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The Jamrud
Fort is
located
beside Bab-e-Khyber at
the
entrance
to
the Khyber
Pass from
the Peshawar side
in
the
tribal
districts
of KPK, Pakistan.
In
October
1836,
Jamrud
was
lost
by
the Afghan Durrani
Empire and
conquered
by
the Sikh
Empire.
Sardar Hari
Singh
Nalwa (1791-1837),
the
well-known
Sikh
general,
proposed
to
build
a
big
fort
at
Jamrud.
The
proposal
was
opposed;
nevertheless
the
foundation
of
the
fort
that
has
survived
was
laid
by
General
Hari
Singh
Nalwa
on
6 Poh 1893
Sambat
(18
December
1836)
and
the
construction
was
completed
in
54
days. "Jamrud...noted
for
its
fort
built
with
10
feet
(3
m)
thick
walls
c.1836
by
the
Sikh
Hari
Singh
Nalwa,
one
of Ranjit
Singh's
generals,
was
originally
named
Fatehgarh
to
commemorate
the
Sikh
victory
over
the
disunited
tribes."
Early
in
1837,
the Sandhawalia Jat ruler
Maharaja Ranjit
Singh's
(1790-1839)
grandson,
Prince Nau
Nihal
Singh,
was
to
be
married.
Hari
Singh
Nalwa
sent
his
forces
to
Lahore
for
this
historic
celebration.
At
this
time,
Mr
Fast,
an
Englishman,
previously
in
the
service
of
the
British
India
Government,
passed
through
Jamrud
on
his
way
to Kabul.
En
route
he
encountered
Mohammad
Akbar
Khan,
son
of Dost
Mohammad
Khan.
When
Akbar
Khan
learnt
that
the
fort
at
Jamrud
was
unprotected,
he
decided
to
attack.
The
battle
between
the
Afghans
and
the
Sikhs
was
fought
on
30
April
1837.
The
loss
suffered
in
this
battle
by
the
Sikhs
was
indeed
heavy.
Hari
Singh
Nalwa
had
sent
out
an
appeal
for
help
to
the Maharaja to
dispatch
reinforcements
from Lahore post
haste,
however
his
letter
was
not
forwarded
to
the
Maharaja
by
the Dogra chiefs.
Reinforcements
could
not
reach
in
time
and
Nalwa
laid
down
his
life
in
the
battlefield.
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