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-'''Raja Sher Singh Attariwala '''was a royal [[General|military commander]] and a member of the [[Sikh]] [[nobility]] during the period of the [[Sikh Empire]] in the mid-19th century in [[Punjab region|Punjab]].
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-He commanded the Sikh [[Punjab Army|Khalsa army]] in the [[Second Anglo-Sikh War]] against the [[British East India Company]]. His father was [[Chattar Singh Attariwalla|General Chattar Singh Attariwalla]]. General Sher Singh and the army, under his command, gave a devastating blow to the British Army at Chillianwala. Under his command the Sikh Khalsa Army managed to successfully defend its position against a British army at the [[Battle of Chillianwala]]. Both armies retreated after the battle, with both sides claiming victory, although it became clear after the rains subsided that the Sikhs had defeated the British.[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99mar06/saturday/head2.htm]. It was one of the hardest fought battles in the British Army's history. The loss of British prestige at Chillianwala was one of the factors that contributed to the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] some nine years later. Within the British Army, such was the consternation over the events in the battle that, after the disastrous [[Charge of the Light Brigade]], when Lord Lucan remarked ''"This is a most serious matter"'', General Airey replied, ''"It is nothing to Chillianwalah."''
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	He commanded the Sikh [[Punjab Army\|Khalsa army]] in the [[Second Anglo-Sikh War]] against the [[British East India Company]]. His father was [[Chattar Singh Attariwalla\|General Chattar Singh Attariwalla]]. General Sher Singh and the army, under his command, gave a devastating blow to the British Army at Chillianwala. Under his command the Sikh Khalsa Army managed to successfully defend its position against a British army at the [[Battle of Chillianwala]]. Both armies retreated after the battle, with both sides claiming victory, although it became clear after the rains subsided that the Sikhs had defeated the British.[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99mar06/saturday/head2.htm]. It was one of the hardest fought battles in the British Army's history. The loss of British prestige at Chillianwala was one of the factors that contributed to the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] some nine years later. Within the British Army, such was the consternation over the events ~~at Chillianwalah~~ that, after the disastrous [[Charge of the Light Brigade]], when Lord Lucan remarked ''"This is a most serious matter"'', General Airey replied, ''"It is nothing to Chillianwalah."''		He commanded the Sikh [[Punjab Army\|Khalsa army]] in the [[Second Anglo-Sikh War]] against the [[British East India Company]]. His father was [[Chattar Singh Attariwalla\|General Chattar Singh Attariwalla]]. General Sher Singh and the army, under his command, gave a devastating blow to the British Army at Chillianwala. Under his command the Sikh Khalsa Army managed to successfully defend its position against a British army at the [[Battle of Chillianwala]]. Both armies retreated after the battle, with both sides claiming victory, although it became clear after the rains subsided that the Sikhs had defeated the British.[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99mar06/saturday/head2.htm]. It was one of the hardest fought battles in the British Army's history. The loss of British prestige at Chillianwala was one of the factors that contributed to the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] some nine years later. Within the British Army, such was the consternation over the events in the battle that, after the disastrous [[Charge of the Light Brigade]], when Lord Lucan remarked ''"This is a most serious matter"'', General Airey replied, ''"It is nothing to Chillianwalah."''
	With the establishment of British control, Sher Singh Attariwalla was forced into [[exile]] from Punjab. The British feared that such a powerful leader could reignite a full-scale war with them. Sher Singh died in exile, at [[Benares]] in 1858, away from his Punjabi homeland.		With the establishment of British control, Sher Singh Attariwalla was forced into [[exile]] from Punjab. The British feared that such a powerful leader could reignite a full-scale war with them. Sher Singh died in exile, at [[Benares]] in 1858, away from his Punjabi homeland.

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'''Raja Sher Singh Attariwala '''was a royal [[General|military commander]] and a member of the [[Sikh]] [[nobility]] during the period of the [[Sikh Empire]] in the mid-19th century in [[Punjab region|Punjab]].
[[File:Sher Singh Attariwalla (cropped).jpg|thumb|Sher Singh Attariwala]]

He commanded the Sikh [[Punjab Army|Khalsa army]] in the [[Second Anglo-Sikh War]] against the [[British East India Company]]. His father was [[Chattar Singh Attariwalla|General Chattar Singh Attariwalla]]. General Sher Singh and the army, under his command, gave a devastating blow to the British Army at Chillianwala. Under his command the Sikh Khalsa Army managed to successfully defend its position against a British army at the [[Battle of Chillianwala]]. Both armies retreated after the battle, with both sides claiming victory, although it became clear after the rains subsided that the Sikhs had defeated the British.[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99mar06/saturday/head2.htm]. It was one of the hardest fought battles in the British Army's history. The loss of British prestige at Chillianwala was one of the factors that contributed to the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] some nine years later. Within the British Army, such was the consternation over the events at Chillianwalah that, after the disastrous [[Charge of the Light Brigade]], when Lord Lucan remarked ''"This is a most serious matter"'', General Airey replied, ''"It is nothing to Chillianwalah."''
With the establishment of British control, Sher Singh Attariwalla was forced into [[exile]] from Punjab. The British feared that such a powerful leader could reignite a full-scale war with them. Sher Singh died in exile, at [[Benares]] in 1858, away from his Punjabi homeland.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071007165716/http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/uk/chillianwala1849.html Article on Battle of Chillianwallah - second Anglo-Sikh war]
*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99mar06/saturday/head2.htm]

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