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CHILLIANWALLA

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 162 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHILLIANWALLA , a See also:

village of See also:British See also:India in the See also:Punjab, situated on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river See also:Jhelum, about 85 m. N.W. of See also:Lahore. It is memorable as the See also:scene of a See also:battle on the 13th of See also:January 1849, between a British force commanded by See also:Lord See also:Gough and the See also:Sikh See also:army under Sher Singh. The loss of ',he Sikhs was estimated at 4000, while that of the British in killed and wounded amounted to 2800, of whom nearly r000 were Europeans and 89 were British and 43 native See also:officers. An See also:obelisk erected at Chillianwalla by the British See also:government preserves the names of those who See also:fell.

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