NEW DELHI—Capt. J. Singh-Sohal will be delivering a guest lecture at the prestigious United Services Institute (USI) of India in a month’s time about the Battle of Saragarhi.
The talk will take in the untold but true story of the battle, as well as showcase for the first time moving footage of the modern site – which will be revealed in full in the forthcoming documentary “Saragarhi: The True Story”.
The talk takes place in New Delhi on Wednesday, August 23. “Anyone interested to attend is requested to get in touch with us at [email protected],” Capt. J. Singh-Sohal told Sikh24.
“Saragarhi: The True Story” tells the story of how 21 Sikhs fought to the last man against 10,000 enemy tribesmen to defend a small frontier outpost in 1897.
The battle was commemorated by the British at the time, with memorials built to it in Amritsar and Ferozepur and a battle honour awarded to the 36th Sikh regiment that fought (now the 4 Sikh regiment in the Indian Army).
The UK-based production secured grassroots support through a social media fundraising drive and is being developed by the “Saragarhi Society” in partnership with broadcaster “KTV” and digital arts producers “Taran 3D”.
Writer and filmmaker Capt. Jay Singh-Sohal has been working on the film for the past 6 years, and has also written a book about it.
