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Battle of Chillianwallah. 13 Jan 1849.
Reproduction print | RCIN 750936
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A photographic reproduction of RCIN 750935, reduced in size: showing a panoramic view of the Battlefield of Chillianwallah, 13th January, 1849: British infantry, artillery, and cavalry lined up in the middle-ground left and right. Indian troops, some of them mounted, in the foreground; with a table listing the names of participating officers at the Battles of Chillianwallah and Gujarat, below.
The Battle of Chillianwallah (in the Punjab, part of present day Pakistan) was fought in January 1849 between the Sikh Khalsa army led by Sher Singh and British East India Company forces led by Sir Hugh Gough. The British empire's expansionist policies had already resulted in the surrendering of part of the Punjab territories after the First Anglo-Sikh War of 1845-6. A major conflict within the Second Anglo-Sikh war (First War of Sikh Independence), the Battle of Chillianwallah proved inconclusive, though both sides claimed victory, and the prestige and reputation of British military might was profoundly damaged. After the Battle of Multan (see RCIN 750931) and the succesful outcome for the British of the Battle of Gujrat, the Sikh army surrendered. On 14 March 1849, the young Maharaja of the Sikh empire, Duleep Singh, was forced to renounce all claims to the rule of the Punjab, and the region was annexed to British India.
For prints showing particular actions during the Battle of Chillianwallah, see RCINs 750933 and 750934. -
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