo-Afghan War led to one of the most disastrous defeats of the Victorian military when an entire British army was wiped out by Russian-supplied Afghan Pashtun tribesman during the 1842...
		The first Anglo-Afghan war began in 1839 when the British invaded this country in order to put Afghanistan under its colony.
	www.afghanie.com /AngloAfghanWar (1101 words)

	The Second Anglo-Sikh War
		It marked also the fulfillment of the imperialist ambition of the new governor-general, Lord Dalhousie (184856), to carry forward the British flag up to the natural boundary of India on the northwest.
		By the clause I added the chief of the State could neither make war or peace, or exchange or sell an acre of territory or admit a European officer, or refuse us a thoroughfare through his territories, or, in fact, perform any act without our permission.
		The new regime confronted a rebellion in the Sikh province of Multan, which it utilized as an excuse for the annexation of the Punjab.
	www.indhistory.com /anglo-sikh-war-2.html (759 words)

	First Sikh War
		The first battle was at Moodkee, on the 18th December 1845.
		The Sikh army withdrew back across the border, But again crossing the River Sutlej, but were beaten at the battle of Aliwal, and were routed, the final battle was at Sobraon, once again with heavy casualties.
		Battle fought during the first Sikh War, by a force of 16,000 Anglo-Indian Troops under the command of General Sir Hugh Gough.
	www.militaryart.co.uk /new_page_10.htm (936 words)

	Indian Mutiny
		Military art prints of the First Maratha War, Conquest of Scinde, First Sikh War, Second Sikh War and the Indian Mutiny and British Colonial Rule and the Raj.
		It was a war of treachery and incompetence, desperately fought without mercy on either side, but a war of heroism and endurance.
		The Mutiny transpired to be the first significant crack in the solidly built rigid structure of the British Empire and at its conclusion, and thereafter, the British were never able to feel quite as secure again.
	www.war-art.com /indian_mutiny.htm (1699 words)

	1st Anglo Sikh War, 1845-1846
		Officers Killed in 1st Sikh War, by Stephen Lewis.
		First Sikh War 1845-46, by Ralph Zuljan (OnWar.Com)
		The First Anglo-Sikh War, 1845-1846, by Alexander Ganse ( World History at KMLA).
	www.regiments.org /wars/19thcent/45sikh.htm (127 words)

	Sobraon, Battle of -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The Sikhs were entrenched on the eastern British-held bank of the Sutlej River, their retreat secured by a bridge of boats.
		One of the two major battles of the American Civil War was fought at the crossroads town of Gettysburg, Pa., from July 1 to 3, 1863.
		The Battle of Marathon was a decisive victory for the Greeks during the Persian Wars.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9068432 (681 words)

	The Indian Mutiny battlefield tour
		century; the Second Maharatta War of 1803, the First Sikh War of 1845/46 and the Indian Mutiny in 1857.
		With the expansion of the Sikhs in to the Punjab, conflict with Britain was inevitable and in December 1845 twenty thousand Sikhs crossed into British Indian territory.
		Fly to Aurangabad to examine the Mahratta Wars to the south.
	www.midastours.co.uk /t081a.html (954 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| India gets first Sikh PM
		He will become the first Sikh to lead the nation.
		A senior Congress leader, quoted by the Associated Press, said that Mr Singh would be sworn by Saturday.
		He is a political veteran, and first served as finance minister the last time the Congress party was in power - between 1991 and 1996 - when he masterminded the nation's free market reforms.
	www.guardian.co.uk /india/story/0,12559,1220391,00.html (396 words)

	Historical Sikh Events at Gateway to Sikhism:The First Anglo Sikh War
		Historical Sikh Events at Gateway to Sikhism:The First Anglo Sikh War
		The First Anglo Sikh War, 1845-46, resulting in partial subjugation of the Sikh kingdom, as the outcome of British expansionism.
		A Sikh Nobleman, wearing Indo-Persian armour on horse decorated quilted coat.
	www.allaboutsikhs.com /events/aswar1.htm (2657 words)

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