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#TodayInHistory 21 Sikhs face off a huge Afghan army at the epic Battle of Saragarhi in 1897, that would go down as one of the great last man stands in history, on par with Rezang La, Thermopayle, Alamo, Charge of the Light Brigade to name a few. 
To understand the significance of Saragarhi, one needs to take a look at the backdrop. The Afridi tribe had a deal with the British to protect the strategically important Khyber Pass for 16 years, who in turn created a local regiment composed of the Afridis entirely.
However the Afridi tribesmen, turned against the British, and began to capture all the outposts in the Khyber, espeically on the Samana Range near Peshawar. Saragarhi was one of the posts, here, manned by the Sikhs. The British started the Tirah campaign in response.
