Historedia
Person

Sher Singh Attariwalla

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1849

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Sher Singh Attariwalla, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Second Anglo-Sikh War: from the retreat at Chillianwala to the decisive Battle of Gujrat

    1849

    Role: Sikh Commander

    1. 13 January 1849 · Chillianwala regionBattle of Chillianwala

      General Gough's hasty frontal attack against Sher Singh's army resulted in heavy British casualties and a failure to defeat the Sikhs.

    2. 21 February 1849 · GujratBattle of Gujrat

      A decisive battle where British forces defeated the Sikh army, leading to the annexation of Punjab.

    3. 14 March 1849 · 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)Surrender at Hurmel

      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.

Sources

  1. Battle of Gujrat Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-21