yuddh ke itihaas mein aisee kahaaniyaan aur adhyaay hain jinhen kabhee-kabhee bhula diya jaata hai ya kho diya jaata hai. lekin, 19 veen shataabdee ke uttaraardh se british bhaarateey sena ke 21 sikh sainikon dvaara antim staind itihaas mein sabase prasiddh ladaiyon mein se ek hai. is tarah ke ek mahaakaavy aur neech badamaash kee ek kahaanee hai ki yah vaastavik sachchaee ke roop mein kisee ko bhee pachaane ke lie thoda mushkil hai. baharahaal, saaraagadhee kee kahaanee hamesha maanav jaati kee sabase adbhut ladaee kahaaniyon mein se ek hogee.

sabhee baadhaon ke khilaaph ek kahaanee, sainy adhikaariyon ne 12 sitambar ko saaraagadhee kee ladaee ke din ke roop mein manaaya. british bhaarateey sena ke 36 ven sikhon (aaj, sikh rejiment kee 4 veen bataaliyan) ke 21 sikh sainikon ne aphagaan orakaazaee aadivaasiyon kee sena ke khilaaph ek mahaakaavy antim staind mein apana balidaan diya.


12 sitambar, 1897 ko, aphagaanee aadivaasiyon kee ek sena ne british bhaarateey sena ke gadh saaraagadhee kile par hamala kiya.

15 sitambar kee subah 36 veen sikh rejiment ke signalamain guramukh sinh dvaara 10,000 se 14,000 sainikon ke beech kile ke nikat dekha gaya. antim bairiked khud bhaarat ke dil se aakraamak hamale ko rok raha tha. raiphals, bhaaree topakhaane aur bhagavaan jaanate hain ki vishaal sena ka aur kya samarthan hai.

jab kamaanding supeeriyar, havaladaar eeshar sinh, ko aane vaale hamale ke baare mein soochit kiya gaya tha, to unhonne vahaan tainaat 20 sainikon ko gol kiya aur unhen ek vikalp diya: e baindan apanee sthiti aur paas ke phort loket mein sena mein shaamil hone ke lie peechhe hat gae, ya khade hokar ek bahaadur kee maut ho gaee. maut. unamen se sabhee 20 ne ladane ke lie chuna.

raiphal se lais 21 log, ek bhaaree masheen gan, ve sabhee golaabaaree jinakee ve kalpana kar sakate the aur taiteniyam kee genden, orakaazaee par narak kee baarish kar rahe the.

yah sochakar ki kila is aakaar kee sena ke khilaaph kuchh hee sekand mein gir jaega, orakaazee jitana aashvast ho sakate the utane hee aashvast the. bahut kam aphagaaniyon ko pata tha ki ve 21 barsakar bolabastars ke khilaaph the, jo apanee sena ke lie barbaadee karane vaale the. kile kee deevaaron par lahar ke baad tarang ko chaarj karana, deevaaron par chadhane aur kholane ke lie seedhee ke saath, bhaaree aphagaanee bal ne 21 badamaashon ko paanch lambe ghante tak un par pooree tarah se kahar barapaaya. ve paridhi ko tod bhee nahin sakate the. haan, us sink mein jaane den. pratyek vyakti saikadon aphagaanon kee maut ka saamana kar raha hai, daur ke baad hedashots ke saath.

unake ghaayal hone ke baad bhee daman kee aag bujhaane ka prabandh kiya ja raha tha, sainikon ne paanch ghante se adhik samay tak ullanghan kiya.

pratyek sikh sainik ko lagabhag 500 sau aakramanakaariyon ke khilaaph khada kiya gaya, purushon ne ek ladaee ko itana dhvast kar diya aur oraakazaee sena ko nukasaan pahunchaaya ki yah lagabhag aisa lag raha tha jaise hamalaavar sena ke maadhyam se nahin hoga. vaastavik chudaee kya hai? yuddh mein saat ghante shesh rahe, kuchh hee samay mein sikhon kee raksha sena ne gola baarood par chalana shuroo kar diya aur chaaron taraph se gher liya gaya.