Bathinda: In recognition and respect for fighting heroes in Saragarhi, the size of a bronze statue of Havidar Ishar Singh was launched at Teacher Nanak Gurdwara in Wednesfield, the suburbs of Wolverhampton in England, on the day of the battle on Sunday.
In a fierce battle, 21 Sikh soldiers and a Muslim cuisine from the 36th Sikh Regiment (now 4 Sikh) fought bravely with the courage that deserves 10,000 Afghan tribes before putting their lives as the last seat.
Courage has been enshrined by preparing a 10-foot bronze statue of Havildar Ishar Singh on a six-foot base that has the name of all martyrs has been written.
The Battle of Saragarhi was fought on September 12, 1897, when the brave heart stood hard against Pathan Tribesman’s attack at the Saragarhi observation post for communication between Fort Lockhart and Fort Gulistan, in the West-West Border Province, now Khyber Pakistan in Pakistan.
It turned out that as the first example that such a monument appeared in England with the efforts of the city council very and Wolverhampton.
Takhat Jathedar giani Harpreet Singh was present at the opening of the statue which was also attended by military officials from England.
Wolverhampton Board Bhupinder Singh Gothal, who was considered the person behind establishing a Saragarhi monument, said, “We used to hear about the stories of Hero from Valor and the Gallantry of Warriors and now set up a monument in the Memory of Braves in our backyard can not be explained by words Said.
We are indebted to the Board very and Wolverhampton to ensure this happens and give us a place to feel proud.
“Sense of Jathedar Giani Harpreeet Singh said that it was a moment of pride and proud of the Sikh community throughout the world that the epic battle monument was installed in England.
The way the fighting Sikh army has raised the head of the community.
Saragarhi did not have parallel because it was only an example in the history of the war, in which 21 Anummean soldiers were awarded with the Merit of the Indian Order (IOM), the highest award given to the Indian army at that time which was equivalent to the current VIR Chakra.
Moment proud for Sikh: Jathedarakal takht Jathedar Harpreet Singh said Sikh throughout the world could celebrate the formation of an epic battle monument in the UK.
The way the Sikh Army fight has done a proud community.
124 years in, Valor Saragarhi enshrined in England
