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• The First British Sikh Army
  ...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
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• Sher Singh Attariwalla
  ...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
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• INA
  ...ely this ended with the Sikhs fighting against Sikhs in the British Indian Army.
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• Chattar Singh Attariwalla
  ...r Singh Attariwalla who with his army gave devastating blow to the British Army at Chillianwalah.
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• Raja Pahar Singh
  ...the disaster that stared it in the face. His services were rewarded by the British with the title of Raja in April 1846 and grant of territory seized from Na
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• Subedar
  ...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.
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• Jathedar Baba Hanuman Singh
  ...ged to escape unhurt and reached Ghudam and fought another battle with the British. In the battle of Kumbada (Suhana) he was executed along with 500 other Sik
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• John Holmes
  ...t for two years (183536). John Holmcs had simultaneously been acting as a British spy and supplying secret information to the Ludhiana Political Agency. Af ...AngloSikh war, he was, as a reward for his services, retained in the Sikh army when most of the other European officers were given their discharge. He was
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• Fauj I Khas
  The Fauj-i-Khas was a brigade of the army of Punjab in the time before the First Anglo-Sikh War. ...gh who started to hire European officers to train and command parts of his army. The Fauj-i-Khas was a model brigade trained and equipped after European mo
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• Henry Charles Van Cortlandt
  ...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
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• Sir Harry George Wakelyn Smith
  ...he Sutlej at Phillaur, seriously threatening Ludhiana and intersecting the British line of communication. ...va at 'Alival. Soon afterwards, Harry Smith's division joined Lord Gough's army and on 10 February took part in the [[Battle of Sabhraon]]. Later Sir Harry
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• Sikhs serve langar to soldiers
  ...Making curry1m.jpg|thumb|250px|right|{{c|Members of the Sikh community and army chefs prepare the huge curry}}]] '''[http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Spicing-up-Army-lunches.4379585.jp Spicing up Army lunches]'''
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• Firozpur Cantonment
  ...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
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• Havildar
  ...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.
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• Dafadar
  ...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.
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• Chanan Singh Dhillon
  ...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 (
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• Harbans Singh Jaswal
  ...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.
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• Henry Fane
  ==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
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• Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert
  ...s services in his despatches. Gilbert also commanded a division of Gough's army in the second AngloSikh war, in the battles of Cheliarivala (13 January 184
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• Bishan Singh, adopted son of Jamadar Khushal Singh
  ...ishan Singh was ordered to move his troops to assist Herbert Edwardes, the British resident's assistant at Bannu, who was then marching against Diwan Mul Raj ...d joined Lord Gough's camp. For this he was rewarded with a pension by the British government.
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• Sir John Hunter Littler
  ...d 35 guns at Firozpur, when, in December 1845, two divisions of the Sikh army under Tej Singh laid siege to it. Although Firozpur lay isolated and vuln ...en and guns and, three days later, effectingjunction with the main British army under Lord Gough, his troops took part in the battle ofFcrozeshah (21 Decem
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• Hurbon
  ...Anglo Sikh war. As the hostilities ended, he was deported to Europe by the British in July 1846.
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• Jasvant Rao Holkar
  ...ler secured the greater part of the territory which had been scixed by the British.
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• Sikhs and the British
  <!----------The relationship between the Sikhs and the British goes back to the late 1700s. During ...regular battalion, the Regiment of Ferozepore, for service with the Bengal Army of the East India Company.
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• Battle of Ramnagar
  ...1848 between British and Sikh forces during the Second Anglo-Sikh War. The British were led by Sir Hugh Gough, while the Sikhs were led by Sher Singh Attariwa ...he Punjab, using the Sikh army, the Khalsa to maintain order and implement British policy. There was much unrest over this arrangement and the other galling t
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• Boyle
  ...fantry, joined the Khalsa army in 1843. He was killed fighting against the British in the first AngIo-Sikh war (1845-46).
