Saragarhi is the only case in the history of warfare where 21 soldiers were decorated posthumously, with the Indian Order of Merit (IOM), which then was the highest British military award for Indian soldiers, equivalent to present-day Param Vir Chakra. The memorial gurdwara came up in 1904 after English daily The Pioneer raised money for it from across the country.
They come to pay respects to the valiant Sikh soldiers.
Standing thousands of miles from the actual Saragarhi, the memorial continues to draw visitors every year. To this day, military historians and academics study this battle, one of Unesco's eight greatest. Come Monday, the Battle of Saragarhi - remembered for 21 soldiers of the 36 Sikh Regiment who fought 10,000 Pathan tribesmen to death in 1897 - will be 125 years old.
FEROZEPUR: Spread here over 8 acres, the 118-year-old Saragarhi Memorial Gurdwara is linked with the namesake fort in present-day Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province by a famous tale of "extreme bravery".
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