Historical person
Chattar Singh Attariwalla
died 1855
Chattar Singh Attariwalla was a Sikh governor and rebel leader during the Second Anglo-Sikh War. His conflict with British authorities and coordination with his son Sher Singh helped turn local resistance into a wider uprising against British control.
Appointed governor of Hazara in 1848, Chattar Singh soon clashed with the British deputy commissioner James Abbott, who accused him of plotting against British authority. Although an inquiry by John Nicholson broadly vindicated Chattar Singh, the Lahore administration removed him and confiscated his estates. He then joined the anti-British rising, and after the Sikh defeat at Gujrat he and his sons were imprisoned and ultimately banished from Punjab; he died at Fort William in Calcutta in 1855.
In Amarpal Singh’s The Second Anglo-Sikh War, the siege of Multan is placed within the broader spread of resistance led by Sher Singh and Chattar Singh Attariwalla, and within the political calculations of Frederick Currie, the Lawrence brothers and Governor-General Dalhousie. Singh then follows Hugh Gough's northern campaign through Ramnagar, Sadullapur and the costly Battle of Chillianwala, before the fall of Multan released heavy artillery for the decisive victory at Gujrat.
Non Fiction
Non Fiction featuring Chattar Singh Attariwalla (1 book)
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