When India Destroyed Its Own Westernized Army On Purpose: The First Anglo-Sikh War

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[@proactiveomnipresentvessel6569]

Another incredible video and congrats on the Paradox sponsorship

[@crusader2112]

Hey, I know you're a libertarian and you wouldn't agree with this system, but it would be great if you could do videos on Catholic Corporatism and Distributism? Keep up the great work and Peace. ✌🏻

[@ਗੁਰਸਿਮਰਸਿੰਘ]

thank you for this video!!! I would suggestt you to do a video on second anglo sikh war. it is very heart touching especially at end when sikhs were forced to surrender at battle of gujrat and soldiers heart broken and crying,'today ranjit singh has died'.

[@ਗੁਰਸਿਮਰਸਿੰਘ]

i really love your video! you make the viewer engaged at the start of the video only and thats impressive

[@kamalrokaya9732]

Show gorkha empire too

[@ajithsidhu7183]

You know your empire is strong when you only fell due to backstabbing

[@audunms4780]

Il call the backstabing a werry big weeknes.

[@dawudsandstorm7852]

That's how most empires fell, even Rome fell because Ricimer betrayed Majorian.

[@audunms4780]

@@dawudsandstorm7852 it fell due to incesent civil wars since ceacar. The spliting into east and west, one of manny splitings were the last one only because the roman empire was ravaged by war, exploytation and it no longer was the bigest kid on the block. That title belongs to the nomadic hords.

[@Boretheory]

@@audunms4780 the Romans had at that point every issue possible and could still fight entire empires if given good leadership so yeah they were still the goats

[@DarthFhenix55]

@@audunms4780 I mean, if they survived the 3 century crisis I think you're oversimplifing thing a bit.

[@honk813]

The greatest anime betrayal in history, when the army was betrayed by the very government it wished to protect

[@sriharshacv7760]

That is because they were killing the politicians left and right.

[@harveykaler991]

@@azlanadil3646 no it was wished to protect. The government itself was scummy as well. Generals and military officers had a lot of power the politicians just wanted them to shut up. Or carve out there own kingdom for themselves. Anyways the whole backfired for the politicians.

[@smiling_buddha]

​@@azlanadil3646 *sought

[@harjotsingh20kviews3daysag4]

It was not army who murdered king but the uncles of new formed prince killed them so they could become kings and hence this slowly degraded the discipline of army and they whenever a king was murdered army murdered the upcoming king thinking that he was the reason for the murder of previous one and hence they were killing just to protect there government from some betrayers but it backfired as after that no one was ready to take high position in government because they feared the army so 2 people Lal Singh and Gulab Singh who were sent by British were able to reach high position and then betrayed the empire

[@awesomestevie27]

At the end of the day the king and pawn all go back in the same box

[@tarunjassal9338]

Proud to be a Sikh no matter we lost our empire due to treachery but I am proud our ancestors gave crushing and bloodiest battles to British in Anglo-Sikh wars which British themselves also admit 🔥

[@iaf010]

They just liked to fight - regardless of any sensible reason or not they like to fight for fun. Imagine living a nation ruled by those lunatics - would be terrible and the economy would collapse.

[@souravkumarpandey6691]

@@iaf010 yes see now india is superpower 😆😆

[@user-bu1ko3lh7j]

@@iaf010 India had 25% of the worlds GDP before the Brit’s came along to begin stealing. Don’t talk to us about economy when we built yours with our wealth which your ancestors looted.

[@EliasRoy]

@@iaf010 How is your economy now huh? India has the 5th largest economy meanwhile France could potentially overtake UK’s economy. There’s also the Scottish independence movement. So instead of bragging go and look after your country

[@EliasRoy]

@@iaf010 Says the country who doesn’t even have a Constitution 😂.

[@urielantoniobarcelosavenda780]

My own country is infested with politicians who betray us to secure their positions, I absolutely admire the Punjabi people and Sikh religion, so getting to know how the Sikh empire fell actually made me cry

[@harveykaler991]

The Empires national anthem was Degh Tegh. Benefiting all. Including the occupied and conquered. No one went hungry. People left there doors open. Gold littered everywhere. There was free food at every Sikh temple and a room to rest in. The schools were free to attend for everyone. Each city had a hospital with the finest Punjabi and European doctors the empire could access. All this healthcare was free of charge and paid for by the state. There was no racism or sexism. Or prejudice against a persons religion. It’s disheartening that s society like this felled to the British Empire. What little recovery I gained is that today we have societies like the Sikhs again. Canada, Sweden and ironically the UK. Although even they do not match the success of the Sikh Empire. They certainly no longer resemble the old British Empires methods and beliefs. They are far more alike Sikhs now.

[@Kaiserboo1871]

Yeah that seems to be a running theme in Indian history. British conquest through Indian treason in a way, it’s almost like the Indians subjugated themselves for the British. Happened at Plassey, and it happened here to.

[@dhimankalita1690]

Wtf weirdo... It's just history what's with crying dhi*

[@manrajdhillon9625]

❤❤❤

[@Turbo_GT1]

@@Kaiserboo1871 they did traitors are more common in Indian subcontinent due to various caste and creed systems forcing people into categories while few think they can enjoy by siding with foreign powers

[@Mrjohal12331]

As a Sikh I now know terrible leadership will affect me and my people.

[@mitchellsuchner6898]

It isn't just you. Government is terrible everywhere.

[@Some_Random_Dood]

Same

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

@@mitchellsuchner6898 It alway took a very small touch to have great effect for worst to happen.

[@Inaf1987]

@@mitchellsuchner6898 No, No, No Indian governments are a different type of awful, First-Past-the-post is an terrible voting system, compounded by the fact that India does not regularly hold intra-party elections.

[@Some_Random_Dood]

@@Inaf1987 alot of empires fell like this including roman empire

[@KingdomRepublic]

Imagine being so superior that even when your government wanted you to lose you still inflicted significant casualties on the most powerful empire in the world.

[@volumist]

It became most powerful only when it conquered India, this is very crucial, because India was the jewel of the Empire.

[@marcbuisson2463]

​​@@volumistI mean, making sure that Europe stayed divided and no continental hegemone could emerge was also a pretty successfull move. Not that I disagree or complain. Napoleon was an asshole.

[@tk-6967]

Most powerful company, not empire. The East India Company was a private corporation with its own private army.

[@srikrishna2561]

​@@tk-6967Under the British Empire though.

[@BornKafir]

Khalsa weren't 'so superior'. They'd become the villains and religious nutjobs who were incapable of thinking past basic human instincts. The only reason Khalsa army got in power is because the local people supported them. Majority of the locals weren't Sikh. After winning, khalsa started treating non-khalsa non-sikh with contempt. They wanted to overthrow their own queen and go full Tard. Which is why their own people wanted to see them anhiliated. If khalsa were actually so superior, they wouldn't have been turned into the pet dogs of the British Empire.

[@vorynrosethorn903]

It should be noted that a large part of the British force were Indian Sepoys, which would prove important as the Sikhs accepted defeat by the British but refused to acknowledge defeat by the sepoys, whom they didn't have any respect of the soldiering value of. They despised the later occupation by sepoys who they believed unjustly lorded their status as conquerors over the Sikhs when the real conquerors were the British themselves. When these sepoys then rebelled during the Indian mutiny it didn't take much to convince the Sikhs to throw in their support on the British side even at a time when the situation was dangerous and the outcome by no means assured. As it happened the Sikhs were excellent soldiers and had many commonalities of attitude and morals with the Victorian British Protestant of the period which lead into the British having a genuine fondness for Sikhs which was only shared with Gurkhas (with the fondness for gurkhas being such that they were transferred over into the mainstream British Army post-independence and Nepalese are one of the few immigrant groups the average British person actually likes, with Sikhs being in the just as small grouping of those they don't hate) and the Sikhs setting up a new khalsa within the British-Indian Army.

[@leonrothier6638]

The Sikhs refusing to side with the same Indian armies that helped destroy the Sikh Empire in the first place wasn’t the only reason. The Sikhs didn’t want a Mughal emperor ruling over India again after all the conflicts and atrocities they’ve been through under them, and leaders of the rebellion were planning to reinstate Mughal rule in return for the emperor supporting the rebels.

