Ian Heath "The Sikh Army 1799-1849 (Men-at-Arms 421)"
Osprey Publishing | 2005-01-01 | ISBN: 1841767778 | 48 pages | PDF | 12 MB
Osprey Publishing | 2005-01-01 | ISBN: 1841767778 | 48 pages | PDF | 12 MB
The beginning of the 19th century saw the rise of a remarkable Sikh leader in the Punjab province of north-west India. Unifying the feudal rulers under his authority, the conquering Maharaja Ranjit Singh pursued campaigns of expansion for nearly 40 years, creating for the purpose a new regular army on the Western model…