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...ely this ended with the Sikhs fighting against Sikhs in the British Indian Army.

...the second Anglo-Sikh war. After defeat in the second Anglo-Sikh war, the British forced him into exile, out of Punjab, fearing such powerful leader could re

...he Bengal Army, the Madras Army and the Bombay Army) to make it easier for British officers to communicate with native troops. It was thus essential for subed ...rank was the highest a non-European Indian could achieve in the armies of British India.

...an Indian non-commissioned officer equivalent to a Sergeant in the British Army. ...y or equivalent rank to Sergeant in the cavalry of the then British Indian Army.

...y or equivalent rank to Sergeant in the cavalry of the then British Indian Army. ...an Indian non-commissioned officer equivalent to a Sergeant in the British Army.

...e example is when with the help of some of his fellow prisoners; Canadian, British and Australians they managed to tunnel out of Odine POW camp, near Naples ...nt, African and Caribbean origin who fought in WWII for the allies and the British. This campaign was realised by the building of a large memorial in London (

...British Indian Army. Today, it is a Divisional headquarter for the Indian Army. ...rtition the cantt's importance declined. There is an abandoned airstrip of British Vintage in the Cantt. The Battle of Saragarhi Gurudwara is a part of the Ca

...r, C.I.E., D.S.O., M.D., LL.D., D.P.H., I.M.S., among other British Indian Army Medical Service and I.M.S. officers.

...nd]] and [[Jammu and Kashmir]]<ref>Break down of Indian Sikh population by Indian States/Union territories [http://www.censusindia.net/religiondata/Summary%2 ...ns were well represented in those who were transported from the Punjab to British [[East Africa]] to help in the building of strategic railways built to prov

...ent of India was formed from the 2nd Punjab Regiment of the British Indian Army in 1947 ...ed Pakistan army, while the 2nd Punjab Regiment was retained in the Indian Army. There were transfers of troops between the regiments and other regiments t

...governor of Dera Ismail Khan. In 1846, General Cortlandt accompanied the British, with the Sikh force under his command, to Kashmir to quell the revolt in nexation of the Punjab, he was transferred to the British service as a civilian. He was made a Companion of the Bath for his services

==Sikh Kingdom honors British guests== ...troops before Sir Henry for a grand review and inspected the contingent of British lancers and horse artillery, which had accompanied the commander-in-chief t

...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 ...egislator in the Punjab, he was elected to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament, for two terms. In and out of Parliament he strove for the recog

The 32nd Sikh Pioneers were a regiment of the Indian Army during British rule. The regiment was founded in 1857 as the Punjab Sappers (Pioneers). Af

...igious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ...s old, and a Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he

...igious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 29 years old, and an Acting Naik in the 1/11th, Sikh Regiment, Indian Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he

...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

...igious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 24 years old, and a Naik in the 15th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he

...igious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 29 years old, and a Havildar in the 8th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he

...igious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Ishar Singh was 25 years old, and a Sepoy in the 28th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army during the Waziristan Campaign, India when the following deed took place fo

...rtion to their demographic strength (the Sikhs make up less than 2% of the Indian population). Out of 2125 Indians killed in the atrocities by the British, 1550 (73%) were Sikhs.

...f China and a threatened invasion of India via Burma, he enlisted into the Army as number 22356 of First Sikh regiment as Sepoy on 15 September 1941. ...the only Indian soldier to win the highest medals of both the British and Indian governments. With the award of the VC he was promoted from Sepoy to Lance N

Sajjan Singh Rangroot is a 2018 Indian Punjabi-language war drama film directed by Pankaj Batra. It stars Diljit D ...film titled "Sajjan Singh Rangroot". The film portrays the experiences of Indian soldiers fighting in the trenches of the Western Front during World War 1.

...Francis, who arrived at Lahore in 1833 and joined Maharaja Ranjit Singl's army. ...Vivek as Guran, the fortune teller utters, rather growls the word as some British Soldiers marched by.

