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Troop Positions, Battle of Ferozeshah
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Troop Positions, Battle of Ferozeshah

A diagram of the troop dispositions at the battle of Ferozeshah on 21-22 December 1845 during the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-6). The British East India Company won only a marginal victory against the Sikh empire as there were high casualties...
Troop Positions, Battle of Aliwal
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Troop Positions, Battle of Aliwal

A map illustrating the troop positions of the British East India Company (pink) and the Sikh empire (yellow for the first battle line and red for the second line after a regrouping mid-battle) at the battle of Aliwal of 28 January 1846 during...
Battle Lines at Sobraon
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Battle Lines at Sobraon

A map showing the troop formations at the Battle of Sobraon on 10 February 1846 during the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-6). Sobraon was the last of four major victories for the British East India Company (EIC) against the Sikh empire and so...
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
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Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

The 13 April 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (aka Amritsar Massacre) was an infamous episode of brutality which saw General Dyer order his troops to open fire on an unarmed crowd of men, women, and children trapped in an abandoned walled garden...
Retreat from Kabul in 1842
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Retreat from Kabul in 1842

The Retreat from Kabul in 1842 was one of the most notorious disasters in the history of the British Empire. An East India Company army had invaded Afghanistan but was obliged to withdraw. This army of 4,500 soldiers and 12,000 camp followers...
Monument of the Battle of Chillianwalla
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Monument of the Battle of Chillianwalla

The monument to the Battle of Chillianwalla (now in Pakistan) fought on 13 January 1849 between the British East India Company and the Sikh Empire during the Anglo-Sikh Wars (1845-9). The battle was a draw with heavy casualties on both sides...
Sher Singh Attariwalla
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Sher Singh Attariwalla

A portrait of Sher Singh Attariwalla, general of the Sikh Empire during the Anglo-Sikh Wars (1845-9) with the British East India Company.
Maharaja Duleep Singh
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Maharaja Duleep Singh

A painting based on a photograph of the 1850s showing Maharaja Duleep Singh (l. 1838-1893), last ruler of the Sikh empire who was deposed following the Anglo-Sikh Wars (1845-49). (National Portrait Gallery, London)
Battle of Aliwal, 1846
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Battle of Aliwal, 1846

A painting showing the British Army's 16th Lancers charging Sikh infantry during the battle of Aliwal in January 1846. The British East India Company won the battle and the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-6). (S.K.Brown Military Collection, Brown...
Tej Singh
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Tej Singh

A portrait of Tej Singh (1799-1862), commander-in-chief of the Sikh armies during the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-6) against the British East India Company. Tej Singh may have used deliberately defensive tactics during the war to secure himself...
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