lal sing and his 20 worries

 It was proving extremely difficult for the British to conquer Afghanistan in the 1890s. Afganistan is not a country that can be easily captured, as the Russians and Americans would discover.

Afgan tribesmen gather in their tens of thousands to support the rebel cause when a revolution breaks out around the end of 1897. To drive them from their home, they start to march toward British forts.

The conflict starts as soon as a rebel army shows up at a number of British forts.

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The British notice an army on the horizon early on September 12, 1897.

The British forces are sequestered in Fort Lockhart and can see a vast army of 10,000–12,000 soldiers on the horizon from there. The British are gravely underrepresented.

21 Sikh soldiers guard Saragarhi, a signalling outpost a few miles away. The Sikhs are notified that a 10,000-person army is closing in swiftly. The British decline the Sikhs' requests for assistance because they are unable to leave the fort unattended.

The Afghan tribesmen would treat the Sikhs with mercy whether they fled or surrendered. Ishar Singh, the leader of these courageous guys, assures his troops that they will continue to battle.

They board up the gate, gather ammo, and get ready to repel an overwhelming force from their small compound.

The battle starts as the Afghan army draws near.

The Sikh warriors are able to stop the Afghans' tremendous charge and send them fleeing from the fort with their precise and well-coordinated rifle fire.

There is a second charge. This time, there are more Afghans present. The enemy defences are impenetrable by Sikh fire, and soon the Afgan tribesmen are scaling the walls. With bayonets, swords, and rifle butts, a fierce struggle follows.

Even yet, the Sikhs manage to hold, murdering hundreds. They repel the overwhelming onslaught and keep hold of the fort.

Considering that particular signalling station has a small number of occupants, the Afghan soldiers have already suffered considerable losses. In addition, a number of Sikhs have passed away.

The first victim of the conflict is Bhagwan Singh, whose body is carried to the courtyard. Lal Singh, another warrior, is hurt and unable to continue the battle.

One thing to note is that signalman Gurmukh Singh and secondhand stories are both aware of this. He continued to report to the British in Fort Lockhart throughout all of this.

Although there are just 18 Sikh fighters left, the struggle still goes on.

The Afghan army proposes terms of capitulation. If only the Sikhs would accept their offers of prosperity, safety, power, and anything else they might desire,Afghans set the hillside on fire, covering everything in smoke. A column of Afghan warriors is shortly reported to be approaching the fort from the side while concealed by smoke, according to the signalman.

The Afghan warriors are inside the compound, so it's too late.

Another round of intense hand-to-hand combat erupts within the compound as Ishar Singh and a couple of his men rush the Afghans. Despite being outnumbered, the Sikhs remain tenacious and competent, killing hundreds of invaders.

But the Afghan soldiers keep coming, and the Sikhs are getting weaker. The Afghans quickly take control of one area of the facility after the outer walls start to fall.

Ishar Singh is aware of the dire situation. He gives the order for his men to return to the inner,He is aware that if they run and turn around, they would be killed.

Ishar Singh displays unimaginable bravery when he orders his men to retreat before charging the advancing Afghan army by himself. With his sword and handgun, he dispatches fighter after warrior, slicing through the lines of the astounded Afghan army.

Ishar Singh is overpowered and murdered a short while later, but not before he gave his soldiers the opportunity to retreat.

The Sikhs are still defending their last line of defence, but it is hopeless. At the wooden gate, the Afghans begin cutting with their swords and axes. They quickly burst through, and thousands of them flood what is left of the compound.

The Sikhs are still fighting valiantly but in vain.

Gurmukh Singh, the signalman, now asks the British for permission to leave his post and pick up his rifle. When the request is granted, he calmly puts away his signalling equipment, picks up his weapon, and adjusts the bayonet.

He is currently the last remaining Sikh in the complex. He walks to guard the entrance to the small building he was stationed in as the British watch.

The enemy charges in as the door breaks. Gurmukh Singh kills one Afghan warrior, then two, then three, and finally eighteen as the British watch in awe. Gurmukh Singh keeps the building under control while the men flee.

Upon another charge,he kills another twenty Afghans as the British cheer him on, watching his final battle from the fort using telescopes.

 Alone and cut off, Gurmukh Singh killed 40 ENEMY WARRIORS in only a few minutes. What a total and complete you-know-what.

 The Afghans are terrified by this. Unwilling to try and take the building again they set it on fire.

 As the building burns, Gurmukh Singh shouts his battle cry over and over again.

 “Bole so Nihal sat sri akal”

 “Bole so Nihal sat sri akal”

 “Bole so Nihal sat sri akal”

 Shout aloud in ecstasy, true is the great timeless one.

 The battle was over—the compound was taken and the Sikhs had lost.

The actions of these courageous and fierce warriors, however, remain in history as one of the greatest acts of bravery and valour, much like Thermopylae and other doomed fights.

The 21 Sikhs paid a steep price for the sale of their lives. While all 21 of them perished, they injured thousands more people and took 1,400 enemy soldiers with them. The majority of sources' estimates range from 600 to 1400 fatalities and many more injuries. In either case, the adversary suffered greatly at the hands of these 21 men.

On that day, every Sikh present slaughtered 28–50 adversaries. This incredible performance simply serves to highlight how talented and committed these men were.

I believe it would be more appropriate to list the names of the valiant 21 men rather than writing a paragraph on some ideas I have instead.

Singh, Ishar Singh Lal Singh, Chanda Singh, Sundar Ram Singh Delhi Singh Singh Sahib Hello Singh Timea Singh Inder Singh BHOL SAI Nava Singh Singh Gurmukh Inder Singh Singh Gurmukh Singh Ram Singh Bhagwan Singh Bhagwan However Singh Inder Singh Nidhi Singh