Anglo Sikh War Memorial

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Anglo Sikh War Memorial

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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 ?

[shastarSingh]

11 hours ago, Premi5 said:

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

 

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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 ?

Nope

[Premi5]

7 hours ago, shastarSingh said:

Nope

How well known is it in Panjab ?

[shastarSingh]

2 minutes ago, Premi5 said:

How well known is it in Panjab ?

I personally didn't know about it.