What the records say
- When
- 21 Feb 1849
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 32.57° N, 74.08° E
- Description
- 1849 battle of the Anglo-Sikh War
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Gujrat
1849 battle of the Anglo-Sikh War
The Battle of Gujrat was a decisive battle in the Second Anglo-Sikh War, fought on 21 February 1849, between the forces of the East India Company, and a Sikh army in rebellion against the company's control of the Sikh Empire, represented by the child Maharaja Duleep Singh who was in British custody in Lahore. The Sikh army was defeated by the British regular and Bengal Army forces of the British East India Company.
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