Friday, March 29, 2013

Annexation of the Punjab: playing with religion & ethnicity

Annexation of the Punjab: playing with religion & ethnicity 

Why this chapter is neither in textbooks nor S0-called intellectuals wrote about it? From 1846 till 1849 this region fought three fights against Royal Bengal Army of East India Company. Fight @ Chilianwala (near Gujrat, Punjab) was very horrible for English as they lost 2000 soldiers . it was the Punjab's government Lhore Dardbar who resisted for 50 years ( from 1799 to 1849). read the story of annexation
http://e.dunya.com.pk/detail.php?date=2013-03-30&edition=LHR&id=258419_78521334



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