[@SafavidAfsharid3197]

Bengalis and awadhis were the one who conquered rest of india. You should note that british at that time didn't created the martial race theory to reward their loyal slaves, that happened after Bengalis and awadhis troops rebelled against British, so they weren't as arrogant back then, only after the British creating martial race theory and refusing to hire Bengalis, odia and awadhi (because of sepoy mutiny and paika rebellion by them) that the Sikhs, rajputs, maratha,jatts,gukhas,etc dominated the future british indian army.

[@ihavenojawandimustscream4681]

Victorian british protestant value lmao. The British loves the sikhs because they were martial and unlike upper caste hindus or muslims did not have high social or ritualistic demands.

[@ssukhdeepkaur1783]

​@@SafavidAfsharid3197 Hell Nah

[@ssukhdeepkaur1783]

​@@SafavidAfsharid3197 Gurkhas and Sikhs Didn't Dominate . Because the Sikhs and Gorkhas had only been recently defeated by the British and Nepal was never conquered. The Bengalis started earlier although Martial Race Theory is much older than that

[@Masiba7517]

Indian history since 15th Backstabs and British being at correct place at correct time

[@ballenboy]

the cast system, multiple religions and peoples make the indian subcontinent internally weak.

[@T0T4LG4MER5]

@@ballenboy and don't forget how effective a corporation that profited from expansion backed by the worlds sole industrial power can be

[@Kaiserboo1871]

That seems to be a running theme in Indian history during and after the 18th century. Indian treachery combined with Britain being at the right place, at the right time, with the right number of men led to the subjugation of the entire Indian subcontinent. It happened at Plassey and it happened here to. Forgive me if I can’t help but think that the Indians subjugated themselves to a certain extent. While they were victims, it can’t be said that they were defenseless.

[@charvaka5705]

@@ballenboy lmao, if you don't know, don't comment...the caste system in itself was an colonial imposition, so how can there be an caste system before the Raj?! And multiple religions, fyi, hinduism, sikhism, jainism and buddhism are the sects of Dharma, which means they are interrelated and interconnected...i.e., they are essential for the existence of each other. The only "multiple religions" were islam, and the westerners.

[@mandeepdeol2601]

@@Kaiserboo1871 you’re absolutely right, they definitely has the means to fight but tribalism and infighting among every state at the time paved way for their defeat

[@colincrew1857]

This is like a fucking cartoon plot. Like the Sikh is trying his hardest to throw the battle and it keeps backfiring and he spectacularly wins every engagement. Real bugs bunny shit

[@Smeaglehasabeard]

because of the quality of the troops, that's why in ww1 and ww2 the brits prioritized hiring Sikhs over other Indians.

[@groundzero5708]

​@@Smeaglehasabeardthey know very well we are not gonna abandon or we are not gonna fear death

[@GhostRiley-zs8zb]

@@Smeaglehasabeard In world wars, sikhs weren't the only ones and they certainly weren't priortised. Hill clans like hte GOrkhas, DOgras, Kumaonis and Garwhalis were also highly sort after

[@user-bbvhcf]

Gorkhas, thats why royal military still employs gorkhas, sikh do not even come close to the gorkhas​@@GhostRiley-zs8zb

[@uncertaintytoworldpeace3650]

@@groundzero5708it’s very foolish to pretend that the inbred liberals who live to deny your spiritualist beliefs understand your spiritualist beliefs.

[@cu99460]

I cry inside thinking about the Sikh empire and what it would have been today. The world doesn't realise what a potential jewel it has lost.

[@moonchils9908]

@azurus fr it will take some 2-3 years more to have the sikh leadership properly formed in the western nations after the referendum is finished do just a matter of time but khalistan will not come easy ofcourse many people willl need to fight

[@orthodoxy6470]

Survival of the fittest bro the Brits clearly knew how to fight

[@ahuman2482]

@@orthodoxy6470 true. Look up how big the British empire was in 1845 and look up how big the Sikh empire was 1845. Not to mention the fact that people literally sold out the Sikh empire to get paid by the British 😂British empire had substantially more natural resources I feel like a fair pound for pound fight mightve ended a little differently

[@brapsniffer8583]

@@orthodoxy6470 Bro the dude clearly talks about how Sikh leaderships actively betrayed their own people. Angloids would've gotten the boot, nerd.

[@sukhdeepbutty2399]

​@@orthodoxy6470the majority of the army of the EIC were Indian Sepoys. The Sikhs admitted defeat from the British but not the Indian Sepoys. That's why they were frothing at the mouth when it came to helping the British in 1857 quash the sepoy rebellion.

[@nathanseper8738]

“Brave Lao Singh ran away. Bravely ran away away. When danger reared its ugly head he bravely turned his tail and fled!”

[@ajithsidhu7183]

And buggered off ,bravely ran away

[@nathanseper8738]

@@ajithsidhu7183 Yes, brave Sir Robin turned about And gallantly he chickened out.

[@khadkulyfe7266]

Gulab singh, Lal singh, and tej singh were dogra Rajputs who had earlier allied with Sikhs but than supported British secretly to secure rule of Kashmir

[@nathanseper8738]

@@khadkulyfe7266 So they were snakes?

[@khadkulyfe7266]

@@nathanseper8738 yes as stated in the video this was after the death of maharaja ranjit singh during the rule of the maharaja no one would’ve attempted this but after his death the Khalsa army’s growth in strength made some royals jealous and the dogra Rajput commanders not wanting to be under the khalsa soldiers made deals with the British that if they helped British defeat the Sikhs they would have full control of Kashmir as long as they are subservient to the British. And after the fall of the Sikh empire guess who became the maharaja of Kashmir? Gulab singh dogra who was once a commander in the khalsa army.

[@jakescorpion1775]

The Sikhs fought bravely, no matter the intentions of the government. Just LEGENDARY.

[@ramicane1671]

If you keep making these "Victorian stories", then I suggest you do a video on early Argentine history, there are a lot of interesting topics, like the Argentine Confederation (1831-1862), which contains many civil wars, power struggles, British and French intervention and conquest on the hand of Juan Manuel de Rosas, or as he was called "The Restorer of Laws"

[@KnowNothing-wt3ks]

I too would like a video about Rosas and how he forced the people of Buenos Aires to all wear red.

[@coolsplooge4355]

As a Sikh I am EXTREMELY exited to see a video that wasn’t from SikhNet (No disses to them they’re great) but seeing a new video from you Ezy! (Also everyone is a Sikh in Sikhism!)

[@user-bu1ko3lh7j]

It’s Sikhi, not “Sikhism”.

[@scarface5179]

@@user-bu1ko3lh7j same thing

[@parmishvermadamama5152]

@@scarface5179 but here’s the thing: Sikhi is the proper term. Sikhism is just westernized name for us

[@amaduck2132]

Bruh yall sick

[@WTTDoesGeography]

​@@amaduck2132what did the sikhs do to you? You realise that not all Sikhs are khalistani right?

[@sriharshacv7760]

Tells us a humbling lesson in leadership. Army and leaders should be on the same page. Army should never try and kill the political leaders. Such a thing will only increase the distrust and hatred and makes one weak in front of the real enemies. Even Western Roman and Byzantine Empires did eventually due to this internal power struggle.

[@jansvoboda4293]

Well... there are three pieces to this - the ruler, the army, the people... who should the are my be more loyal to?

[@harveykaler991]

Not really the army. It was just greedy politicians. Tej and Lal Singh both came from Kashmir. A province who’s nobility wanted to separate from the Sikh empire to gain wealth. By limiting supply of fine goods from Tibet. They basically wanted to scalp. These Sikh generals were promised a lot of money for getting Kashmir it’s independence. Ofcourse this backfired. The army wasn’t some cruel and evil force holding the politicians hostage. I encourage you to look into the 2nd Anglo Sikh war if that is the case.

[@mymukul9834]

They were loyal to the guru and their faith

[@yanceyricks2601]

At this point it must be asked, “was that war worth it?” How many people’s died for political gain? This entire war is dreadful.

