Battle of Chillianwala | |||||||
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Part of the Second Anglo-Sikh war | |||||||
![]() A c. 1849 painting of the battle by Charles Becher Young | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Sir Hugh Gough | Sher Singh Attariwalla | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
15,000[1] 100 guns |
10,000[2]–20,000[3] 60 guns | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2,512 (~1,512 Indian, ~1,000 British)[4] 6 guns lost[3] | 4,000[5] |
The Battle of Chillianwala was fought in January 1849 during the Second Anglo-Sikh war in the Chillianwala region (Mandi Bahauddin) of Punjab,[5] now part of Pakistan. The battle was one of the bloodiest fought by the British East India Company. Both armies held their positions at the end of the battle and both sides claimed victory.[6] The battle was a strategic check to immediate British ambitions in India and a shock to British military prestige.[7]