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| Keywords: Outpost of Rhodawala.jpg en Artist Hardinge Charles Stewart 1822 - 1894 Medium Lithograph Date 1847 Plate 8 from Recollections of India Part 1 British India and the Punjab by James Duffield Harding 1797-1863 after Charles Stewart Hardinge 1822-1894 the eldest son of the first Viscount Hardinge the Governor General This depicts the ouptost in advance of Rhodawala During the First Anglo-Sikh War 1845-46 platforms were built into these trees by Sikh soldiers so that sentries could watch the movement of British troops at Rhodawala However the British took possession of this outpost in February 1845 According to Charles Hardinge the troops could hear the light song and rolling note of the 'nukaruh' kettle drum at night 1847 http //www bl uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019xzz000007381u00008000 html Hardinge Charles Stewart 1822 - 1894 PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Kettle drums First Anglo-Sikh War Soldiers of India in art 1847 lithographs 1847 in India Trees in art of India | ||||
