#Today : #Battle_of_Saragarhi was fought during the Tirah - TopicsExpress



          

#Today : #Battle_of_Saragarhi was fought during the Tirah Campaign on 12 September 1897 between twenty-one Sikhs all born in Majha region of the 4th Battalion (then 36th Sikhs) of the #Sikh_Regiment of British India, defending an army post, and 10,000 #Afghan and Orakzai tribesmen. The battle occurred in the North-West Frontier Province, which formed part of British India. It is now named the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and is part of Pakistan. ->During the engagement against the 21 Sikh soldiers, some 600 bodies[8] are said to have been seen around the ruined post when the relief party arrived en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Saragarhi
Posted on: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 09:16:16 +0000

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