The beginning of the 19th century saw the rise of a remarkable Sikh leader in the Punjab province of north-west India. Unifying the feudal rulers under his authority, the conquering Maharaja Ranjit Singh pursued campaigns of expansion for nearly 40 years, creating for the purpose a new regular army on the Western model. His death in 1839 found the frontiers of Sikh and British power in confrontation; in the 1840s the inevitable trial of strength brought British crown and East India Company troops into battle against the most formidable Indian army they ever faced. Its story is told here in fascinating detail, illustrated with rare early paintings and with colourful reconstructions of Punjabi regular soldiers and feudal warriors.
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Packed with specially commissioned artwork, maps and diagrams, the Men-at-Arms series is an unrivalled illustrated reference on the history, organisation, uniforms and equipment of the world's military forces, past and present.
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Ian Heath is a highly respected author and has written a number of Osprey titles, including Men-at-Arms volumes 89: 'Byzantine Armies 886–1118', 287: 'Byzantine Armies 1118–1461' and 275: 'The Taiping Rebellion 1851–66'. He is currently working on a five-volume project covering the armies of 19th-century Asia. Ian lives and works in Cambridgeshire, UK.
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A very detailed account of the Sikh Army in the Ranjit Singh period.There are some interesting sections on how how modern the army was with an artillary arm better than the British
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FOLLOWING THE DEATH IN 1707 of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, rivalry between the Mughals, Afghans and Persians had created a power vacuum in the Punjab, which left much of the province in the hands of a Sikh confederacy known as the Khaha ('The Pure'). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
jinsi batteries, regular cavalry, regular infantry, foreign officers, infantry battalions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ranjit Singh, First Sikh War, Gulab Singh, Sikh Wars, Sher Singh, Hira Singh, Ghaus Khan, British Library, Illustrated London News, Jagirdari Fauj, Kharak Singh, Emily Eden, Gurkha Paltan, Sultan Mahmud Khan New!
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FOLLOWING THE DEATH IN 1707 of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, rivalry between the Mughals, Afghans and Persians had created a power vacuum in the Punjab, which left much of the province in the hands of a Sikh confederacy known as the Khaha ('The Pure'). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
jinsi batteries, regular cavalry, regular infantry, foreign officers, infantry battalions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ranjit Singh, First Sikh War, Gulab Singh, Sikh Wars, Sher Singh, Hira Singh, Ghaus Khan, British Library, Illustrated London News, Jagirdari Fauj, Kharak Singh, Emily Eden, Gurkha Paltan, Sultan Mahmud Khan New!
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- A History of the Sikhs, Volume 1: 1469-1839 (Oxford India Collection) by Khushwant Singh in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- History of the Sikhs by Joseph Davey Cunningham in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- History of the Sikhs by Henry Court in Back Matter
- The Khalsa Raj by Anil Chandra Banerjee in Back Matter
- Adventures of an Officer in the Service of Runjeet Singh by H. M. L. Lawrence in Back Matter
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