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NEPAL - SIKH War
The #NepalSikhWar was a large scale military conflict in 1809 between the forces of
The #KingdomofNepal under
Amar Singh Thapa and
The #SikhEmpire under
General Dewan Mokham Chand of
Maharajah Ranjit Singh Ji
Pic 1 Dewan M Chand
Pic 2 AS Thapa
NEPAL - SIKH War
The #NepalSikhWar was a large scale military conflict in 1809 between the forces of
The #KingdomofNepal under
Amar Singh Thapa and
The #SikhEmpire under
General Dewan Mokham Chand of
Maharajah Ranjit Singh Ji
Pic 1 Dewan M Chand
Pic 2 AS Thapa
Nepal-Sikh War
Date:March 1809 – August 1809
Location:#KangraFort
Result: #Sikh victory
•Nepalese retreat to the Arki Fort
in Pic Kangra Fort
by Charles Stewart Hardinge
Date:March 1809 – August 1809
Location:#KangraFort
Result: #Sikh victory
•Nepalese retreat to the Arki Fort
in Pic Kangra Fort
by Charles Stewart Hardinge
leaders
#SikhEmpire
Maharaja RanjitSingh*
MokhamChand
#KingdomofNepal
Amar Singh Thapa
Bahadur Shah
Bhimsen Thapa*
Nain Singh Thapa
—Strength
10,000 Sikh imperialists of
The #SikhKhalsaArmy
16,000 #Gurkha warriors
—losses
1,000 #Sikh soldiers killed
12,000 #Gurkha soldiers killed
#SikhEmpire
Maharaja RanjitSingh*
MokhamChand
#KingdomofNepal
Amar Singh Thapa
Bahadur Shah
Bhimsen Thapa*
Nain Singh Thapa
—Strength
10,000 Sikh imperialists of
The #SikhKhalsaArmy
16,000 #Gurkha warriors
—losses
1,000 #Sikh soldiers killed
12,000 #Gurkha soldiers killed
The Moplah Revolt of 1921.
What is revealed is how rapidly the All India #Congress retreated whenever the masses were in motion, and how in this case a strategic political retreat necessitated a communalist rather than class view of an important peasant (1/25)
What is revealed is how rapidly the All India #Congress retreated whenever the masses were in motion, and how in this case a strategic political retreat necessitated a communalist rather than class view of an important peasant (1/25)
struggle.
The #Moplahs were #Muslim peasants in Malabar (now part of the state of #Kerala ) on India's west coast. In 1922 it had a population of 400,000, of which 163,328 were Hindus and 236,672 were Muslims. The Moplahs were amongst the most heavily exploited (2/25)
The #Moplahs were #Muslim peasants in Malabar (now part of the state of #Kerala ) on India's west coast. In 1922 it had a population of 400,000, of which 163,328 were Hindus and 236,672 were Muslims. The Moplahs were amongst the most heavily exploited (2/25)
peasants in the entire subcontinent. Most of them worked as wage-labourers either on the land of others or on the rubber plantations. The #landlords in the region were virtually all upper-caste #Brahmin Hindus. In the century preceding 1921, there had been a total of (3/25)
I have shared several distressing vids showing the elderly #Gurkhas being hassled by the @metpoliceuk. This will shortly become a thread with said vids. It is disgusting how they have been treated. £20 a month the MOD give them as a pension!
Gurkhas and the British
Men from the hillsides of Nepal began joining the British Army in 1815,right after the end of the 1st phase of the Anglo-Gurkha War of 1814-16.They have been serving the British Crown ever since.#Gurkha #Gurkhas #Nepal #ENGITA #Eng scmp.com/week-asia/opin…
Men from the hillsides of Nepal began joining the British Army in 1815,right after the end of the 1st phase of the Anglo-Gurkha War of 1814-16.They have been serving the British Crown ever since.#Gurkha #Gurkhas #Nepal #ENGITA #Eng scmp.com/week-asia/opin…
The Gurkhas played an essential role in establishing the British Raj in India and fought for the British in Afghanistan, what was then Burma, Tibet and in countless other conflicts.
#England #Britain #British #Army #BritishArmy #Eng #ENGITA #Euro2020Final #EuroFinal #EURO2020
#England #Britain #British #Army #BritishArmy #Eng #ENGITA #Euro2020Final #EuroFinal #EURO2020
Wounded Indian soldiers from the Western Front in 1914-15 were treated at military hospitals in England. One of them, the Lady Hardinge Hospital, was located at Brockenhurst. This is quite possibly the only period photograph of an Indian soldier being cremated.
The hospital was named after Lady Hardinge, wife of the Viceroy of India, who died shortly before war broke out.
A photograph of a wounded Indian and British soldier
