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== Spelling Variants ==
==Further Reading==
Modern name: Chilianwala<br>
*Torrens-Spence, Johnny, ''Historic Battlefields of Pakistan'', Oxford University Press, Karachi 2006.
Variants: Chillianwallah<br>
==Recommended Reading==
''"Historic Battlefields of Pakistan"'' by Johnny Torrens-Spence, Oxford University Press, Karachi 2006<br>
ISBN 0195978978
ISBN 978-0195978971





Revision as of 15:41, 27 October 2009

Battle of Chillianwallah
Part of 2nd Sikh War
Date: 13 January 1849
Location: Chillianwala, Punjab
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 32.669076°N 73.598009°E
Result: Indecisive
Combatants
East India Company Sikhs
Commanders
Maj Gen Sir Hugh Gough Sher Singh Attariwalla
Strength
16,000 British & Indian troops
66 guns
Est 23,000 Sikhs of the Khalsa
60 guns
Casualties

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Chilianwala
Variants: Chillianwallah

Recommended Reading

"Historic Battlefields of Pakistan" by Johnny Torrens-Spence, Oxford University Press, Karachi 2006
ISBN 0195978978 ISBN 978-0195978971


External Links

Heritage History - Sikh Wars
Wikipedia - 2nd Sikh War
Sikhiwiki - 2nd Anglo-Sikh War
Wikipedia - Battle of Chillianwala
BritishBattles.com - The Battle of Chillianwallah
South Wales Borderers Regimental History
Google Books - Battle of Chillianwallah
Stephen Lewis Website - Officers who died in the battle
Chillianwalla - Gazetteer 1857