Battle of Chillianwala

Battle of Chillianwala
	Part of the Second Anglo-Sikh War
	; Map of the battle
Date	13 January 1849
Location	Chillianwala near the River Jhelum, Mandi Bahauddin District Punjab
Result	Sikh victory
Belligerents
East India Company	Sikh Empire
Commanders and leaders
Sir Hugh Gough	Raja Sher Singh Attariwalla
Strength
15,000; 100 guns	10,000-13,000; 60 guns
Casualties and losses
2,512 (~1,512 Indian, ~1,000 British)	4,000

The Battle of Chillianwala was fought in January 1849 during the Second Anglo-Sikh War in the Chillianwala region of Punjab (Mandi Bahauddin), now part of modern-day Pakistan. The battle was one of the bloodiest fought by the British East India Company. Both armies held their positions at the end of the battle and both sides claimed victory. The battle was a strategic check to immediate British ambitions in India and a shock to British military prestige.

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