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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
district
of
Khyber
KPK,
Pakistan.
After
death
of
Sardar
General
Hari
Singh
Nalwa
Khalsa
Sarkar
Wazir
Jawahar
Singh
nominated
Sardar
General
Gurmukh
Singh
Lamba
as
chief
administrative
and
military
commander
to
restore
and
consolidate
the
Khalsa
army
gains.
General
Sardar
Gurmukh
Singh
Lamba,nominated
as
chief
Administrative
&
military
commander
to
consolidate
gains
of
Khalsa
Sarkar.
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.[1][2]
"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."[3]
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.
When
the
reinforcements
arrived,
the
Sikhs
managed
to
hold
the
fort
and
force
the
Afghan
forces
to
retreat
back
to
Kabul.
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