...lic life as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) of the Indian Parliament. ...hra 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

'''India Secret Poceedings''' (1834-1856), a manuscript series of Indian records at the India Office Library, London, succeeding Bengal Secret and P ...from Lahore (1839); despatches of Wade, Clerk, Mackeson and other British functionaries dealing with

...in 1912 the Indian army as a sepoy. Two years later, he resigned from the army and set up as a contractor at Hissar. He was doing well as a contractor, wh ...onth term in jail. In 1926, he visited Malaya where he was detained by the British on the basis of his political record in India. While in jail, he went on a

'''Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna''' was an Indian revolutionary and the founding president of the Ghadar Party. He was born i ...u German Conspiracy that sought to trigger rebellion in the British Indian Army. Sohan Singh, as one of the top Ghadar leaders, returned to India at the ou

...Indian Legion (Legion De Freis Indian) he makes derogatory remarks against Indian people, although complements Sikhs specifically. The translated version is ...eaten up. They won't kill an Englishman either. In particular the Northern Indian, produces a better solider. This may be due to the dominant Aryan traits pr

* [[Master Tara Singh]] - celebrated Sikh hero leader and famous Sikh Indian independence movement leader * [[Baldev Singh]] - Indian independence movement leader

...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 ...s a gift to royal visitors and friends. It now a popular confection in the Indian Subcontinent. However this story may be of dubious authenticity since Diwan

...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

...hen did not bring home any laurels, but it is on record that two among the Indian athletic performed really well, and one of them was Dalip Singh. In the lon Another honour which went to Dalip Singh was that he was the first Indian, a Sikh, to be the torch-bearer at the inaugural Asian Games at Delhi in 19

...row Airport. The most significant cultural group to settle in Southall are Indian [[Punjabi]]s. ...Indian draught beers and was the first pub in the UK to accept payment in Indian rupees. Also the film ''"Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal"'' starring John Abraham and

...ervice. Whether in the British Indian Army or the post-independence Indian Army, Sikhs have always been disproportionately represented martially. ...cs than most other Indian peoples, Sikhs have provided the backbone of the Indian military since the late 19th century. While it may not have been accurate t

...om this region. These were several generals in [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh's]] army of the Sikh Empire in the first half of the 19th century. ...undar Singh Majithia) had great impact on the affairs of Punjab during the British rule through the latter 1800s and the first half of the 20th century.

...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 3. Buckland, C.E., Dictionary of Indian Biography. London,1906

...d Wars and even today remain a front line infantry battalion of the Indian Army. ...he match or whether his opponents did so just to have the chance to best a British Officer, such was the Sikhs love of wrestling.

...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

...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.

...llion is well known. What isn’t is the crucial role played by troops from British India in lifting the siege, which eventually paved the way for the occupat The lifting of the siege was one of only several key instances where Indian troops left an unlikely mark on the course of Chinese history in the early

...127 folios and 247 letters and is preserved in the Oriental section of the British Library, London. ...prepared by Amir Chand. However, no other copy, except a photostat of the British Museum manuscript secured by Dr. Ganda Singh for his personal use, is known

...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

...he summer capital of Punjab before Shimla became the summer capital of the British Raj. He attended Midleton College, Co. Cork. Ireland between 1875 and 1881. His next posting was to the Indian Army, joining the Bengal Staff Corps as a Lieutenant in 1887. Soon he was back s

...d by lack of supplies, was defeated by the Bengal and Bombay Armies of the British East India Company. After it capitulated a few days later, the Punjab was a ...he Durbar (court) in Lahore and Agents in several of the regions. The Sikh Army, the Khalsa, was kept in being and used to keep order in the Punjab and Nor

'''[http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/12871/38/ Army to handover Gobindgarh Fort, Amritsar, to Civil admin]''' ...s a magnificent historical moment in the history of the Holy City when the Army would hand over Fort Gobindgarh to the civil administration.

