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[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Es6x4u_g19UC&pg=PA49&dq=The+history+of+British+India:+a+chronology+Gough+Dalhousie+Edwardes&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false Chronology] Google Books
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Es6x4u_g19UC&pg=PA49&dq=The+history+of+British+India:+a+chronology+Gough+Dalhousie+Edwardes&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false Chronology] Google Books
===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=HF1HAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Narrative of the Second Sikh War, in 1848-49 with a detailed account of the Battles of Ramnugger, the Passage of the Chenab, Chillianwallah, Goojerat, etc.''] by Edward Joseph Thackwell, 2nd edition, revised with additions 1851 Google Books
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=HF1HAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Narrative of the Second Sikh War, in 1848-49 with a detailed account of the Battles of Ramnugger, the Passage of the Chenab, Chillianwallah, Goojerat, etc.''] by Edward Joseph Thackwell, late Aide-de-Camp to General Thackwell 2nd edition, revised with additions 1851 Google Books.  [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.106248/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org 1st edition 1851]
*[https://archive.org/details/militarymemoirs00thacgoog/page/n9/mode/2up ''The Military Memoirs of Lieut.-General Sir Joseph Thackwell arranged from Diaries and Correspondence''] by Colonel H C Wylly 1908 Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Ny1cAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA179 The Sikh War : a narrative by  "An Old Dragoon"] page 179 ''The British soldier: an Anecdotal History of the British Army'', Volume 1‬ by Joachim Hayward Stocqueler 1856‬ Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Ny1cAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA179 The Sikh War : a narrative by  "An Old Dragoon"] page 179 ''The British soldier: an Anecdotal History of the British Army'', Volume 1‬ by Joachim Hayward Stocqueler 1856‬ Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/details/commentariesonpu00lawr ''Commentaries on the Punjab Campaign, 1848-49. Including some additions to the history of the Second Sikh War, from original sources''] by J H  Lawrence-Archer 1878 Archive.org  
*[http://www.archive.org/details/commentariesonpu00lawr ''Commentaries on the Punjab Campaign, 1848-49. Including some additions to the history of the Second Sikh War, from original sources''] by J H  Lawrence-Archer 1878 Archive.org  
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*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Q9wRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA374  Part 2: The Second Sikh War, 1848-49 — The Indian Mutiny, 1857] from  "Memoir of Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand, K.C.S.I., C.B., R.E." by Lieutenant C.R, Low, (late) Indian Navy, page 374 ''Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal, 1871 Part 1'' Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Q9wRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA374  Part 2: The Second Sikh War, 1848-49 — The Indian Mutiny, 1857] from  "Memoir of Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand, K.C.S.I., C.B., R.E." by Lieutenant C.R, Low, (late) Indian Navy, page 374 ''Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal, 1871 Part 1'' Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ISKgAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA1 "Medical History of the 1st Bombay European Regiment (Fusiliers)  during its Service in the Punjaub in 1848,1849, and 1850"] by FS Arnott MD Surgeon of the Regiment, page 1 ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay Volume X 1849-1850'' Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ISKgAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA1 "Medical History of the 1st Bombay European Regiment (Fusiliers)  during its Service in the Punjaub in 1848,1849, and 1850"] by FS Arnott MD Surgeon of the Regiment, page 1 ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay Volume X 1849-1850'' Google Books
*''Barracks and battlefields in India; or, The experiences of a soldier of the 10th Foot (North Lincoln) in the Sikh wars and Sepoy Mutiny'', edited by the Rev Caesar Caine 1891 [reprint edition] [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.507263 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. The soldier was Thomas Malcolm. This book is also available on a restricted access basis, probably accessible by those in North America on the  [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100382741 Hathi Trust Digital Library]
*[https://archive.org/details/barracksbattlefieldsindia/page/n5/mode/2up ''Barracks and Battlefields in India; or, The experiences of a soldier of the 10th Foot (North Lincoln) in the Sikh Wars and Sepoy Mutiny''], edited by the Rev Caesar Caine 1891 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.507263 1971 reprint edition Archive.org], mirror from Digital Library of India. The soldier was Thomas Malcolm, born 1827.  
*[https://archive.org/details/generalsiralexta01tayl/page/60/mode/2up "The Second Sikh War"] page 61 ''General Sir Alex Taylor G.C.B., R.E.: his Times, his Friends, and his Work, Volume I'' by A. Cameron Taylor, his daughter, 1913. ([https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.88056/page/ii/mode/2up Volume II]) Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/generalsiralexta01tayl/page/60/mode/2up "The Second Sikh War"] page 61 ''General Sir Alex Taylor G.C.B., R.E.: his Times, his Friends, and his Work, Volume I'' by A. Cameron Taylor, his daughter, 1913. ([https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.88056/page/ii/mode/2up Volume II]) Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/soldiersahibsmen0000alle ''Soldier Sahibs : the men who made the North-West Frontier''] by Charles Allen 2001, first published 2000.  Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/soldiersahibsmen0000alle ''Soldier Sahibs : the men who made the North-West Frontier''] by Charles Allen 2001, first published 2000.  Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

Latest revision as of 01:03, 6 November 2023

2nd Sikh War
1848-49
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
Location: Punjab
Combatants:
East India Company Sikh Empire
Result: British victory. Punjab annexed
Medals:
Punjab Medal
Clasps: Mooltan, Chilianwala, Goojerat
Links:
Category: 2nd Sikh War
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2nd Sikh War
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Also known as the 2nd Anglo-Sikh War or the Punjab Campaign.

Summary

The British Resident in Lahore sent officers to Multan to compel the local viceroy to pay increased taxes. The officers were murdered and this encouraged an uprising of rebellious troops against the Sikh Government. After some initial actions the British sent a substantial force under Sir Hugh Gough. Major battles atChillianwala and Gujerat led to the surrender of the Sikhs. The British annexed the Punjab and Raja Duleep Singh went into exile.

Army of the Punjab

Order of Battle at Ramnuggur
Commander in Chief: Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Gough

Cavalry Division
Brigadier-General Charles Cureton

  • 2nd Brigade: Brigadier Pope

1st Infantry Division
Lt-Gen Sir Walter Gilbert

  • 1st Brigade: Brigadier Mountain
  • 2nd Brigade: Brigadier Godby

2nd Infantry Division
General Thackwell

  • 2nd Brigade: Brigadier Hoggan

Artillery

  • 6 horse batteries: Lane, Christie, Huish, Warner, Duncan and Fordyce.
  • 3 field batteries: Dawes, Kenleside and Austin.
  • 2 heavy batteries.

FIBIS resources

  • "General Gilbert and the surrender of the Sikh Army" by Sarah Bilton FIBIS Journal Number 27 (Spring 2012), pages 14-22. For details of how to access this article see FIBIS Journals

Medals

Also see Medals and Medal Rolls

External Links

Sikh Wars Heritage History
2nd Sikh War 1848-49 Wikipedia
2nd Anglo-Sikh War Sikhiwiki
Chronology Google Books

Historical books online