Havildar Ishar Singh Saragarhi | Hero of the 1897 Last Stand

Havildar Ishar Singh Saragarhi | Hero of the 1897 Last Stand

Saragarhi ridge, September 12, 1897. A lone signal outpost stood quietly between Fort Lockhart and Fort Gulistan in the unforgiving hills of the Northwest Frontier Province. That morning, over 10,000 Afghan tribesmen descended upon it, roaring with fury. Inside the mud-and-stone structure were just 21 Sikh soldiers of the 36th Sikh Regiment, led by a grizzled veteran — Havildar Ishar Singh Saragarhi is remembered as a defining chapter in his leg…