“Saragarhi: The True Story” Film Screening

Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom

When 21 Sikh soldiers stood against 10,000 men: the battle of Saragarhi In the late 19th century, tensions were heightened between Britain and Russia as the nations battled over territories in central Asia. British forces held vulnerable posts on the colonial border between British India and Afghanistan, threatened by both Russian forces and Afghan tribes.…