Gurudwara Saragarhi, Amritsar, no date

Photoraph, Amritsar, no date.

The Gurudwara Saragarhi in Amritsar is a memorial to the men of the 36th (Sikh) Regiment of Bengal Infantry who died at Saragarhi in 1897. It was opened in 1904 and was one of three memorials raised to commemorate the battle. The other two are at the battle site and Ferozepore. The Amritsar memorial was designed by Bhai Ram Singh (1858-1916) and built in 1902.

On 12 September 1897, during the Tirah Force Expedition, 21 soldiers of the 36th (Sikh) Regiment of Bengal Infantry fought a desperate last ditch stand to defend a British outpost at Saragarhi. Rather than surrender to an overwhelming force of hostile Afghan tribesmen, the soldiers fought to the death. The defenders were all posthumously awarded the Indian Order of Merit.