[@foreigndirectinvest]

In sikhi it’s their religion their holy land our panjab, their whole identity is panjab and you’re sat there asking if it was worth fighting the colonisers who were oppressing our people

[@yanceyricks2601]

@@foreigndirectinvest Azlan’s assessment is correct, that is the essence of what I was trying to ask. I am not questioning the cause of defending homeland, as any nation has a right to try to defend their nation, it’s just the account in this video shows betrayal of leadership to the common soldier and lower level officers. The head honcho of this military operation set out not to win but to purposely loose the war. What political gain is so worth it that one actually wants their army to loose? Why does the head honcho decide that it is better for the British to win? It’s so bizarre, would you not agree?

[@iaf010]

Ultimately things turned out for the best with the Khalsa and the Sikh Experiment at empire smashed. The Sikhs for the first time in centuries had a state and it was not very stable politically. Thanks to the surrender of the Sikhs to the British were able to consolidate their rule over all of India - and for the first time in many centuries there was relative peace under one rule. Also, the unification of British India helped install a central administration, proper policing, civic services, etc. It is the British who laid the foundation for a modern nation state across India - be it the district administration or the police system or the civil bureaucracy that is followed to this day.

[@singhanmolpreet5935]

Except it is also the reason behind the cause of partition which killed more than a million people.

[@雷-t3j]

@@singhanmolpreet5935 I think you're ignoring that Hindus and Muslims don't exactly like each other much either.

[@Thecaptainblackadder]

I am from south india and never had heard of this battle in any of the textbooks. This is unbelievable.

[@history_enjoyer_]

Thanks for talking about the Anglo-Sikh war! being Sikh my self I love learning about its history

[@MRSINGH.OFFICIAL]

Tu enhu thanks keh reha wa? Bohta ta galt dass reha

[@history_enjoyer_]

No clue what you mean by that, I'm just gonna guess it was a joke I missed.

[@DeHerg]

I find this idea of deliberately leading troops to defeat to get rid of them so weird. Why not instead use them most effectively to win so, drunken by triumph, they are willing to throw themselves against the next enemy, and the next, and the next... . This way they would be far less likely to notice what you're trying to do.

[@Zen-rw2fz]

There would be no next enemy, if they had defeated the british army, the brits would have signed a peave treaty, they'de be the strongest army arround the area, rivalled maybe only by the afghans. They also would preffer surrendering to british rule way over afghans tho

[@ਗੁਰਸਿਮਰਸਿੰਘ]

you know, money. especially money given by british

[@alvinlin8140]

@@Zen-rw2fz they could use them to conquer more of the subcontinent and slowly replace the Kalsa with new troops that are loyal to the state and not the military in in itself

[@Palora01]

@@alvinlin8140 or they would increase the prestige of the Kalsa while also becoming increasingly dependent on them to mantain order in the new territories. The conquered people would have very little reason to join the conquerors.

[@harveykaler991]

@@Zen-rw2fz the Sikhs controlled the Afghans already and within the shared territory of the British and Sikh armies it is noted that the Nihangs constantly mocked and raided the British. The British would do nothing against the Nihangs out of fear that the Sikh army would react.

[@medanchess7892]

Backstabbing is common in subcontinent Bengal had more weapons and men and was French Ally lost because the Main general backstab the Bengali ruler in 1757

[@PakBallandSami]

The first war was precipitated by mutual suspicions and the turbulence of the Sikh army. The Sikh state in the Punjab had been built into a formidable power by the maharaja Ranjit Singh, who ruled from 1801 to 1839. Within six years of his death, however, the government had broken down in a series of palace revolutions and assassinations.

[@YuddhaVeera]

Happens when rulers aren't wise

[@ਗੁਰਸਿਮਰਸਿੰਘ]

@@YuddhaVeera Maharaja Ranjit Singh was really prolly the best of leaders of his times but he only had one drawback. he didnt ensure the safety of his throne, leaving to treacherous dogras

[@YuddhaVeera]

@@ਗੁਰਸਿਮਰਸਿੰਘ he already bowed down before his slime bag misldars and other nobles. They ensured that British were never driven away from India. History showed what it led to. What more can dogras harm? 😂

[@ਗੁਰਸਿਮਰਸਿੰਘ]

@@YuddhaVeera perhaps you dont realize how dumb you are being stating he 'bowed down' to his misldars, the misldars and kings like dogras bowed to him, for he raise their prestige and power and making dogras a power from just a lowely kingdom. it was only dogras after his death who managed to bring down the whole empire and cowardly hiding in kashmir.

[@YuddhaVeera]

@@ਗੁਰਸਿਮਰਸਿੰਘ you must be more than dumb to think that people bow down to you. They bow down to your power and the situation they are in. Once the situation is ripe they'll actually make you bow down. Misldars especially engineered the situation to be favorable to the British and prevented any alliance with Holkar. They became reduced to butler like position before those Brits after the khalsa empire was driven to extinction. This stupidity was the foundation for future nuisance of Khalistan and Pakistan movements if you observe carefully instead of calling others dumb.

[@dawudsandstorm7852]

This is why you don't let politicians run your military. It only ends in three ways: The way like in the video, where it was sabotaged for political gain, The way like in Russia where it's pillaged for all its worth, or the way like in the Middle East where it's used to enact coups.

[@aboi6498]

It wasn’t just politicians, it was the nobility who all through out all of India sold out there people to the British to secure their lavish lifestyles with increased stability and less responsibility.

[@jonathanwilliams1065]

Or it ends like America Meanwhile in the Middle East most militaries are independent of civilian control

[@Kaiserboo1871]

@@aboi6498 Kinda like what the Polish nobility did during the partitions. It also happened to the Byzantine Empire during Manzikert and the 4th Crusade.

[@KK-zc3wy]

​@@jonathanwilliams1065 You mean the military is the civilian government

[@WojtekTheBear2005]

How to ruin a nation speedrun: 1) Mix politics+military 2) Mix politics+religion 3) Mix politics+military+religion

[@_alpha_ray_bee_]

Respect for Sikh people ++++++++++++

[@siruranos9172]

I can't believe the first video I saw from you was a Vic2 tutorial and years after I re-discovered your channel

[@SIDHAKTHEGUYY]

As a Jatt Sikh, I salute my forefathers of the Khalsa

[@ahuman2482]

@@PK-se2jh Sikh is a religion. The people are called Jats. Look it up in Wikipedia

[@imdatguy285]

@@PK-se2jh no he is talking about the sikh ancestors he clearly said khalsa also not just hindu, muslim to

[@gurisidhu106]

@@ahuman2482 people are not called as jats. Jatt is caste. 60 percent of sikhs are jatts who are mainly concentrated in punjab. Other castes such as khatri live outside punjab such as in delhi etc

[@ahuman2482]

@@gurisidhu106 yeah I’m aware bro I’m a Jat both my parents are Jat and Khatr but they’re both Jat. Jat is a ethnic group

[@YuezhiTribe]

@@PK-se2jh Sikhs could be of any ancestry......like personal I'm a Kusan

[@thenamesianna]

What a sad and interesting story , never knew the Sikhs were so good at fighting

[@Sikhma_male]

Yeah we have a concept of saint solider.

[@harveykaler991]

Ironically without Sikhs in a lot of the British wars. There enemy often said they wouldn’t won. Even the British knew this. Made speeches about it like Winston Churchill and Queen Victoria. Today Indias enemies too admit that without Sikhs the Indian Republic would’ve been long gone.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

@@Sikhma_male that sounds like a very interesting concept!

[@ptolemyisoter5959]

@@harveykaler991 Funnily enough i think the Sikh martial tradition in the British and Indian military probably achieved its current state due to this war, basically sprouting from heavy distrust of leadership which ensured that they would be the most reactive and independent forces, basically proto stormtroopers. For example, the battle of Saragadhi which was 21 Sikhs against 10,000 afghans was fought by the Sikhs who were explicitly ordered to retreat. This mistrust of authority except for the closest officer might explain their effectiveness

[@SunnySide388]

Their entire history is one INSANLY epic battle after another. These people deserve their recognition as great warriors.

