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Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

13Mirch - Great article!

We wrote a page on the battle which contains pictures and more info on the 36th Sikhs - http://www.discoversikhism.com/sikhism/sikh_battle_of_saragarhi.html

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The Thermopylean conflict often "fails to mention the +7,100 Greek City soldiers, King Leonidas had 300 of his finest Spartans. The Persians had a force of 300,000 men. The odds of the battle were heavily (approx. 40:1) against the Spartans.

In August or September 480 BC, at the narrow coastal pass of Thermopylae, Greece the Spartans and allies fought for 2 days (it’s well worth watching ‘300’ to get a flavour of the fighting prowess of the Spartans ). On the third day the Persians managed to find a mountain trail and encircle the Spartans. Fearing defeat King Leonidas of Sparta allowed his allies to escape, and stayed (with his 300 men and 1,200 others) to fight to the death.
So now we have 1,500 men against approx. 300,000 Persians (approx. 200:1 odds) which is not looking great. Needless to say the Spartans were all slaughtered but not before they killed 20,000 Persians! The Spartans lost approx. 2,000 men in total. That equates to a kill rate of approx. 10:1!
If you thought the Battle of Thermopylae associated with the heroic stand of a small Greek force against the mighty Persian Army of Xerxes I in 480 B.C was legendary, then read about this last stand by the Sikhs at the Battle of Saragarhi on 12th September 1897. Saragarhi is the incredible story of 21 men of the 36th Sikh Regiment who gave up their lives in devotion to their duty. In keeping with the Sikh Khalsa tradition they fought to the death rather than surrender. It has been mentioned as one of the most significant events of its kind in the world and was honoured by the British Parliament and Queen Victoria.
How many men did the 21 Sikhs face? +10,000 (that’s 500:1)
How many men did the Sikhs kill? 800 (that’s 40:1!)

What was the Khalsa Sikh’s secret? Being Sikh’s… with shouts of ‘Bole So Nihal… Sat Sri Akal!’"

We have one request for the historian, would it possible to access the communications communicated via the helicographic?

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Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

13Mirch - Great article!

We wrote a page on the battle which contains pictures and more info on the 36th Sikhs - http://www.discoversikhism.com/sikhism/sikh_battle_of_saragarhi.html

Here is an extract -

The Thermopylean conflict often "fails to mention the +7,100 Greek City soldiers, King Leonidas had 300 of his finest Spartans. The Persians had a force of 300,000 men. The odds of the battle were heavily (approx. 40:1) against the Spartans.

In August or September 480 BC, at the narrow coastal pass of Thermopylae, Greece the Spartans and allies fought for 2 days (it’s well worth watching ‘300’ to get a flavour of the fighting prowess of the Spartans ). On the third day the Persians managed to find a mountain trail and encircle the Spartans. Fearing defeat King Leonidas of Sparta allowed his allies to escape, and stayed (with his 300 men and 1,200 others) to fight to the death.
So now we have 1,500 men against approx. 300,000 Persians (approx. 200:1 odds) which is not looking great. Needless to say the Spartans were all slaughtered but not before they killed 20,000 Persians! The Spartans lost approx. 2,000 men in total. That equates to a kill rate of approx. 10:1!
If you thought the Battle of Thermopylae associated with the heroic stand of a small Greek force against the mighty Persian Army of Xerxes I in 480 B.C was legendary, then read about this last stand by the Sikhs at the Battle of Saragarhi on 12th September 1897. Saragarhi is the incredible story of 21 men of the 36th Sikh Regiment who gave up their lives in devotion to their duty. In keeping with the Sikh Khalsa tradition they fought to the death rather than surrender. It has been mentioned as one of the most significant events of its kind in the world and was honoured by the British Parliament and Queen Victoria.
How many men did the 21 Sikhs face? +10,000 (that’s 500:1)
How many men did the Sikhs kill? 800 (that’s 40:1!)

What was the Khalsa Sikh’s secret? Being Sikh’s… with shouts of ‘Bole So Nihal… Sat Sri Akal!’"

We have one request for the historian, would it possible to access the communications communicated via the helicographic?

I will see what I can do about your request.

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Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

13Mirch - Great article!

We wrote a page on the battle which contains pictures and more info on the 36th Sikhs - http://www.discoversikhism.com/sikhism/sikh_battle_of_saragarhi.html

Here is an extract -

The Thermopylean conflict often "fails to mention the +7,100 Greek City soldiers, King Leonidas had 300 of his finest Spartans. The Persians had a force of 300,000 men. The odds of the battle were heavily (approx. 40:1) against the Spartans.

In August or September 480 BC, at the narrow coastal pass of Thermopylae, Greece the Spartans and allies fought for 2 days (it’s well worth watching ‘300’ to get a flavour of the fighting prowess of the Spartans ). On the third day the Persians managed to find a mountain trail and encircle the Spartans. Fearing defeat King Leonidas of Sparta allowed his allies to escape, and stayed (with his 300 men and 1,200 others) to fight to the death.
So now we have 1,500 men against approx. 300,000 Persians (approx. 200:1 odds) which is not looking great. Needless to say the Spartans were all slaughtered but not before they killed 20,000 Persians! The Spartans lost approx. 2,000 men in total. That equates to a kill rate of approx. 10:1!
If you thought the Battle of Thermopylae associated with the heroic stand of a small Greek force against the mighty Persian Army of Xerxes I in 480 B.C was legendary, then read about this last stand by the Sikhs at the Battle of Saragarhi on 12th September 1897. Saragarhi is the incredible story of 21 men of the 36th Sikh Regiment who gave up their lives in devotion to their duty. In keeping with the Sikh Khalsa tradition they fought to the death rather than surrender. It has been mentioned as one of the most significant events of its kind in the world and was honoured by the British Parliament and Queen Victoria.
How many men did the 21 Sikhs face? +10,000 (that’s 500:1)
How many men did the Sikhs kill? 800 (that’s 40:1!)

What was the Khalsa Sikh’s secret? Being Sikh’s… with shouts of ‘Bole So Nihal… Sat Sri Akal!’"

We have one request for the historian, would it possible to access the communications communicated via the helicographic?

I also have more articles on my blog tisarpanth.

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Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

I also have more articles on my blog tisarpanth.

TisarPanth is a great blog with many excellent articles.

http://tisarpanth.blogspot.co.uk/

We have you on our Sikh website links page as a recommended Sikh site to visit.

http://www.discoversikhism.com/sikh_contact/sikh_website_links.html#T

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