...came a devout Sikh. He was promoted a lance naik, but he resigned from the army in 1905. In April 1906, he migrated to Canada. He played a leading part in ...s of British Columbia, over 90 per cent of whom were Sikhs, to Honduras, a British colony in the tropical Central America. Bhai Balvant Singh visited the Unit

...o commemorate the 90,000 Indian soldiers, of the erstwhile British Indian Army, who died in World War I and the Afghan Wars. Designed by Edwin Lutyens and Following India's independence, India Gate became the site of the Indian Army's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, known as the ''' ''Amar Jawan Jyoti'' ''' (I

...ir unusual way of life. During this period, many books were written by the British about Sikhs, their culture, religion and history. This articles is about th ...soldiers of the many races and classes who so well represented the Indian Army. Our home people were able to see the quality of the men who compose it, wh

The British, who had been waiting for the right moment to intervene and establish their ...active providing personal inspiration and organizing supplies for the Sikh Army. Soon after the defeat at Gujrat, all the other Sikh chiefs had been captur

..., 1st Viscount Hardinge, GCB, PC (30 March 1785 – 24 September 1856) was a British field marshal and Governor-general of India. ==Army career==

...Lahore and, after the treaty of Bharoval tlie same year, he became the British resident there. He served as chairman of the Board of Administration afte ...ought to pacify the common mass of the disbanded soldiery and attach it to British interests. He reduced tensions in the frontier districts by pacification an

...her, Sahib singh was a soldier in the Sikh Army and had fought against the British. After passing the matriculation examination, Mota Singh trained as a junio ...ased from jail in December 1919, on the eve of the Amritsar session of the Indian national congress, which he attended. He joined the Akali movement for the

Baldev Singh was an Indian Sikh political leader, who represented the Punjabi Sikh community in the pr ...sh Comission had come out to India in the spring of 1942, on behalf of the British War Cabinet, with proposals for the country`s political future. In June 194

...r) Claude Wade, the political agent at Ludhiana and officerincharge of British relations with the Punjab and with the chiefs of Afghanistan. For the nex ...tinuing to add to the distrust of the Sikh army from feeling suspicious of British intentions, in which situation the war was an inevitability.

...stablished by Maulvi Barkatulla and S. L. Joshi appears to be the earliest Indian organization with some political purpose. It did not survive Barkatulla's d ...paper, but there is no doubt that, such as it was, it was inimical to the British Government and prepared the ground for the serious trouble which arose late

...llion among members of the British forces, thereby forcing the fall of the British empire and hasten their departure from India. ...called press conference at the residence of Bua Singh, SSP, Amritsar. The Army Generals and Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar were also present. However, imme

...time of his father's death. As he grew up, he was given appointment by the British as extraassistant commissioner for Amritsar district. He was also nominat ...e same year he received from [[Maharaja Duleep Singh]], living as a ranked British noble in London after being deprived of the throne of the Punjab, a wire in

...1849, Karam Singh joined the Corps of Guides which had been raised by the British in the cis-Sutlej territory in 1846 which was later reorganized as 5th (Gu ...pective of the fact whether they were actual rebels or even friends of the British. The General had issued an order to spare women and children, but it was ho

...red Myanmar as a part of British India that has cultural affinity with the Indian people. But to my surprise, Burmese people have no common heritage with Ind ...(Rangoon) University was among the top ten Indian Universities before the British divided India and declared Burma as an independent country. It has a sprawl

...the country by the exigencies of times. They spread over the whole of the Indian sub-continent. With the break down of the Moghul Empire a number of kingshi ...and Raja Dina Nath was made its President, with the active support of the British.

Few names in the Indian Air Force evoke such awe and inspiration as the mention of Air Commodore Me ...ted with the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). The only such award to the Indian Air Force ever.

...nged contest between the city and state of Multan on the one hand, and the British East India Company on the other. It can be said to have lasted between Apri ...lraj. In that year, the First Anglo-Sikh War broke out, and was won by the British East India Company. There was an uneasy peace for three years, during which

..., children who were murdered by these mutineers, all over North India. The British reprisals were even more brutal and even included massive destruction of se ...ft the warriors were soon being asked to fill new regiments in the British army to keep the Afghans at bay.

'''WHY SIKHS SHOULDN'T CELEBRATE INDIAN INDEPENDENCE'''<br> ...ear about our nationhood, but it is denied by the [[Indian]] State and the Indian political class which are not prepared to allow us basic rights.

