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...for his part in the Indian National Army for the liberation of India from British rule, in which he held the rank of a general. He was born the only son of T ...ra Dun, he received his commission in 1934, and was posted for a year to a British unit, the 2nd Border Regiment, and then to 1st Battalion of his former 14th

...rom Germany to the Far-Eastern front in June 1943 that the Indian National Army was revived and Mohan Singh reinstated to his former command with Subhas as ...e during 1945. General Mohan Singh and his comrades of the Indian National Army were everywhere acclaimed for their patriotism. Mohan Singh's dream of libe

...y Sir Harry Smith, while the Sikhs were led by Ranjodh Singh Majithia. The British won a victory which is sometimes regarded as the turning point of the First ...f the Sikh kingdom, was goaded into crossing the Sutlej River and invading British territory, under leaders who were distrustful of their own troops.

...ther regular and irregular troops. On 18 December, it was learned that the British Governor General was advancing with large reinforcements by way of Mudki to ...reply the British sent over shells of various kinds. When night fell, the British troops still held their ground. The Sikhs retired from the field abandoning

...da were already loyal subjects of the British Empire, having served in the army and often having come from India or one of Britain's African colonies.

...with Hari Singh Nalwa, he was one of the top commanders in Ranjit Singh's army. As a general under Ranjit Singh, he wrested the 'subah'(province) of Multa ...in the process. He was a general and the Jagirdar of Mithankot during the British Raj. His progeny are supposed to have been cursed by a Hindu goddess. They

...ttariwala]] and General Ratan Singh Mann followed separetely the main Sikh army under Ranjodh Singh. The fortress was reduced and Gulab Singh was obliged t ...the first Anglo-Sikh war Ranjodh Singh commanded a division of the Khalsa army with 70 guns. He entered the Jalandhar Doab, and having joined his forces w

...regular battalion, the Regiment of Ferozepore, for service with the Bengal Army of the East India Company. A British officer, Ensign J. Brasyer, was lent to Sir Henry Laurence, Civil Commissio

...nvalia chief to escape retribution was Atar Singh who fled from Una to the British territory.

...omposed of Punjabi Muslims. In 1843, he was removed from service by the army panchayats (a group of five Sikhs) who controlled Sikh units after the deat ...ractised in the villages of India, was one of the things that alarmed the British after their 'ally's', by treaty, Maharaja Ranjit Singh's death, as he had a

...Bhai Maharaj Singh (d. 1856), leader of the popular revolt against the British. ...the night of 28-29 December 1849. He, however, fell into the hands of the British soon afterwards.

...may be considered a draw, it was a strategic check to Britain, and damaged British prestige in India. ...ulraj and Sher Singh had no aims in common. Sher Singh decided to move his army north, to join that of his father, General Chattar Singh Attariwalla, who h

...tish military garrison in India. Today the city is the Headquarters of the Army of Pakistan.

...from Abbott's point of view of Chatar Singh Atarivala's revolt against the British at Hazara and at Lahore. James Abbott who retired as a general died on 6 Oc

...h governor of the province, Diwan Savan Mall, but he soon returned to the army. In 1836, he secured a ranked position in the Sikh court which he held unti ...sed into the hands of Raja Lal Singh who appointed him aa a general in the army.

...ons of the regular Sikh army. In 1839, he was sent to Peshawar with other army generals to help Colonel Wade's contingent to force the Khaibar Pass for an ...s army on the morning of 22 December and drove straight into the shattered British cavalry lines. But suddenly his guns ceased to fire. He abandoned the field

...he Duke of Wellington. He came to India in 1837, and, after serving in the army in various capacities, became the CommanderinChief in 1843. ...vestment ofMultan and Frederick Currie's acquiescence in the movement of a British column to support him incensed Dalhousie. Lord Gough's refusal to dismiss G

...AngloSikh wars of 184546 and 184849. Few accounts of these wars written by British historians and men of letters in the nineteenth century are as unbiased as ...hey conclude that defeat of the Sikhs was not enough. The interests of the British empire required that they be subjugated and the Sikh dynasty,destroyed.

...r at the negotiations which led to the cis-Sutlej chiefs being taken under British protection in 1809. In 1812, he was induced by [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] to ...heirs subject to them providing of 180 horsemen for the Maharaja's Khalsa Army.

...khs played a pioneering role in India's struggle for independence from the British. They made sacrifices wholly out of proportion to their demographic strengt Out of 2125 Indians killed in the atrocities by the British, 1550 (73%) were Sikhs.