[@jujhar.]

Sikh history is filled with depressing stories like this. Raj karaga khalsa

[@DxvinderSingh1699]

Nischar apni jeet da karon

[@shubhampreetsingh8630]

Its not just sikh history, you read medieval indian history, same fate happened with almost all other empires, example Bengal sultanate where general betrayed the king and joined british

[@adrianbelko7683]

​@@shubhampreetsingh8630 the Bengal sultanate general that sided with the British didn't betray the sultan because he was greedy, he did this to save his subjects from sultan's tyrànny, Mir Jafar had female relatives that fell into the pérvérted hands of the sultan, people of Bengal welcomed the British and showered the English sepoys with flowers and praises during their marched through the streets, such was the extent of mísèry people of Bengal had seen during their previous rulers reign, the initial years of British rule in Bengal were actually peaceful until the Mutiny broke out in 1857, it was near about this moment the the EIC had begun to see the Indians as sàvàges, and after the Crown's takeover after the mutiny, things went downhill fast.

[@noobtextwritergamer]

@@adrianbelko7683 Ragunath rao died from illness and couldnt restore Maratha

[@20footerpython]

Mere Lund pe krega.

[@SafavidAfsharid3197]

Point to note is that dogras weren't Sikhs but hindus, the dogras of jammus were vassal of sikh empire. You should also look into dogra general zorawar Singh conquest of Kashmir, gilgit, ladakh and invasion of Tibet. Another thing is that Tej singh though was a sikh worked for the dogra Raja of Jammu gulab singh, and he didn't wanted to fight the british.

[@Maharaja_of_Punjab]

It's so infurating knowing the sikh empire could have survied if it weren't for backstabing AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[@aboi6498]

Most Indian kingdoms could have survived for similar reasons

[@Some_Random_Dood]

@@aboi6498 yup

[@Madokaexe]

Same goes for other empires in history such as the Goryeo Empire, Ming Dynasty, Achaemenid Empire, Inca Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Nusantara, Ghana Empire, and so on...

[@Some_Random_Dood]

@@Madokaexe Roman empire

[@memeboi6017]

@@Madokaexethe Inca were doomed by the battle of Cajamarca… nothing changes that

[@vjagpal]

Unfotunatly Sikh leaders like laal Singh and tej Singh are still leading Sikhs.

[@sardar_gurjot]

Non sikhs in the guise of Sikhs

[@shukvirgrewal6968]

Yes

[@awesomestevie27]

Like baquas man I mean bhaquant man

[@man58652]

They are dogar hindu not sikh

[@noobtextwritergamer]

@@man58652 tej singh was a sikh man and so does lal singh who had converted from hinduism to sikhism

[@kamalsidhu7454]

Imagine being continously betrayed by your corrupt generals, being pushed into the mouth of hell but still emerging victorious That's the men of khalsa army for you

[@arcane3464]

This is the whole story of India for the last thousand years, treachery of some Indians were the reasons for Indian oppression.

[@YoniBaruch-y3m]

Of course India wasn’t India during that timeframe either but a collection of widely differing countries. Makes sense that they didn’t easily learn to get along.

[@Seenu_4]

​@@YoniBaruch-y3mWe can't call it India because european countries were call Indian subcontinent because of the old relationship with greeks who call Indian subcontinent indica then diplomatic relationship with Romans in 27BCE-14BCE they call Indian subcontinent Sindhu's and when european power tread relationship grow with mughal, so european powers started calling Indian subcontinent Indies, then slowly-slowly British take over Indian subcontinent and they called Indian subcontinent India or British raj/India.

[@KingGodzilla-m2t]

​@@K.Pershing Indians were more obsessed with fighting against Indians than invaders. India is #1 most invaded country for some reasons.

[@LizaLizzaaaa]

​@@YoniBaruch-y3mokay then call it Bharat which is in literally all our texts. Cool?

[@OkarinHououinKyouma]

​@@YoniBaruch-y3mthat doesn't mean India didn't exist, just like Greece and Italy, it was more of a civilization.

[@AquaStockYT]

Sikhism? What a based way to live. "Weapons are a part of my religion"

[@ajithsidhu7183]

Gigachadpreet singh ji has entered the chat

[@mildlyinfuriatedbird2557]

How much do you know about Sikhism?

[@theoneandonlydetraebean8286]

Remember, their weapons are stated specifically for self defense and to come to the rescue of the innocent in Sihk religion and code of ethics. They aren't Boogaloo boys or view violence as the first answer to resolve differences. That would be foolish and a perversion of their duty to use force only when necessary.

[@AquaStockYT]

@@theoneandonlydetraebean8286 I don't disagree

[@shuvayougoswami1162]

@@theoneandonlydetraebean8286 'chu kar az hameh heel te dar guzasht, halal ast burdan b shamsheer dast' guru gobind singh ji in the zafarnama

[@rsingh8837]

The leaders at the time, Lal Singh, Gulab Singh etc were all part of the Dogra family. They were ministers in the Sikh empire and had started plotting against the empire after being bribed by the British. For their treachery, the Dogra family was awarded rule of Kashmir by the British.

[@goose93]

I hope they're rotting in hell, because of them we lost the Sikh republic

[@temptemp4174]

Tfu tfu, spit on the grave of the dogra dogs.

[@KingGodzilla-m2t]

Rajput behaviour

[@SMellmYfEet1999]

1st in Bengal then in Punjab. Our leadership has truly been bunch of corrupt disgusting pricks. Betrayed their own

[@dukeblunder]

Still to this day

[@Daglizzh]

The legend returns

[@Mralien401337]

and so in one battle the Sikh empire inflicted more damage on the british than the qing did in all 3 opium wars also they were trying to lose

[@cgt3704]

It was about time you talk about the Sikh Empire. Thats SIKH man Btw can you do a video on the 19th century Balkans

[@harveykaler991]

Yeah Balkans need a lot more love too. It’s annoying how all the mainstream history channels on this platform keep barfing out the same crap over and over again about the same regimes like the British Empire or Roman Empire. etc. Rarely is something unique made.

[@YahBoiCyril]

Janissaries 2: Sikh boogaloo. Heck, it almost reminds me of praetorian and Varangian guard as well as the Chinese banner armies. A strong detached military force that ended up becoming king makers.

[@satyakisil9711]

The varangians were, in fact loyal to the very end. You might be thinking of the Janissaries.

[@YahBoiCyril]

@@satyakisil9711 I was thinking specifically of when they deposed Alexius the 4th, but I suppose those were some what extenuating circumstances.

[@satyakisil9711]

@@YahBoiCyril well, people thought Alexius Angleus was responsible for the financial ruin of his empire and his guards were worried if they could pay them their dues.

[@ingold1470]

With a little lopsided Westernization to give them even more of an advantage over the rest of society. Something similar happened in Haiti in the mid 20th century, the American occupation government modernised the Haitian army but handled all the administration itself, so when the Americans left Haiti almost immediately became a military dictatorship, until Papa Doc worked his voodoo.

