Shahid Ganj Public School Mudki

HISTORY OF THIS PLACE ,,

BATTLE OF MUDKI..
War: First Anglo-Sikh War

Date: 18th December 1845

Place: On the south bank of the Sutlej River in the Punjab in North West India.

Combatants: British troops and Indian troops of the Bengal Presidency against Sikhs of the Khalsa, the army of the Punjab.

Generals: Major General Sir Hugh Gough and General Sir Henry Hardinge, the Governor General of Bengal, against Lal Singh.

Size of the armies: A British and Bengal army of 12,000 troops and 42 guns against a Sikh army of 10,000 cavalry, 4,000 infantry and 22 guns.

Uniforms, arms and equipment (this section is identical for each of the battles in the Sikh Wars): The two wars fought between 1845 and 1849 between the British and the Sikhs led to the annexation of the Punjab by the British East India Company and one of the most successful military co-operations between two races, stretching into a century of strife on the North West Frontier of British India, the Indian Mutiny, Egypt and finally the First and Second World Wars.

The Sikh force of 50,000 men and 200 guns commanded by Tej Singh moved towards Ferozepore, held by a British garrison of some 7,000 troops, but did not attack it.

On 18th December 1845, after a long day’s march, the Army of the Sutlej approached the small town of Moodkee. A reconnaissance commanded by Major George Broadfoot discovered a body of Sikhs, probably around 2,000 infantry, 10,000 cavalry and 22 guns, in occupation of the town.

The British lost two generals killed: Sir John McCaskill and Sir Robert Sale (the commander at Jelalabad in the First Afghan War).

Sikh casualties are not known but may have been substantial. They lost 17 guns.

Follow-up : Gough was criticized for the heavy casualties incurred in his headlong assault. Hardinge took the view that Gough should have waited for the Sikhs to come out of the jungle and begin their attack before launching a counter-attack.

In 1986 , Remembering the Martyres of First Anglo-Sikh battle , SANT BABA AMARJIT SINGH JI started school and hospital . It is one of the Old School in this area with CBSE affiliation, co-educational school serving more than 2000 students from more than 200 villages and towns with the blessings of SANT BABA AMARJIT SINGH JI (FOUNDER OF SHAHID GANJ PUBLIC SCHOOL MUDKI ) .