Battle of Gujrat

For the Battle of Gujarat, see Battle of Surat.

Battle of Gujrat
Part of the Second Anglo-Sikh War
Date21 February 1849
Location
Gujrat, Sikh Empire (modern-day Pakistan)
Result British victory
Belligerents
East India Company Sikh Empire
Commanders and leaders
Hugh Gough Raja Sher Singh Attariwalla
Strength
24,000 men (including Bengal and Maratha troops)
Over 96 field guns
67 siege guns[1]
 35,000 men
59 guns[2]
Casualties and losses
96 killed
710 wounded[1]		 Unknown[1]
Location of Gujrat City in Punjab.

The Battle of Gujrat was a decisive battle in the Second Anglo-Sikh War, fought on 21 February 1849, between the forces of the East India Company, and a Sikh army in rebellion against the company's control of the Sikh Empire, represented by the child Maharaja Duleep Singh who was in British custody in Lahore.[3] The Sikh army was defeated by the British regular and Bengal Army forces of the British East India Company. After it capitulated a few days later, the Punjab was annexed to the East India Company's territories and Duleep Singh was deposed.

  1. ^ a b c Roy 2008, p. 298.
  2. ^ Roy, Kaushik (2011). War, Culture, and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740–1849. Routledge. pp. 162–163. ISBN 978-0-415-58767-9.
  3. ^ "Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 12, page 374 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library". dsal.uchicago.edu.