British troops defeat the Sikh army at the Battle of Aliwal in northern India
In northern India, British troops contracted by the East India Company defeat the Sikh army at the Battle of Aliwal, a major turning point in the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-1846). (By Brian Bockelman)
Source Citation
Neville Williams, ed., Chronology of World History, vol. 3 (Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 1999), 239.