Rahul Mehta Gandhinagar LsCandidate

From Darshan Singh https://www.facebook.com/darshansingh
.
Today is Saragarhi day. On this day in 1897, 21 Sikhs held off 5000-10000 afghans, for the whole day. Of the 21, two were cooks and one communication operator. All 21 voted to fight till death, rather than surrender. They killed 180-450 attackers and wounded thousands. The blow-by-blow events were communicated by the Heliograph operator to the nearby fort. His last message was asking for permission to fight, as all his comrades were dead.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Saragarhi
• https://external-dfw6-2.xx.fbcdn.net/emg1/v/t13/2690243257664144450?url=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2Fa%2Fa3%2F03-Men_of_the_Loodiaah_%2528Ludhiana%2529_Sikh_Regiment_in_China%252C_Circa_1860..jpg%2F300px-03-Men_of_the_Loodiaah_%2528Ludhiana%2529_Sikh_Regiment_in_China%252C_Circa_1860..jpg&fb_obo=1&utld=wikimedia.org&_nc_sid=c97757&_nc_ht=external-dfw6-2.xx.fbcdn.net&stp=c0.5000x0.5000f_dst-jpg_flffffff_p139x139_q75_tt6&ccb=18-1&_nc_gid=eff63c4BuGJVK-Uq3H0h9g&_nc_zt=3&oh=06_Q3_DAUhU2hPYhNUBA4_eaZKQCB-7y8v6dVgqtdwxgr0kOL8w&oe=6AC5C559