![]() ![]() The heavily outnumbered Sikh soldiers succeeded in holding back the Pathans for nearly seven hours, counted as one of history’s greatest last stands. ![]() “The bravery cannot be summed in any words but still we can contribute to the sacrifices of those soldiers”, Vikramjit Singh said at an event to pay tributes to the soldiers at 125th commemoration ceremony of Saragarhi Battle in national capital Delhi.Ģ1 Sikh soldiers of the 36 Sikh Regiment laid down their lives defending the Saragarhi Fort in Wazirstan (now Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, in Pakistan) on September 12,1897, that was attacked by nearly 10,000 Pathans. ![]() Rajya Sabha member S Vikramjit Singh has asked the government to introduce a chapter on the Battle of Saragarhi in school text books to teach students about the “unparalleled and exemplary battle” and sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this contet. ![]()
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