With the outbreak of war in Europe, [[India]], the Crown Jewel of the British Empire, joined the Triple Entente (Allied) Powers in battle on the 4th of A ...f these troops, the [[Sikh]]s, one of the two loyal 'martial races' of the British Raj, rallied in enormous numbers for the King, Empire in the battle against

STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM INDIAN STYLE ...ed & six wounded in Poshkreeri village of the Kashmir valley -------- Even Indian news magazines ridicule the orchestrated New Delhi Parliament attack tamash

...ncely state of Patiala. Born on 7 January 1913 during the high noon of the British raj, he lived to see India become an independent democratic republic. He wa ...for a number of years. Seconded in 1935 to a crack Sikh unit of the Indian army, he did valuable work helping in reconstruction after the terrible Quetta e

...as I had switched on the BBC World News, I had heard the announcement that Indian Air Force had started an offensive on the Kargil peaks and there were fears “Oh yes”, we said, “Of Course, we have a bigger army”, we said proudly.

...aja Singh was a soldier in Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s army. In 1849 when the British rule was in place then the Sikh Unit was abolished. ...gh was under court martial and then he was sacked from his position in the army.

...the Indian Army and was at one stage the highest decorated regiment in the British Empire. ..."Khalsa Army". Following numerous heroic and valiant battles by the Khalsa Army, XIV Ferozepur (1 Sikh, now 4 Mechanised Infantry), and XV Ludhiana (2 Sikh

...1900's. These Sikhs and Punjabi Hindus were sent to Canada which was under British rule for labour work. They crossed the border over to USA and settled in We ...ese government protested against these atrocities against their nationals, Indian goverment did nothing. The Canadian government further tightened the entry

On January 4, 1804 AD, Nihang Gulab Singh met Colonel Ochterlony of the East Indian Company at city of Karnal. Gulab Singh appealed to place him under their pr ...e Company's forces, he must take Gulab Singh as a faithful follower of the British and watch his interests". (See, 'Twareekh Guru Khalsa' by Giani Gian Singh)

...Air Force on the ground. Led by Wing Commander Prem Pal Singh himself, Pak army camp east of Gujarat and airfields at Chaklala, Dab, Murid, Akwal, Risalwal The squadron gave close support to the army in Kasur, Khem Karan, Pasrur, Chawinda and Sialkot sectors. Bombs were drop

...a, Huns, Kushan, Pali, Jatts, Hindu Shahi, Rajputs, Afghan, Turk, Sikh and British rule to that of present-day federation of [[Pakistan]]. ...ned army, Sikh rules of discipline, their modern European weaponry, modern British maps and the presence of ex-European mercernaries in the Sikh armed forces.

...n of the revolutionary Ghadr party, carrying reports of the conferences of Indian immigrants held in the States of Oregon and Washington, reached the hands o ...tained his links with the Ghadr party. When the plot was leaked out to die British by a spy, Vasakha Singh was seized by police along with several other Ghadr

...adet. He served under Lord Lake in the battle of Delhi and was appointed British resident in 1803 at the court of [[Shah Alam II]], emperor of Hindustan.

...mmunity (Grewal). His father, Sardar Hoshnak Singh, was a Jawan in the Army. His mother's name was Prem Kaur. Gurumukh Singh had his early chooling i ...e Ghadar Party in America and had been actively working for destroying the British rule in India by violent means. While at school he read the biographies of

...lives, and 1,09,045 were wounded while fighting as part of British Indian Army. ...ccurred in 1897 when the regiment defended the Samana Ridge against a huge army of Pathans.}}

...[[Anglo-Sikh Wars]] and he declined the British offer of a jagir after the British annexation of the Punjab Sikh Kingdom in 1849. ...Government of Canada meant to prevent Indian citizens who were sons of the British Empire from immigrating to Canada. The hardships faced by its passengers du

* 1947 Pak/Indian Independence. All laws and rules will be done with the agreement of Sikhs. Indian Consitition will be pbulished

...r) Claude Wade, the political agent at Ludhiana and officerincharge of British relations with the Punjab and with the chiefs of Afghanistan. For the nex ...tinuing to add to the distrust of the Sikh army from feeling suspicious of British intentions, in which situation the war was an inevitability.