[@rohandalvi6476]

“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

[@darthvader5558]

Love and Respect our brave Sikh brothers 🐯 Jai hind 🇮🇳🚩🐯

[@Ranveer_Singh_sangha03]

Jai hind veere

[@awesomestevie27]

🦁*** also Khalistan Jindabad

[@darthvader5558]

@@awesomestevie27 no

[@awesomestevie27]

@@darthvader5558 you’ll still be our Hindu Brothers and will be allowed to enter, eat for free, be protected for free, free medical, just that we would make our own choices and let it be ran on Sikh principles? What’s wrong with that, why aren’t we allowed to, when 200 other countries are allowed ? Are we less then them, especially when we had our country and it was a utopia

[@darthvader5558]

@@awesomestevie27 I really appreciate your thoughts brother but modern-day Punjab is already being run and governed mostly by Sikh principles and ideals and if the Punjab region achieves complete antinomy then It will become like Kashmir (Before the removal of article 370 Kashmire too had almost complete autonomy) as Punjab borders Pakistan, even now Pakistan illegally supplies many reasons of Punjab and Rajasthan with illegal drugs which are harmful and dangerous for the Youth, if Punjab achieves full autonomy it will become even worse, due to these reasons many Sikh leaders during Independence decided to become part of India Sikhs may be a minority in India but they will always be India's pride

[@amritpalSINGH6251]

As a sikh it hurts to even read my history. It's always tears to remember those sikh warriors who died in battle due to horrible politics. Ranjit singh was too good of a human and that backfired. Betrayed by dogras( Hindu king of jammu and kashmir) is a lesson that sikhs should never forget. Just imagine how advance the sikh army was that 2500 was more stronger then 10,000. I can't watch full video because it fills me with rage. In my life I will do everything possible to live my life in the standards set by all 10 gurus of sikhims and the brave leaders which followed them. It is very important for Sikhs to keep the sikh ideology alive of guru gobind ji and ranjit singhs Era and not to fall in trap of fear politics that Sikhs are in danger. I don't agree with Amritpal singh who is doing fear based politics in India and Sikhs are in danger of falling into his radical ways where he himself lack knowledge of sikh history

[@Raut-warrior]

Suppose if the dogras had not backstabbed, then do you think sikhs would have won? And even if they would have won, then British would have gathered bigger army and attacked sikh empire and defeated it. They did same to maratha empire, mysore and mughals.

[@amritpalSINGH6251]

@Rohit Raut if they hadn't back stabbed then first son of maharaja ranjit singh would have lived and during that time entire panjab was united. When entire panjab was united there was not going to be any war with brits at first place and yes Sikhs during that time were developing faster then anyone. Our artillery was the best. Even after panjab fell there were some sikh leaders whom Britishers couldn't defeat in gurdaspur area. Sikhs defence was too good back then.

[@Raut-warrior]

@@amritpalSINGH6251 Yes but my point is that brits just needed an excuse to wage war against sikh empire which they found after the death of ranjit singh. And suppose they had been defeated by sikhs in 1st anglo sikh war, then they would have defeated the sikhs in the 2nd war. There was no way any Indian kingdom/empire could have constantly kept defeating brits again and again.

[@Ss3gokus]

@@Raut-warriorwe won every battle except one against British when we were being sabotaged The worst Sikh soldier was higher then the best British one No matter how many times they would’ve tried they would’ve got destroyed That’s why they didn’t dare to try unde maharaja Ranjit Singh life and rule not even once He even snubbed them when they tried to go through his territory to attack afghans their mutual enemy He said no he wouldn’t allow British to know lay out of his land he was too shrewd

[@ekamjk]

The sikh empire consisted of 120000 elite soliders with modern training and best weapons at the time, with the best and biggest artillery in the world. Each village has of empire has its own small army paid by local leaders to be used when needed. And there was massive nihungs sikhs, who were known to turn the tides of war. The literacy rate of empire was 99 percent and each. There were wepons in every house. The army was commanded by best generals, veterans from napoleon's army, alexander from america and punjabi hindu, muslim, sikh generals obviously. The already defeated British is every point but lost due to treachery.

[@corneliusmcmuffin3256]

Interesting to think what would have happened if the Calsa had simply turned against the Singhs and used their 50000 men to crush the British forces.

[@harveykaler991]

Short answer the British Empire would be much poorer and weaker militarily. Germany would therefore win WW1. Therefore no Hitler. An alternate history.

[@mannyshergill6867]

Sikhs would win the first war taking southern Punjab. This would cause other Indian kingdoms to rise up and start a war with the British and the Indian rebellion would probably happen a lot sooner with possibly having the Sikhs on their side

[@corneliusmcmuffin3256]

Obviously there would be some Singh loyalists but most would probably align with the Calsa.

[@mannyshergill6867]

@@corneliusmcmuffin3256 Khalsa is spelt with k

[@DaljeetSingh-fu5qb]

If khalsa had won the battle then there wud hv nt WWii nd no persecution of Jews nd communists nd peace prevailed in Europe. Germany would have been a great super powr bcz of role of khalsa as mediator between allied and axes powers. Bcz khalsa believe in human values , democracy, discrimination strictly forbidden on basis of race religion caste nd area. Bt British smashed a great Empire that could help the world to be remain peaceful. Even now sikhs livng in uk r loyal totly to uk. Shows the actual values of human nt like British leaders who did drama tht dey r sving demcrcy in erope bt mercilessly kept hungry mny Begalies. How ill thinking of Churchill.

[@Zen-rw2fz]

Ferozeshah is also a funny story. One of the british divisions had just come from a 30 mile march and without rest sent directly into battle, part of the reason why the battle went so horribly for the brits. When they did occupy the town, british and sepoy soldiers had lost alö discipline and organization, the soldiers were desperate to find some food or drink while there were still sikh snipers hiding in tents picking of british soldiers. When the sikh army arrived back, brits had no organization what so ever and could have been destroyed if the sikh decided to do so. It'd funny how many opportunities the sikh had to defeat the british and pretty much win the war, probably taking british raj territory

[@ਗੁਰਸਿਮਰਸਿੰਘ]

treachery, peter, treachery

[@Kaiserboo1871]

@@ਗੁਰਸਿਮਰਸਿੰਘ That seems to be a common theme in the British conquest of India. Indians betraying Indians and the British being in the right place, at the right time, with the right numbers to take advantage of it.

[@tk-6967]

@@Kaiserboo1871 Because the BEIC forces were mostly sepoys themselves. When the British Army actually got involved, it usually was something with more international consequences, such as involving the French. That is until the First War of Independence, and then India was placed under British rule and the BEIC was disbanded

[@gurkarandeepsingh7960]

​@tk-6967 where you get your sources from? Those sepoys were mainly baggage careers for Eyropean troops. The fighting was predominantly done by European troops.

[@tk-6967]

@gurkarandeepsingh7960 Well Wikipedia seems to suggest that the BEIC was mainly using Sepoy units in the war, and the claim that they were mostly on guard/garrison duty lacks a citation.

[@jamrodhsingh2259]

Few points to mention .. those sikh generals tej singh and lal singh were dogras(non - sikhs).. and during 1st anglo sikh war there was no ‘India’ but a british india .. you see before British arrival there were different kingdoms and when the conquest of different kingdoms started ‘India’ started taking shape . The battle was between Sarkar -e -khalsa (punjab) vs british India. Technically the caption of this video has to be corrected.

[@orion7326]

Yes but the landmass that we call "India" has been called so since a long, long time (before Alexander). India includes Pakistan, Nepal terai, Bangladesh, and Bhutan. When the British came, India was broken up but it was still India (like france was always france but when Vikings came, there were five parts of france, all called franks). It didn't matter which kingdom you landed on. Every Indian kingdom formed part of India. The problem that Sikh empire faced is what India faces everyday and will continue to face. From Madras to Srinagar, if India is not united, India will fall and we will again become slaves. A united India is very important for our survival, all the kingdoms, states and types of people we have, nobody is good enough on their own. India has to be united at all times. Otherwise we are mince meat for other invaders. Until and unless we stick with each other strongly, there is no chance of us surviving with freedom.

[@sardar_gurjot]

@@orion7326 nah that’s mid

[@orion7326]

@@sardar_gurjot Can you elaborate?

[@moonknight3594]

​@@sardar_gurjot divided we fall united we will rise ! Mark my word's brother ! Sikh empire fall because they were alone ! British used united Indian state army which they had Do remember that story of 4 brothers and stick ! Never forgive india got ruled by British just bcz our differences it was our weakness ! And now our diversity is our strength cuz no single propaganda operation work on India 😂 ! Cuz of the confusion no one able to understand India and its internal politics so outsiders failed to feed our problems to weeken us ! 😂

[@Bruh-jw2ze]

​@@orion7326he's mostly one of those who fled to the economically failing and dictatorial run "canneddaa" and now considers himself cooler than his poor brown ancestors..... Don't expect an ounce of intellectuality from such lowl1f3$ let alone a worthy response

[@mohammediqbalsandhu1661]

Please note that during that period, Punjab was an independent kingdom with it's own Royal family and government, and not a part of India.

