tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526669237876145104.post6714255041078325790..comments2024-01-15T17:35:59.536+05:30Comments on I am Daarji: The Battle of Saragarhi....One of the world’s most courageous actions in the annals of military history.Daarji the Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08712625868606810344noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526669237876145104.post-81840942182777119722014-09-13T15:41:37.104+05:302014-09-13T15:41:37.104+05:30Of courage and bravery
A tale be told
Long forgott...Of courage and bravery<br />A tale be told<br />Long forgotten, brought forth<br />From the memories of the old.<br />Of 21 men who<br />Died at duty's call<br />Who laid down their lives<br />And let not the fort fall.<br />'Twas the year 1897<br />The Battle of Saragarhi was waged,<br />10,000 Afghans, 21 Sikhs<br />Yet for hours the battle raged.<br />Outnumbered and surrounded<br />And still the men fought on<br />With a stubbornness and pride for which,<br />The Sikhs have long been known.<br />Charge after charge was repulsed<br />And nary a bullet was wasted<br />And though the battle was lost,<br />It was victory that the men tasted.<br />Now, the defenders ranks were dwindling<br />And the ammunition would soon be over.<br />The wall was breached; the gate was rushed,<br />It was the final hour.<br />Hand-to-hand fighting followed<br />As the men fell one by one<br />And each took sawa lakh with him<br />Before he was done.<br />A handful of men, a fort of stones,<br />Mud walls and a wooden door<br />But when the last man had fallen,<br />aleast 600 of the enemy were dead,<br />The wounded many more.<br />Under Havildar Ishar Singh,<br />They fought to the last man, last breath<br />They'd promised their all to the motherland<br />And fulfilled the promise with their death.<br />And the world stood up to honour<br />The heroic deeds of 21 men<br />That challenged the annals of history<br />To tell of more glorious action, if it can.<br />Today we forget our history<br />As we sway to foreign music and dance<br />While they teach the Battle of Saragarhi<br />To the students in far off France.<br />And we know not the men of Saragarhi<br />While the UNESCO includes their tale<br />In the 5 most significant events of its kind —<br />Collective bravery on the highest of scale.<br />And we remember not the men of Saragarhi-<br />The men who took a stand.<br />And we care not for the men of Saragarhi<br />Who laid their lives for our land.<br />- Ganeev Kaur Dhillon, Chandigarh (source: sikhiwiki)Kulraj Singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470215624427545564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526669237876145104.post-76663054880285247442011-11-29T12:17:06.890+05:302011-11-29T12:17:06.890+05:30SSA ..Look forward.SSA ..Look forward.Daarji the Storytellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08712625868606810344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526669237876145104.post-40160810655308318452011-11-12T23:28:53.278+05:302011-11-12T23:28:53.278+05:30Comics will be available soon on this great heroic...Comics will be available soon on this great heroic battle : http://www.sikhcomics.com/battle-of-saragarhi-sikh-regiment/<br /><br />Expected release date is 30th Nov 2011Taranjeet Singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10262162134111783391noreply@blogger.com