Episode 3 of 3
Surrender at Hurmel
- When
- 14 March 1849
- Where
- British camp at Hurmel, near Rawalpindi (Rawalpindi is a nearby reference locality, not the occurrence site; Hurmel itself is not in the allowed place list)
Chattar Singh and Sher Singh, surrounded by enemy forces, agreed to British surrender terms on 14 March 1849 at the British camp at Hurmel near Rawalpindi.
The Attariwalas, Chattar Singh and his son Sher Singh, being surrounded on all sides by enemy forces, agreed to British terms for surrender on 14 March 1849 at the British camp at Hurmel near Rawalpindi, to General Gilbert. The surrender followed the decisive defeat of the Sikh army at Gujrat and preceded the formal annexation of the Punjab at Lahore on 2 April 1849.
Sources
- Battle of Gujrat Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-21
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