[@groundzero5708]

sandhu ,you have sikh last name .

[@mohammediqbalsandhu1661]

@@groundzero5708 Do I?

[@groundzero5708]

​@@mohammediqbalsandhu1661kinda yes

[@mohammediqbalsandhu1661]

@@groundzero5708 You're wrong. It is not a Sikh name, but rather the name of one of the Jatt clans

[@am_singh4525]

@@groundzero5708 Sandhu is not a Sikh last name😂😂😂 Don’t talk about Sikhi if you don’t know it. Only Sikh last names are Singh and Kaur. Sandhu is just a Panjabi last name. Cheema, Atwal, Bajwa are all last names shared by Sikhs and Muslims from Panjab

[@SmashKuro]

0:28 Didn't expect an Advance Wars reference

[@pa93562]

The Khalsa army fighting the British was a shadow of its former self with their main leaders all dead its was lead by power hungry generals. British strategically waited after Maharaja Ranjit Singh died and his sons unfortunately passed which lead to a power vacuum and the outcome being this.

[@Alruwaili11]

This so sad! I am an Arab Muslims but this is so hard to watch! Those brave people deserve better!

[@alex_zetsu]

I can't tell if the army is just so badass they kept winning when their officers were trying to lose or that their officers were so incompetent that they couldn't lose when trying.

[@baconzeon9843]

This some great work i enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work. can't wait for more videos like this

[@Geopoliticus]

This is a really well done summary of a complex battle. The Anglo-Sikh wars are really interesting, both in terms of individual battles and the stakes. The English and many Sikh and Indian nobles actually feared the rise of a Republican Army similar to revolutionary France in India.

[@Raut-warrior]

Have you also read about the anglo-maratha wars? It were the marathas from whom British took india

[@vladislavsulimenko5276]

India: *has spices* British: meh India: but you can buy tea with them British: you whaaaaaaat?

[@tomaszzalewski4541]

Not only, they also came there for spices, spices were the primary target at first.

[@iaf010]

They came for spices, they stayed for everything else. Before the British came to India - Indians were not tea drinkers. Milk, coffee and buttermilk were the most common beverages.

[@sudipkumarroy3790]

Mention Opium also. Opium forcefully grown India was what financed their "century of humiliation of China".

[@jarjarbinks3193]

​@@iaf010 Exactly! It was the Brits who introduced Tea to India. Even the habit of adding milk to Tea is something we Indians inherited from the Brits. Yes, adding spices to Tea is our own enhancement. I am not sure even coffee was that common in India before.

[@balasahebsuryavanshi6848]

​@@jarjarbinks3193coffee wasn't part of indian people it came after independence.

[@Paeteur]

So happy you're getting sponsors. This channel is dimes 👌🏻

[@BaronVonMott]

"Gentleman, this battle we fight today, will not be a challenge. It will be easy, it will be swift, and it could potentially be remembered as one of the greatest victories in our people's history. But I want you to go out there, forget your training, abandon your comrades, and get mown down by the thousand! So our families back home will scream in anguish, and tear my political rivals to pieces, when they hear of how we got completely and utterly slaughtered! Who's with me?!"

[@Itdoesnotmatter786]

Should be noted that both Lal and Tej Singh had converted to Sikhism to secure employment in the army, for much of their lives they were Hindu and as such had little real care for Sikhism or its Kingdom. Hindus backstabbing would continue in the second war when the Dogra Hindus betrayed the Khalsa to secure Kashmir for themselves thereby bringing the Sikh empire to an end. The Hindu tradition of using Sikhs as cannon fodder continues today in Modern India.

[@johnkins6861]

Dude Sikhs weren't new breed who came from other planet, they were themselves rajputs Rajputs taught Sikhs to fight and it's a well known fact Also dogras are well known for treachery in my state too

[@27743220]

At the beginning of the 19th century most Indian kingdoms had westernized armies. The Maratha Empire, which controlled most of India, the Mysore sultanate and nizam of Hyderabad had modernised their armies and training methods

[@mudshovel289]

That’s very interesting. So the people of India did make a serious effort to modernize then. I guess they just ran out of time. The British already had too much of a foothold and too many Indians were in their army providing manpower. The industrial revolution also probably helped a bunch. If only they didn’t have so much political instability, the smaller Indian kingdoms might have avoided colonization, successfully industrialized, and turned into their own modern nations like Japan. What a different world that would be. Instead of India and Pakistan we might today have nations called the Confederate States of Maratha, the Kingdom of Punjab, and the post colonial Republic of Bengal.

[@27743220]

@@mudshovel289 Bengal would probably be part of the Maratha Confederacy, as the reason for East India Company to involve itself in its political matters was to protect it from the Marathas who in the mid 18th century were rampaging across India, gobbling up all the remnants of the once mighty Mughals. It was British help which helped the Nawab of Bengal prevent the Marathas from completely occupying that region; however, he did lose considerable amount of land in Orissa and Southern Bengal. Punjab would likely remain an independent state given to good relations between them and Marathas. However the biggest issue was not that the British had foothold, truthfully speaking they did not have much before the battle of Plassey in mid 18th century. The biggest issue was the feudal system. Even though the army had been westernized, the soldiers were largely loyal to their lords and any sort of nationhood was completely absent. And in a tumultuous period during the 18th century, several lords kept switching sides from one imperial power to another, further worsening the idea of nationhood. The people who fought for East India Company fought for their king and company, but with the Indians, there was no such army. That in my opinion was perhaps the greatest weakness.

[@Raut-warrior]

@@mudshovel289 Read about the 'fauz-e-hind' of Mahadji shinde commanded by Benoit de Boigne. It never lost and was as good as the British force

[@souravkumarpandey6691]

​​@@Raut-warriorbut sadly in 3rd anglo maratha war marathis 1st taste the khukhree and also see the warth of Great GURKHAS

[@Raut-warrior]

@@souravkumarpandey6691 Mahadji Shinde Fauj R Hind didn't fight in 3rd war as it didn't exist then

[@hardipvirk2471]

This video is very well done but it also ignores 2 smaller yet important battles that took place with a Sikh commander who wasn't a confirmed traitor, Baddowal and Aliwal. The commanders name was Ranjodh Singh Majithia and he crossed the Sutlej farther upstream near Ludhiana and with an army of 10,000 men and 70 guns he had various opportunities to attack either the small garrison defending Ludhiana, a supply depot at Bussean or to attack a poorly defending siege train that included heavy artillery and a large of of money for paying the British-Indian troops. He was also joined by a local noble Ajit Singh of Ladwa, the only Sikh leader south of the Sutlej who supported the Khalsa. Despite all the available options, Ranjodh Singh decided to wait for the British and to setup a defensive postion along the road to Ludhiana. When the British commander Harry Smith moved his column to reach Ludhiana, he was in the range of the Sikh Guns and was vulnerable. Adding on to this a line of 7 Sikh battalions were ready to attack his rear but eventually did nothing. However, the Sikh cavalry attacked and looted the baggage train. The British ended up escaping this and were eventually reinforced which led to a battle at Aliwal, which like Sobraon was fought with the Sikh rear position facing the river Sutlej. The British won the battle and sent the force back across the river. Unlike Lal and Tej Singh, who sent letters and were constantly communicating with the British, there is no direct evidence that he was a traitor. He was made a member of the regency after the war which casts some doubts, but in all likelihood his inaction probably came down to him being young, inexperienced and a lack of authority over his men. These 2 battles were important due to the effects that they were having on the population beyond Punjab. Before Aliwal, rumors were spreading that the British were defeated and that the SIkhs were going to attack Delhi, and more importantly that the Sikh rulers of the states south of the Sutlej, mainly the ruler of Patiala, were contemplating whether to join the Khalsa. When the ruler of Patiala and the British were negotiating, they could hear the cannon fire at Aliwal, and the eventual defeat of the Sikhs convinced Patiala to help the British. This kept their supply line intact and helped the EIC win the war

[@FarradMuseumofTruth]

I'm Muslim Indian living in Brampton. Sihks are a interesting lot

[@shubhkarmanbawa2605]

it would not happen if the loyal and brave generals like Jathedar Hanuman Singh, Sham Singh Attari, Sher Singh Attariwala, Lehna Singh Majithia given power before the planning at place of cowards and traitors like Lal Singh, Dhian Singh, Gulab Singh, Tej Singh. Sardar Sham Singh fought battle like lion. Salute to martyrs.

