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Battle of Ramkani
	Part of Afghan-Sikh Wars
Date	4 May 1835
Location	Ramkani near Nowshera
Result	Inconclusive; Afghan withdrawal;
Belligerents
Sikh Empire	Barakzais; Assisted by Ghazis
Commanders and leaders
Maharaja Ranjit Singh; Misr Sukh Raj	Unknown
Strength
Unknown	3,000–4,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

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The Battle of Ramkani was fought on 4 May 1835 by the Sikh forces led by Maharaja Ranjit Singh and some Barakzai and Ghazi forces.

Background

In the beginning of 1835, Dost Mohammad Khan mobilized 40,000 Afghans, alongside 37 cannons to reclaim Peshawar, which was a part of the Sikh territory after the capture of Peshawar.^[3]^[1]

Battle

At Ramkani, 3,000-4,000 Ghazis and Barakzais came to check Ranjit Singh's advance. A fierce battle lasted for 12 hours at Ramkani.^[2] The enemy waged guerilla warfare, which made Ranjit Singh fight a defensive battle. The Afghans however decided to withdraw during the night. Misr Sukh Raj played a role of bravery which made him earn 10,000 rupees yearly by the Maharaja.^[1]

Aftermath

After this battle, the Sikhs entered the city of Peshawar and Sultan Mohammad Khan, the ruler of the city allied up with the Maharaja already.^[4] The Maharaja also wanted to ally up with Dost Mohammad Khan and upon Dost Mohammad's refusal, both sides began preparing for war, leading to the standoff at the Khyber pass.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Hari Ram Gupta (1991). History Of The Sikhs Vol. V The Sikh Lion of Lahore (Maharaja Ranjit Singh, 1799-1839). pp. 175–176. ISBN 9788121505154.
^ ^a ^b Sohan Lal Suri (1961). Umdat-ut-tawarikh. Vol. 3. p. 228.
^ Cunningham, Joseph Davey (1918). A History Of The Sikhs From The Origin Of The Nation To The Battles Of The Sutlej. p. 208.
^ Captain Amarinder Singh (2012). The Last Sunset. ISBN 9788174369116.
^ Singh, Gulcharan (1976). "General Hari Singh Nalwa". The Sikh Review. 24 (274): 41.

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 {{short description|1835 battle between Afghans and Sikhs}}
+{{infobox military conflict
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-{{Infobox military conflict
 | conflict          = Battle of Ramkani
 | place             = Ramkani near [[Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Nowshera]]
 | partof            = [[Afghan-Sikh Wars]]
 | date              = 4 May 1835
-| result            = Sikh Victory
+| result            = {{ublist|Inconclusive}}
-* Afghan retreat from battlefield
+* Afghan withdrawal<ref name="Gupta"/>
-* Afghans failed to capture Peshawer
-* Sikhs successfully defended Peshawer
-| Maharaja Ranjit Singh = (1,471 × 1,989 pixels, file size: 1.07 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
 | combatant1        = [[File:Sikh Empire flag.jpg|30px]] [[Sikh Empire]]
 | combatant2        = {{flagicon|Afghanistan|1880}} [[Barakzai dynasty|Barakzais]]<br>Assisted by [[Ghazis]]
 | commander1        = [[File:Sikh Empire flag.jpg|20px]] [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]]<br>[[File:Sikh Empire flag.jpg|20px]] Misr Sukh Raj
+| commander2        = Unknown
-[[File:Sikh Empire flag.jpg|20px]] Fakir Aziz-uddin
-[[File:Sikh Empire flag.jpg|20px]] Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa
-| commander2        = {{flagicon|Afghanistan|1880}} Dost Muhammad Khan
 | strength1         = Unknown
-| strength2         = 3,000-4,000<ref name=:0>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j5UHAQAAIAAJ&q=ramkani+ghazis|title=Umdat-ut-tawarikh|volume=3|author=Sohan Lal Suri|date=1961|pages=228}}</ref>
+| strength2         = 3,000–4,000<ref name=:0>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j5UHAQAAIAAJ&q=ramkani+ghazis|title=Umdat-ut-tawarikh|volume=3|author=Sohan Lal Suri|date=1961|pages=228}}</ref>
 | casualties1       = Unknown
 | casualties2       = Unknown
 }}
 {{Campaignbox Afghan-Sikh Wars}}
-The '''Battle of Ramkani''' was fought on 4 May 1835 by the Sikh forces led by [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] and some Barakzai and Ghazi forces led by Dost Muhammad Khan.
+The '''Battle of Ramkani''' was fought on 4 May 1835 by the Sikh forces led by [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] and some Barakzai and Ghazi forces.
 ==Background==
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 ==Battle==
-At Ramkani, 3,000-4,000 Ghazis and Barakzais came to check Ranjit Singh's advance. A fierce battle lasted for 12 hours at Ramkani.<ref name=:0/> The enemy waged [[Guerrilla warfare|guerilla warfare]], which made Ranjit Singh fight a defensive battle. The Afghans however decided to retreat during the night.
+At Ramkani, 3,000-4,000 Ghazis and Barakzais came to check Ranjit Singh's advance. A fierce battle lasted for 12 hours at Ramkani.<ref name=:0/> The enemy waged [[Guerrilla warfare|guerilla warfare]], which made Ranjit Singh fight a defensive battle. The Afghans however decided to withdraw during the night. Misr Sukh Raj played a role of bravery which made him earn 10,000 rupees yearly by the Maharaja.<ref name="Gupta"/>
-In the battle of Ramkani afghans failed to capture Peshawer city and retreated from battlefield this was a defeat for Afghans.
-And Sikhs successfully defended Peshawer city from invaders of Afghanistan. This was a victory for Sikhs .
-Misr Sukh Raj played a role of bravery which made him earn 10,000 rupees yearly by the Maharaja.<ref name="Gupta"/>
 ==Aftermath==
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 [[Category:Conflicts in 1835]]
 [[Category:May 1835 events]]
-[[Category:Battles involving the Sikhs]]
+[[Category:Battles involving the Sikh Empire]]
+[[Category:1835 in India]]

Latest revision as of 16:09, 6 December 2024

Background

Battle

Aftermath

References

See also