Statue Of Havildar Ishar Singh Who Led 20 Sikh Soldiers In Battle Of Saragarhi To Come Up In Britain скачать в хорошем качестве

Statue Of Havildar Ishar Singh Who Led 20 Sikh Soldiers In Battle Of Saragarhi To Come Up In Britain

In an homage to the 21 soldiers from the 36th Sikh Bengal Regiment that valiantly defended their signal post against over 10,000 Afghan tribesmen in the Battle of Saragarhi on 12 September 1897, a nine-foot-tall bronze statue of their leader Havildar Ishar Singh is set to adorn the streets of the United Kingdom. The first ever monument in Britain honouring the fallen soldiers is expected to be ready by September 2021. Fighting for six hours, the 21 soldiers are believed to have killed around 180 Afghani tribesmen as they defended their post in the hills of the North-West Frontier Province, which is now in Pakistan. The battle is often regarded as one of the greatest ‘last stands’ in military history, but since no one survived it, it is hard to corroborate many facts associated with it. However, it is well known that all 21 soldiers were accorded the Indian Order of Merit — the highest decoration awarded to Indian soldiers by the British till 1911, equivalent to the Param Vir Chakra today. The statue of Havildar Isher Singh — the character that the Akshay Kumar-starrer Kesari was based on — will stand adjacent to the Guru Nanak Gurdwara in Wednesfield, Wolverhampton. The project has so far raised £50,000 (Rs 48 lakh) of the £100,000 (Rs 97 lakh) required. #Saragarhi #UnitedKingdom #SikhSoldiers Subscribe to Swarajya on YouTube. Get a Swarajya subscription: https://subscriptions.swarajyamag.com... Website: https://swarajyamag.com/ Twitter:   / swarajyamag   Facebook:   / swarajyamag