21 December
On this day in 1845
Battle of Ferozeshah
Sikh and British armies fought a costly two-day battle beginning in 1845 during the First Anglo-Sikh War.
Also on this day
- 1704Sikhs blocked the advances of the joint Hindu-Moghul army near Sirsa (Ropar district) so that Guru Gobind Singh Ji could reach some safer zone
- 1838Ranjit Singh suffered a stroke and severe attack of paralysis Remained critical for several days. Speech and sight virtually gone.
- 1845The fierce and blody battle of Ferozepur City
- 1849Maharaja Dalip Singh exiled from Punjab and sent Farakhabad in UP
- 1997Justice Kuldip Singh chosen President of World Sikh Council