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Battle of #Saragarhi and Battle of #BhimaKoregaon both had Indian soldiers fighting for the British. While the Battle of Saragarhi has become a symbol of valour and courage, the Battle of Koregaon has still not got its due in history. Read the thread🧵 
There are two battles that are separated in time by almost 80 years and in space by 1,700 km —the Battle of Saragarhi(1897) and the Battle of Koregaon Bhima (1818). Only one of them got a Bollywood film, Kesari, featuring @akshaykumar
In both cases, persons of Indian origin were fighting for the British. The ‘idea of India’ was yet to be formed, so we can’t and should not brand anyone a traitor for being a part of the British army.
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Martyrs of CRPF - 11 Aug
Includes the six boys of 34th Battalion lost this day in 2002. A huge loss indeed
Martyrs of CRPF - 11 Aug
Includes the six boys of 34th Battalion lost this day in 2002. A huge loss indeed
#ObituaryOfTheDay
Seventh Battalion The Garhwal Rifles lost 20 men on 11 Aug some yrs ago during a training exercise
God Bless them
Seventh Battalion The Garhwal Rifles lost 20 men on 11 Aug some yrs ago during a training exercise
God Bless them
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Khudiram Bose
Hanged at the age of 18 years 7 months & 11 days by the Empire, this day 114 yrs ago
Khudiram Bose
Hanged at the age of 18 years 7 months & 11 days by the Empire, this day 114 yrs ago
True lies!
Not a single bit of truth in this superficial account(ow.ly/Hty950BojfC) of the battle of #Saragarhi. 123 years and the British & Indian Army doesn't have the courage to honor those Sikhs, who died for colonialism, with truth!
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#SaragarhiDay
Not a single bit of truth in this superficial account(ow.ly/Hty950BojfC) of the battle of #Saragarhi. 123 years and the British & Indian Army doesn't have the courage to honor those Sikhs, who died for colonialism, with truth!
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#SaragarhiDay
There were 500~ soldiers on the neighboring forts of Gulistan & Lockhort few 3-4 KM away from the post of Saragarhi. Gen Yeats-Biggs had much larger force just down the mountain.
None moved to help those 21 Sikhs, they didn't offer the "sacrifice" but were sacrificed.
None moved to help those 21 Sikhs, they didn't offer the "sacrifice" but were sacrificed.
Col. Haughton, commandment of the 36th Sikhs, called the outpost of #Saragarhi a "certain rotten post". He regretted its faulty construction and wrote that
“the men who put up the wooden doors ought to be left to defend them.”
More evidence that those Sikhs were "sacrificed"!
“the men who put up the wooden doors ought to be left to defend them.”
More evidence that those Sikhs were "sacrificed"!
