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Have skimmed through the book after reading the first few chapters - it is in too much detail for me - I would have preferred an overview of what happened, but have learnt some interesting things Like this Anglo Sikh War Memorial From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo_Sikh_War_Memorial Jump to navigationJump to search Anglo-Sikh War Memorial Government of Punjab War memorial and museum at Ferozeshah For The Sikh soldiers of the First and Second Anglo-Sikh Wars Unveiled 1976 Location 30°51′46″N 74°49′00″ECoordinates: 30°51′46″N 74°49′00″E Ferozeshah, Firozpur district, Punjab, India near Firozpur Designed by H S Chopra The Punjab Government built Anglo-Sikh war memorial at Ferozeshah, Ferozepur at Moga Road. The memorial was built to honor the soldiers who died fighting against British army at Chillianwala on 13 January 1849; Sabhraon on 10 February 1846; Mudki on 18 December 1845; and Ferozeshah on 21–22 December 1845.[1][2][3] Contents 1Architect 2Memorial 3References 4External links Architect[edit] H S Chopra, the senior Architect of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana designed the three-storeyed Memorial near Sirhind feeder and on the banks of Rajasthan Canal of Ferozepur.[4][5] HS Chopra was guided by Dr. MS Randhawa, who was then the Vice Chancellor of the Ferozeshah memorial Committee Made by Punjab Government.[citation needed] LANDSCAPE design of the memorial was done by S Hari Singh Sandhu the then XEN Horticulture Punjab Agriculture University. Memorial[edit] The Memorial is in a plot of 2 hectares where one of the Anglo-Sikh war happened. The Ground floor of the memorial is 2 meters above the surrounding area.[1][5] The monument has collections of murals, portraits and paintings depicting battlefield made by renowned painters Jaswant Singh and Kirpal Singh.[6] The bronze carved quotes on Cunningham's history; the wars of Shah Mohammad; the Anglo-Sikh war weapons donated by the Punjab government from the Patiyala Museum, is displayed in the Memorial.[citation needed] @shastarSingh have you visited ?