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• Buddh Singh Man
  ...Later, he was promoted a colonel in General Court's brigade. According to British records, he commanded four regiments of infantry, one regiment of cavalry, ...d in the service of the Lahore Darbar after the reorganization of the Sikh army under the treaty of
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• Battle of Mudki
  ...art of the Khalsa, the army of the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab. The British army won an untidy encounter battle, suffering heavy casualties. ...ictories they sought protection from the British. It was a policy that the British had used well to spread their control of India, a policy called divide and
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• 32nd Sikh Pioneers
  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
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• Sir Edward Joseph Thackwell
  ...aign of 183839. He also commanded the cavalry division of Sir Hugh Gough's army in the campaign against the Marathas of Gwalior at the close of 1843. In t ...he field like lightning and their Khalsa warcries so frightened the entire British cavalry brigade as if they had seen a ghost. They fled, galloping their own
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• India Secret Poceedings
  ...from Lahore (1839); despatches of Wade, Clerk, Mackeson and other British functionaries dealing with ...at Lahore, AngloSikh relations, the SikhAfghan boundaries, passage of the British troops and convoys through the heart of the Punjab and the Punjab Intellige
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• Battle of Ferozeshah
  ...s a traitor, have pressed his attack, he would have certainly defeated the British ...ts own ambitions for plunder and glory into crossing the Sutlej River into British territory.
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• Punjab Regiment (India)
  ...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
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• George Thomas
  ...a band of mountain robbers in south India and then took up service in the army of the Nizam of Hyderabad as a gunner, but soon afterwards came to Delhi ...desh. Serving under her for six years, Thomas left her to join the Maratha army under Appa Khande Rao, He raised troops for the Marathas and instructed the
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• Sikh Power in the Punjab
  ...s, was compiled by Henry Thoby Prinsep (1793-1878), a civil servant of the British East India Company, who later rose to be a member of the Legislative Counci ...British Governor General, Lord William Bentinck, in October 1831, and the British treaties with the Amirs of Sindh in April, 1832.
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• Sikh population
  ...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
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• Diwan Hakim Rai
  ...ond AngloSikh war, Diwan Hakim Rai sided with the rebel forces against the British. Consequently, all his estates were confiscated after the annexation of the
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• Patrick Alexander Vans Agnew
  ...who had resigned. He was accompanied by Lt William Anderson, of the Bengal army, the new governor designate Kahn Singh, and an escort of Sikh troops from L ...clamations in the name of Mul Raj, inviting the people to rise against the British. The same day, the Sikh escort from Lahore rebelled. Kahn Singh made terms
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• DIWAN AJUDHIA PARSHAD
  ...ain ABBOTT to demarcating the boundary between Kashmir and the Punjab. The British government granted him an annual pension of 7, 500 rupees. From April 1849
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• Patrick Agnew
  ...clamations in the name of Mul Raj, inviting the people to rise against the British. The same day, the Sikh escort from LAHORE rebelled. Kahn SINGH made terms 1. Bal, S. S., British Policy Towards the Panjab, 1844-49. Calcutta, 1971
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• Josiah Harlan
  ...against his enemies. He also volunteered to keep supplying news about the British as well as about the Afghans. Maharaja Ranjit Singh appointed him governor, ...ost Muhammad fled to the mountains, and Harlan quickly shifted over to the British. Thereafter, he left Afghanistan for India from where he proceeded to Phila
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• Mohan Singh
  ...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
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• Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
  ...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
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• Battle of Aliwal
  ...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.
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• Waqia - e - Jung - e - sikhan
  ...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
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• Canada
  ...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.
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• Sawan Mal
  ...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
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• Sardar Ranjodh Singh Majithia
  ...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
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• The First British Sikh Army
  ...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
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• Ajit Singh Sandhanvalia
  ...nvalia chief to escape retribution was Atar Singh who fled from Una to the British territory.
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• Jacob Thomas
  ...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
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