{"id":371648,"date":"2026-09-12T15:45:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T10:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=371648"},"modified":"2026-09-12T15:45:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T10:15:29","slug":"battle-of-saragarhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/battle-of-saragarhi\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle of Saragarhi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Saragarhi is remembered on 12 September, when the battle was fought in 1897 and later observed as Saragarhi Day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Battle of Saragarhi<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_371654\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-371654\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-371654\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-Tribune-India.jpg?resize=300%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Battle of Saragarhi\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-Tribune-India.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-Tribune-India.jpg?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-Tribune-India.jpg?w=834&amp;ssl=1 834w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-371654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Tribune India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Battle of Saragarhi<\/strong>\u00a0was fought on<strong> 12 September 1897 at the Saragarhi post, <\/strong>in the <strong>then North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) of British India<\/strong>, now in <strong>Pakistan<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Built by:<\/strong> The forts were <strong>built by Maharaja Ranjit Singh<\/strong> but <strong>renamed by the British.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fought Between:\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Defenders:<\/strong> Only <strong>21 soldiers of the 36th Sikh Regiment<\/strong>, along with <strong>non-combatant Daad<\/strong>, defended the post.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Leadership:<\/strong> The <strong>Sikh soldiers were led by Havildar Ishar Singh.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Attackers:<\/strong> Over <strong>8,000 Afridi and Orakzai tribesmen attacked the post.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strategic Role: <\/strong>Saragarhi served as a <strong>communication tower between Fort Lockhart and Fort Gulistan.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It <strong>helped link the two forts and coordinate the movement<\/strong> of British troops.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Course of the Battle:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Stand:<\/strong> The <strong>21 soldiers held the post for seven hours<\/strong> despite being heavily outnumbered.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Casualties:<\/strong> <strong>All 21 soldiers died defending the post<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>They killed 200 tribals and injured 600.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Honour:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Indian Order of Merit:<\/strong> All <strong>21 soldiers were posthumously awarded the Indian Order of Merit,<\/strong> the <strong>highest award for Indian soldiers<\/strong> at the time, <strong>equivalent to today\u2019s Param Vir Chakra.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Remembrance:<\/strong> In <strong>2017, the Punjab government<\/strong> decided to <strong>observe Saragarhi Day on 12 September<\/strong> as a holiday.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Memorial:\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>British <\/strong>used burnt bricks from Saragarhi to build an<strong> obelisk for the martyrs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Khyber Scouts <\/strong>continue to mount a guard and salute the<strong> Saragarhi memorial<\/strong> near Fort Lockhart.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Saragarhi is remembered on 12 September, when the battle was fought in 1897 and later observed as Saragarhi Day. About Battle of Saragarhi Battle of Saragarhi\u00a0was fought on 12 September 1897 at the Saragarhi post, in the then North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) of British India, now in Pakistan. 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