Battle of Chillianwala (1849) Memorial

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The battle of Chillianwala Memorial Pillar was built by the British in memory of the battle of Chillianwala which was fought between the Sikh forces led by General Sher Singh and the British forces led by General Gough in 1849. Chillianwala was the biggest defeat suffered by the British on the Indian sub-continent.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chillianwala
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Coordinates:   32°39'44"N   73°36'21"E

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  • My village is near to village Chailyanwala I have visited many time the monoments of Chalywnwala battles the name of my village is DHULIAN, the people of my village are very brave and very good muslims,many time I close my eyes and image what were the condition of people of myh village peoples when the battle of Chailyanwala was going on in 13 January 1949..
  • IM BELONG TO CHILLIANWLA I LOVE MY VILLAGE BECAUSE ITS LOVELY PLACE AND HISTORICAL VILLAGE ABOUT THE BATTLE OF 1849 AND MOST OF PEOPLES ARE RICH AND LANDORD.ONE OF THE LANLORD FAMILY IS ROYAL AMIREKE CHOUDHARY RAJA THUMAN KHAN CHOUDHARY JAHAN KHAN X CHAIRMAN CHOUDHARY NASIR SON CHOUDHARY GHULAM AHMED CHOUDHARY ARSHAD IQBAL SON OF CHOUDHARY JAHAN KHAN CHOUDHARY RIAZ AHMED SON OF CHOUDHARY JAHAN KHAN MEJOR TARIQ AZAM SON OF CHOUDHARY AZAM..IM SON OF CHOUDHARY RIAZ AHMED RAMIZ RIAZ..
  • It has been many years since I visited the Chillianwala site - back in 1997. I was struck by the elegance and simplicity of the memorial structures and the four large plain lime mortar slabs each containing the remains of up to 600 of the fallen. The obelisk with its square base has inscriptions on each of its four sides.in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and English. The British were the losers in this engagement so is it just a coincidence that the sun rises on the Hindi side, lights the Punjab face at mid day, and the Urdu one in the afternoon but never shines on the English side which faces North. Sadly for the Sikhs, theirs was a Pyrrhic victory as they had fought almost to the last man, while the British brought up reserves and ended the three year Sikh War in their favour in a final battle two months later.
  • After a long time I came on the page Chailyanwala,but nobody more yet commented on the battle of chailyanwala. I wants more facts about the battle of Chailyanwala, if some local person knows more facts about the battle,kindle comment on it.
  • KASTURI Lal: I listen the history of Chailianwala war from my father and he listen from his father means my grand father. Today I am reading Book "The Sikh Empire " written by Piara Singh Data published in year 2000 Who are interest in history must read this book.
  • Sir ,how can I meet you when I visit Chilianwalla next ..my email pilgrim_gsa@yahoo.co.in
  • Ramiz RIaz Choudhary potta choud (guest) IM BELONG TO CHILLIANWLA I LOVE MY VILLAGE BECAUSE ITS LOVELY PLACE AND HISTORICAL VILLAGE ABOUT THE BATTLE OF 1849 AND MOST OF PEOPLES ARE RICH AND LANDORD.ONE OF THE LANLORD FAMILY IS ROYAL AMIREKE CHOUDHARY RAJA THUMAN KHAN CHOUDHARY JAHAN KHAN X CHAIRMAN CHOUDHARY NASIR SON CHOUDHARY GHULAM AHMED CHOUDHARY AMEER SARDAR GHULAM SARWAR, CHOUDHARY SARDAR KHAN,CHOUDHARY ARSHAD IQBAL SON OF CHOUDHARY JAHAN KHAN CHOUDHARY RIAZ AHMED SON OF CHOUDHARY JAHAN KHAN MEJOR TARIQ AZAM SON OF CHOUDHARY AZAM..IM SON OF CHOUDHARY RIAZ AHMED RAMIZ RIAZ..
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