Battle of Sobraon

Battle of Sobraon
	Part of the First Anglo-Sikh War
	; Sardar Sham Singh Attariwala rallying Sikh cavalry for the last stand
Date	10 February 1846
Location	Sobraon, Punjab31°11′N 74°51′E / 31.183°N 74.850°E
Result	British victory
Belligerents
Sikh Empire	East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Sardar Tej Singh; Sardar Lal Singh; Sardar Sham Singh Attariwala †; Sardar Ranjodh Singh Majithia (WIA)	Sir Hugh Gough; Sir Henry Hardinge; Robert Henry Dick †; Henry Lawrence; Harry Smith; Sir Walter Gilbert
Strength
26,000; 70 guns	20,000; 35 siege guns; 30 field or light guns
Casualties and losses
8,000–10,000, 67 guns captured	2,300

The Battle of Sobraon was fought on 10 February 1846, between the forces of the East India Company and the Sikh Khalsa Army, the army of the Sikh Empire of the Punjab.^[3]^[4] The Sikhs were completely defeated, making this the decisive battle of the First Anglo-Sikh War.

^ ^a ^b Hernon, p. 567
^ ^a ^b Holmes, Richard (2006). Battlefield: Decisive Conflicts in History.
^ Randhawa, Kirpal Singh (1999). "'We Won the Battle but Lost the Fight': Chillianwala 1849". Nishaan Nagaara magazine – premiere issue (PDF). pp. 41–53.
^ Sidhu, Amarpal Singh (2016). "Chronology". The Second Anglo-Sikh War. John Chapple (1st ed.). United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445650241.