Aaj he k Din..16th November 1857, one of the last important battles (in North) between the armies of East India Company and the armies of local people was fought in the fields of village #Nasibpur, near #Narnaul. A combined army of 1st European Bengal Fusiliers, Hurrianah Field Force, Guides and Carabineers fought against the collective army of Jodhpur Legion, Jhajjar State, Rewari and Local people. Native army was being led by the leaders like #Rao_Gopal_Dev, #Rao_Tula_Ram, #Abdus Sannand Khan etc while the Company’s army was fighting under Col. John Grant Gerrard of 1st Fusiliers. From the contemporary records it appears that it was a close battle and could have turned in any direction but in the end, it was the experienced company army that stood victorious. Importance of the battle can be gauged from the fact that even a #Victoria_Cross was awarded in this battle to Lt. Francis David Millet Brown (1st European Fusiliers) for his act of bravery of saving a wounded soldier under a very heavy fire. If only there had been a similar system of rewarding the bravery of native people, no doubt the list would have been longer. In the field reports of Company officers, they had mentioned that on several occasions they had to fight with all their might to gain even a small advantage. People from both the sides had lost their lives. More than 70 soldiers of company army including the commanding officer Col. J.G.Gerrard had died on the battlefield, while the native army too suffered a huge loss and had lost several of their leaders like #Rao_Kishan_Singh, #Rao_Ram_Lal and many uothers whose names perhaps we would ever be able to find out .What we do know is that they were fighting side by side and were not worried about their religion, their castes and other things.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 03:32:57 +0000
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