Film 'Kesari' and reality of Battle of 'Saragharhi'.

There is no bigger damage done to a country, than tampering with its history. Something that has been done on INDUSTRIAL SCALE in India. The film’ Kesari’ is one such attempt. Among many myths it promotes is that 21 Sikhs defeated 8-10,000 Afghans. No doubt, those valorous, chivalrous brave heart 21 dominated and cast such a severe dread upon the attacking Afghans, that is was no less than a moral defeat. Utilising the advantage of height to their maximum, they held the attacking Afridi Pathans for long, but the fact is that those brave 21 from 36 Sikh Regiment, perished in the attack by Afghans, killing 180 of the Pathans.
The film shows Sikh Soldiers building a mosque. According to 'True Indology' “There is nothing "historical" about Sikh soldiers of Saragarhi campaign building a mosque. Such an event never happened. Sikh soldiers of Saragarhi campaign did not build any mosque. In fact, truth is quite the opposite. They actually destroyed mosques. Lieutenant-Colonel John Haughton was the commander of ‘36th Sikhs’ regiment which fought Saragarhi battle. He writes in his memoir that they destroyed mosque of Mulla Sayad Akbar in the adjoining Waran valley during the Saragarhi campaign.”
It further writes, “As usual, Bollywood promotes fake brand of secularism by manufacturing events that never happened. Of course, they are well within their creative rights to manufacture whatever serves them well. However, passing off fictional events as "history" is another thing altogether. Mulla Syad Akbar was not the only mosque destroyed during the Tirah-Saragarhi campaign of 1897-98. Mahdi's tomb and grave was also desecrated by the soldiers. This was a meeting place of Afridi Pathans where they had called for "Jihad" in 1897 and started the entire war/campaign…..”
"The Afridi pathans, against whom the Sikh Soldiers of British Army undertook the Saragarhi campaign, themselves started the Jihad by killing and expelling Hindus from Shankargarh village in their neighbourhood in August. It would be wrong to see the Pathans as "freedom fighters...."."
These pages are from ‘The Life of Lieutenant-Colonel John Haughton, the Hero of Tirah,a memoir’, who was the commandment of "36th Sikhs" regiment which fought Tirah campaign of 1897 (of which the Battle of Saragarhi was one of the battles). The memoirs have been Edited by Major AC Yate, (Second Duke of Connaught’s own Baluch Battalion), published in London in 1900.

There is no bigger damage done to a country, than tampering with its history. Something that has been done on INDUSTRIAL SCALE in India. The film’ Kesari’ is one such attempt. Among many myths it promotes is that 21 Sikhs defeated 8-10,000 Afghans. No doubt, those valorous, chivalrous brave heart 21 dominated and cast such a severe dread upon the attacking Afghans, that is was no less than a moral defeat. Utilising the advantage of height to their maximum, they held the attacking Afridi Pathans for long, but the fact is that those brave 21 from 36 Sikh Regiment, perished in the attack by Afghans, killing 180 of the Pathans.

The film shows Sikh Soldiers building a mosque. According to 'True Indology' “There is nothing "historical" about Sikh soldiers of Saragarhi campaign building a mosque. Such an event never happened. Sikh soldiers of Saragarhi campaign did not build any mosque. In fact, truth is quite the opposite. They actually destroyed mosques. Lieutenant-Colonel John Haughton was the commander of ‘36th Sikhs’ regiment which fought Saragarhi battle. He writes in his memoir that they destroyed mosque of Mulla Sayad Akbar in the adjoining Waran valley during the Saragarhi campaign.”
It further writes, “As usual, Bollywood promotes fake brand of secularism by manufacturing events that never happened. Of course, they are well within their creative rights to manufacture whatever serves them well. However, passing off fictional events as "history" is another thing altogether. Mulla Syad Akbar was not the only mosque destroyed during the Tirah-Saragarhi campaign of 1897-98. Mahdi's tomb and grave was also desecrated by the soldiers. This was a meeting place of Afridi Pathans where they had called for "Jihad" in 1897 and started the entire war/campaign…..”
"The Afridi pathans, against whom the Sikh Soldiers of British Army undertook the Saragarhi campaign, themselves started the Jihad by killing and expelling Hindus from Shankargarh village in their neighbourhood in August. It would be wrong to see the Pathans as "freedom fighters...."."
These pages are from ‘The Life of Lieutenant-Colonel John Haughton, the Hero of Tirah,a memoir’, who was the commandment of "36th Sikhs" regiment which fought Tirah campaign of 1897 (of which the Battle of Saragarhi was one of the battles). The memoirs have been Edited by Major AC Yate, (Second Duke of Connaught’s own Baluch Battalion), published in London in 1900.

There is no bigger damage done to a country, than tampering with its history. Something that has been done on INDUSTRIAL SCALE in India. The film’ Kesari’ is one such attempt. Among many myths it promotes is that 21 Sikhs defeated 8-10,000 Afghans. No doubt, those valorous, chivalrous brave heart 21 dominated and cast such a severe dread upon the attacking Afghans, that is was no less than a moral defeat. Utilising the advantage of height to their maximum, they held the attacking Afridi Pathans for long, but the fact is that those brave 21 from 36 Sikh Regiment, perished in the attack by Afghans, killing 180 of the Pathans.

The film shows Sikh Soldiers building a mosque. According to 'True Indology' “There is nothing "historical" about Sikh soldiers of Saragarhi campaign building a mosque. Such an event never happened. Sikh soldiers of Saragarhi campaign did not build any mosque. In fact, truth is quite the opposite. They actually destroyed mosques. Lieutenant-Colonel John Haughton was the commander of ‘36th Sikhs’ regiment which fought Saragarhi battle. He writes in his memoir that they destroyed mosque of Mulla Sayad Akbar in the adjoining Waran valley during the Saragarhi campaign.”
It further writes, “As usual, Bollywood promotes fake brand of secularism by manufacturing events that never happened. Of course, they are well within their creative rights to manufacture whatever serves them well. However, passing off fictional events as "history" is another thing altogether. Mulla Syad Akbar was not the only mosque destroyed during the Tirah-Saragarhi campaign of 1897-98. Mahdi's tomb and grave was also desecrated by the soldiers. This was a meeting place of Afridi Pathans where they had called for "Jihad" in 1897 and started the entire war/campaign…..”
"The Afridi pathans, against whom the Sikh Soldiers of British Army undertook the Saragarhi campaign, themselves started the Jihad by killing and expelling Hindus from Shankargarh village in their neighbourhood in August. It would be wrong to see the Pathans as "freedom fighters...."."
These pages are from ‘The Life of Lieutenant-Colonel John Haughton, the Hero of Tirah,a memoir’, who was the commandment of "36th Sikhs" regiment which fought Tirah campaign of 1897 (of which the Battle of Saragarhi was one of the battles). The memoirs have been Edited by Major AC Yate, (Second Duke of Connaught’s own Baluch Battalion), published in London in 1900.