[@awesomestevie27]

Also 1 nanakshahi rupee was equal to 13 pounds of a Britian that ruled and looted half the world Also when Ranjit Singh (Pronounced Runjeet) was alive it was essentially a utopia without any crime and he led the khalsa into villages to set up different types of religious centers, schools and taught civilians how to use firearms

[@rishisaini5269]

I think you are talking about Gurudwara Schools because no way they are setting Church Schools in their Empire.

[@awesomestevie27]

@@rishisaini5269 they were and when I meant different types of churches, it may have sounded disrespectful I meant different types of places of worship, like mosques, mindirs, but obviously gurdwaras also I meant to put a comma before schools

[@rishisaini5269]

@@awesomestevie27 I think that's just language and not your fault but people need to stop using European words or phrases into non European nations which have no relation with them culturally or religion wise.

[@dsssingh]

​@@rishisaini5269 The capital of the empire had a small Armenian Orthodox Christian minority with their own churches, The empire acted as a sort of safe Haven for people seen as pagans by the previous regime That's why zoroastrians and Jews fleeing persecution came to the empire as well

[@noblesingh]

@@rishisaini5269 ranjit sing built a synagogue in lahore becoming of his one jewish general

[@odishaball4278]

Finally someone who made a detailed countryball video on the anglo-sikh war

[@Ajaypalsingh_]

Hindu Dogras backstabbed sikhs

[@tubergottubed]

Sikh generals also did This has nothing to do with religion Infact , Sikh empire had a hindu army division And British even found a flag of hindu army division when fighting You can see it in Anglo-sikg musuem

[@AquaStockYT]

You're going to get every history obsessed internet nerd watching you one country at a time through covering underestimably entertaining events aren't you?

[@NormalPerson053]

"Yudho me kabhi hare nahi hum darte hai chal chando se , har bar parajay pai hai khud ke ghar ke jaichandon se." Meaning is- we never lost a war we are afraid of treachery , we are always defeated by jaichands of our own house. (Jaichand is refence to Raja jaichand that betrayed raja Prithviraj Chauhan last hindu king of India who's defeat started muslim rule in India.) A barbaric enemy is way better then a backstabbing friend.

[@ajithsidhu7183]

True even in real life

[@indranilmajumder7148]

Very true

[@mohandhanoa4797]

Unfortunately the Sikh Maharaja Ranjeet Singh had a weakness for Dogra women , so he appointed many Dogras to senior positions in the army. After his death these senior Dogras sold the Sikh army out to the British.

[@yuvrajsingh099]

Akali Phoola Singh, Akal Takt Jathedar(Highest Voice in Sikh) had actually punished him for this acts.

[@Kaiserboo1871]

From my perspective, it seems that a running theme in post-Aurangzeb Indian history is British conquest through a combination of Indians backstabbing each other and Britain being at the right place at the right time to take advantage of the betrayals. It happened at Plassey and it happened here too. I can’t help but feel like the Indians subjugated themselves to a certain extent. After all, the British conquest would not have been possible without the willful participation of a large segment of India’s nobility.

[@Raut-warrior]

Aurangzeb died in 1707 Marathas captured Delhi in 1757 British captured Delhi in 1803 So yes while Indians did fight each other and backstab etc., they also ruled most of India before British came

[@Kaiserboo1871]

@@Raut-warrior I mean yeah, but, the Marathas started to collapse before the century ended, if I remember correctly it they started to decline after the Third Battle of Panipat which happened 4 years after the Battle of Plassey.

[@haberdasherrykr8886]

You are right The Hindus betrayed our country and sold it to the British In their minds siding with another foreigner was a better deal than the Mughals And boy oh boy were they wrong and foolish Idiots created a hard time and that created strong men and now the bad times are rearing again with Dumbo and factually ill informed and misguided fanatics yet again

[@Raut-warrior]

@@haberdasherrykr8886 Hindus fought 3 wars against British and defeated them in 1st It were Sikhs who betrayed the country by aligning against hindus and Muslims in 1857. Go read history. If not for Hindus, Mughal empire would be stil ruling India.

[@tk-6967]

Well it isn't just right place right time, but also that Britain themselves weren't generally doing the conquering. Some British folk running a trade company were, and with their profits they were hiring tons of Indians and trained them in Western style fighting. The sepoys as they were known were relatively well paid compared to many of their other counterpart soldiers, so they had some incentive to fight, and due to India's instability, the company executives just did what they did best. Remember, all of the Indian rulers had to deal with internal politics, making deals with European powers, etc., but the company by the very nature of its founding was tied financially to Britain and its leadership could do whatever it wanted. They were just more efficient as a result. If this was a British army run by the actual government, everything would be much different

[@manlit7003]

Fascinating, are you going to cover the second Sikh Anglo war as well?

[@mannyshergill6867]

A brief description is that the war was started by accident. It had 4 battles with both sides drawing 2-2 and the Sikhs had to surrender due to not having enough men and funding. Sher singh attariwala who lead the Sikhs and won major victories at Chillianwala and Ramnagar was banished from Punjab fearing that his presence would cause the Sikhs to fight again. This proved to be true cuz in the Indian rebellion of 1857, other Indian kingdoms looked at his win at chillianwala as inspiration. Sadly the sikhs fought with the British in the rebellion due to the southern Punjab states who were already allied with the British and the territories that was part of the Sikh empire was in control of men that also were allied with the British

[@SarbjitSingh-ed1el]

British took Punjab from Sikh, gave to Muslims and Hindus of Pakistan and India.

[@walorianfederation666]

Guys Ezekiel uploaded! Guess Christmas came early!

[@k_aesar]

the reference at 2:43 made me cry again

[@humanehumanity]

Appreciate ur honesty my English brother ezielkel you have. Done honor to your father and mother. Not for. Compliment the sikhs but for trying. To just simply portray the truth simply but not complete but the best. Honest video in English Salute too u bro true brave hearts don't deny truth and courage and don't hid deception. And one correction one the numbers the Brits had a much a larger force if you re check ur number s they also had support from Patiala Sikhs sadly.andnallmof.india there European soldiers .of I.may recall were around. A quarter or less .tej and lal scoundrels made them aware of every step .. wheen u say the Lahore govt that is Brit lie and he lal did not wear the Sikh Blue turban

[@Truth_of_sikhi]

Thanks for making this video

[@theloosecannon7517]

south indian polygar kingdoms fought fiercely against the British they only lost because they didn't have cannons. even so in battles like velunachiyar the polygars blew up a british cannon factory and fought in a melee war in which the britsh were crushed. i guess training and weaponry is most important in an army.

[@MahDryBread]

Hell yeah dude! I'm playing Victoria 3 while I watch this, awesome game

[@godofdata1662]

This game shows " app needs to be updated " what can i do ?

[@yadwindersingh806]

I am very happy to see a foreigner making video on Anglo sikh war. However, in India most of the Indian historians only glorify hindu empires and twist history to make sikh empire seem more like a small kingdom. Hats off to your work. Atleast you are not discriminative to the sikh history like most of the famous Indian history influencers.

[@asmirann3636]

Wrong. Sikh Empire is not belittled. But it is true that it was a short lived Empire that ruled a smaller region. During the time of Sikh Empire rise, the Marathas were the most dominant force. Marathas fought across India from North to South. They fought against every power in India and even went to defeat the Mughals in Delhi. They also went on to control most of the country. In comparison the Sikh Empire was active only in the north-west region and fighting against their two traditional enemies Mughals and Afghans. Sikh Empire had no influence in East, Central, West and South India. This is why due to the scope of the Sikh Empire you may feel that it is not being glorified enough. But it is only because the Sikh Empire was concentrated in a smaller region.