...ratum of Indian life and every part of the country. The bulk of the Indian Army was recruited from the north, which is the origin of the traditionally mart ...Africa in the first stages of the war and later in Italy and Burma, where Indian soldiers have won for their regiments new battle honours which will never b

Once the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Indian Army impressed by the game, offered him a direct commission which he refused as ...for the freedom of our biggest gurdwara, our country, from the clutches of British Imperialism.'

...elebration of the Martyrdom of Guru Arjan) and many soldiers of the Indian Army. ...his interview the Thatcher government curtailed Chauhan's activities. The British government had also instructed him to confine his activities within the bou

...the press, is best known as starting the non-violent movement to oust the British from India. Gandhi ji deserves a lot of praise because he did implement the ...this arrangement. It was a major factor in the first uprising against the British.

Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi (August 15, 1900—May 3, 2002) was a renowned Indian hotelier widely regarded as the father of 20th century India's hotel busine ...siness and, in recognition of his services to the industry in time of war, Indian authorities bestowed on him the title of Rai Bahadur. In another two years,

...red Myanmar as a part of British India that has cultural affinity with the Indian people. But to my surprise, Burmese people have no common heritage with Ind ...(Rangoon) University was among the top ten Indian Universities before the British divided India and declared Burma as an independent country. It has a sprawl

The German Army had signalled the First World War in mid-1914 with brilliantly executed ope .... So the standing Army in India was immediately constituted into the First Indian Corps with the Lahore and Meerut Divisions on its order-of-battle, as they

...uk/tol/comment/faith/article5207347.ece From Punjab to Putney: the rise of British Sikhism] Times Online November 21, 2008 ...he sub-continent to be subjugated in the 19th century — to agitate against British rule.

...r of 1965. He was a calm, intelligent and brave Sikh soldier in the Indian Army. He served his people and nation in the tradition that has been established ...s a graduate of the 1st course at the IMA after a year’s attachment with a British battalion, The Argyl and Sutherland Highlanders, wherein he saw active serv

'''Jammu''' is one of the three regions comprising the [[Indian]] state of {{Wiki|Jammu and Kashmir}}. Jammu borders Kashmir to the north, ...ngh's Toshkhana (treasury) was able to purchase Jammu and Kashmir from the British, thus it was that the Dogra Rajputs were, once again, able to re-establis

...aming (bowing in courtesy) that his elder grandfather did to younger men; British Sahibs (masters) who he thought were ill mannered and too stupid of being a ...speeches were aimed at raising an [[Azad Hind Fauj]] to fight against the British in India.

...ince the Sikh soldiers were known for their bravery and steadfastness, the British employed all their battalions, except the 35th Sikhs, for fighting in such ...ew to meeting the situation effectively, he had made the 14th Sikhs of the Indian Brigade a part of his expeditionary force. Sir Hamilton wrote to the Comman

...emicians being open to all Punjabis, whatever their creed or religion. The British were not allowed to open Christian schools although they were allowed to pr ...cast (his european doctor was put in charge of gunpowder production). The British knew well that his was the only power that could compete with them for the

...sulting in the partial subjugation of the Sikh kingdom, was the outcome of British expansionism and the near anarchical conditions that overtook the Lahore co ...promised them a good opportunity for direct intervention. Up to 1838, the British troops on the Sikh frontier had amounted to one regiment at Sabathu in the

After Indian Independence, a Union Territory of Hill states was created. It primarily co Many young men from Himachal serve in the Indian Army and have played a significant role in the National defense. Dharamsala has

...gra Army of Jammu. '''The [[Sikhs]] ruled Kashmir till their defeat by the British.''' * After the Revolt of 1857, the kingdom came under the British Crown. Gulab’s son, Ranbir Singh, became the ruler.

...eir land of birth. However, no company provided such a service between the Indian and Canadian ports. As a result, many Punjabis were stranded for months in ...r a long and painful struggle. Upon return, the ship was fired upon by the British at BajBaj Ghat in Calcutta. The returning passengers were either arrested o

...ritish officials. "Martial Race" was a designation created by officials of British India to describe "races" (peoples) that were thought to be naturally warli ...from the Mazhabi sikhs. On the out break of the Indian mutiny in 1857, the British immediately recruited 12,000 Mazhabis to crush the mutiny. After the mutiny