[@Raut-warrior]

@@asmirann3636 You cannot compare the Hindu Maratha empire with Sikh empire. Maratha empire defeated the Mughal empire and took control of most of India. It was much more bigger and powerful.

[@groundzero5708]

​@@Raut-warrioronly ruled over India ,while Sikh empire was over aghanistan Pakistan India Tibet 😅 while Maratha empire is only india

[@Raut-warrior]

@@groundzero5708 lol what Afghanistan and Tibet? Maratha rule extended til Peshawar which is called Pakistan today.

[@sahil5rana]

​@@groundzero5708 those were dogras who ruled gilgit baltistan

[@Maharaja_of_Punjab]

I wish paradox used the right flag for them but they didn't

[@docbaker3333]

If Ranjit Singh lived for say one to two decades Longer we could be looking at a very different Asia no a very different PLANET!!

[@west8715]

Everything here is so interesting this channel is so underrated

[@aztecgoldmontizuma]

God this video is depressing. Well done!

[@ziggytheassassin5835]

Funny to think if the sikh empire was more unified, they definitely could have conquered north india and maybe caused British india to collapse.

[@ajithsidhu7183]

Come to think about it ,if the maharaja did deploy a more aggressive strategy on intentional relations Iran (that's why the gave up the diamond ) and India would have been taken

[@leonrothier6638]

Especially considering the fact that they still managed to defeat the British in a few battles even when they were facing so much internal turmoil and betrayal. Imagine what they could’ve done to the Brits if they were still in a prosperous period and if genius commanders like Hari Singh Nalwa lived longer

[@kevinsworldK.w69]

The chances this released THE MOMENT that the british prime minister was chosen, and who is indian...

[@Some_Random_Dood]

LOL indians rule the UK we pulled the uno reverse card 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ਗੁਰਸਿਮਰਸਿੰਘ]

and who is also a punjabi

[@awesomestevie27]

I heard sources state that the nanakshahi sikka used in the khalsa raj (Sikh empire/Khalistan) was 13x more powerful of a currency than the British pound Despite Britain ruling and looting half the world, also crime late was lower then in any parts of the planet until this day it was diverse and open to diversity it was peaceful and the military like you said could of possibly have even the strongest in the world at that point, As a Sikh I believe so and I think it was even stronger under Ranjit Singh, In 1857 there was a huge mutiny from Hindus and Muslims under the British raj because new weaponry required the use to pig and cow grease, however the British used the Sikhs whom they recruited into their own army under the names of Sikh regiment for tiny bit more autonomy, and the Sikhs stopped the mutiny Had Ranjit Singh either not died at 58 In his sleep (maybe due to health reasons that could of been avoided) or had he simply chose a successful successor and let his empire know and let his empire trust that other man just like they did with him (hence the downfall happening because of no trust for a new leader when he died) Ranjit Singh could of even had died but had the Sikh Anglo wars happened in 1858 instead of 1840s Then I’m sure the British would of even kicked out of their entire colony, millions of more Sikhs would be alive due to avoided genocide from no partion of panjab, no Indian genocide from 80s-95 (still kinda on going)

[@CeAcatl_Topiltzin_Quetzalcoatl]

Nice work Ezekiel! My great great grandfather was Sikh.

[@bogdkhan1669]

Literally Spudgun's first playthrough of Vicky3

[@Brahmdagh]

Can't find it. Link?

[@aboi6498]

@@Brahmdagh I think he’s still live streaming it

[@bogdkhan1669]

Yeah, it was a stream kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3quc3p4qKySe6M

[@Brahmdagh]

Oh you mean EIC I thought you meant Sikh Empire

[@harshitthakural3262]

You should also do 1st Anglo maratha war, in which maratha empire won against Britain

[@sanjitjashan]

1. Punjab was an Independent country and not Indian. Punjab never really was Indian. India proper is the area South of the Yamuna River. 2. The “Sikh” traitor Gen Lal Singh referenced in this clip who ran from the battlefield and did the sabotage, was in fact never ever Sikh in the first place as he was the son of the Dogra King Dhyan Singh Dogra. So to call him a Sikh is inaccurate.

[@Zzmaster_-mj2xv]

1) learn some history. Punjab was always an Indian kingdom. Back from the times of the earliest civillisation to now, Punjab is and has always been part of India. And Lal Singh converted to Sikhism

[@gssainigamings]

Looks like Khalistanis

[@Smeaglehasabeard]

im so proud of being Punjabi.

[@Youcancallmeishmaell]

Internal conflicts won Europeans more conflicts than martial prowess and technology.

[@razpor]

Khalsas/Sikhs didn't just have sikh generals or fighters ,a huge part were the ally hill states like Dogras of Jammu , himachal sikh falling out with these hills states due to Jind kaur's constant court intrigue post Ranjit singh's death, was one of the main reason of their defeats. Had ranjit singh setup a clear succession plan,maybe all the drama could have been avoided

[@RealPersonGuyDude]

Most countries: *Try to win a war* The sikh empire: *_No_*

[@mannyshergill6867]

We’ll when the empire was under proper leadership they defeated the durrani empire/Afghanistan and Nepal. Hair Singh nalwa the best commander of the empire won between 20-22 battles

[@RealPersonGuyDude]

@@mannyshergill6867 cool

[@GeneralBradley101VA]

This makes me unreasonably angry.

[@bluebeastgamer7494]

I don't know how history would have been if the Sikh empire was not betrayed by there own men

[@tk-6967]

Things would be very different geopolitically. The colonial period would have been much longer probably.

[@harparm3313]

​@@tk-6967i would conquered half of india

[@spirosmakris7142]

in ancient Greece shit like this would always happen to athens . Especially when rome started conquering cities . "governors" would literally just take bribes , march out of the city with like the 200 most experienced soldiers the city had and then straight up lead them to an ambush where everyone would die . Hell this even happens in modern Greece as well

[@rutvikrs]

This is exactly why Indians think of Greeks as long lost cousins. We kept that city state thing going on. Alexander may have paid us a visit but haha we outlasted Hellenism. 😂😂

[@DrivewithMeBritain]

Most importantly us Sikhs are united today no matter what anyone thinks. ☬

[@moonknight3594]

Ur flag shows how united Sikhs are😅

[@DrivewithMeBritain]

Go to any gudwara and you will find we bow down united

[@moonknight3594]

@@DrivewithMeBritain under British rule !

[@assassincreed1238]

@@DrivewithMeBritain Sikh girls are converting to Islam inside Sikh schools in the uk 🇬🇧

[@man58652]

@@assassincreed1238wtf, don‘t talk about this issue. Those non sikhs will feel happiness reading this. Commenting it doesn‘t solve the problem if it‘s not topic in this video

[@maxlostchild7187]

Another amazing video.

[@lakhdeepsingh1983]

Thank you so much for making this video. Please make a video about "The Second Anglo-Sikh War" also.

[@randevsthirdeye]

How depressing. Made me appreciate Sikh history more. What tanks, stood up to the British and could only lose due to backstabbings. I wonder if the Sikh Empire will ever return, and if so, under “Khalistan”, would it survive as a state under new rule today?

[@ishusidhu3505]

I am a jatt sikh born and raised in punjab and I would identify myself as punjabi over indian, Khalistani because that movement is mostly led by religious people so they fail to attract most of the sikhs especially younger generation because we don’t want to live under theocracy And also in years sikh population even in Punjab would be a minority if it’s not already I like the sound of Republic of punjab way more that Khalistan

[@Madokaexe]

Not gonna happen, they had a chance and they lost it

[@santbhindranwalejidefanche8767]

​@@ishusidhu3505 what's a jatt Sikh? Sikhi doesn't have caste. When you become sikh, you leave your caste and become khalsa. A Singh. Are you amritdhari?

[@cashmoney8547]

@@ishusidhu3505 you’d never defeat the Indian army 😂 no matter how many tricks you try - from a Tamil 🐅

[@SunnySide388]

@@cashmoney8547 He never said anything about defeating the Indian army... Plus Sikhs are over represented in the Indian army anyway

[@yuvi8947]

This aches my heart to this day…