During the Tirah Campaign 0f 1878-79, Wazir Ali the Coffee shop wallah, survived an ambush and the manner...

One thing that fascinates me about history is how it links the past and present. If you stop...

It was one of, if not the most famous corps in the British India Army. Col. G.J. Younghusband...

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and its satellites broke away, thousands of surplus small arms appeared...

The 38 years (1801-1839) that Maharaja Ranjit Singh ruled witnessed the evolution of the Sikh Army from a...

There is a mystery about buried relics that excites the imagination and conjures up images of lost treasure...

The third and last part of the series on the artillery of the Sikh Army covers it employment...

In 1801 the Lahore Fort witnessed the investiture of Ranjit Singh as Maharaja of an Empire that he...

My first article on Ranjit Singh’s Topkhana focused on the development of guns for the Sikh artillery.

It was not unusual in the army of the East India Company and its successor for two or...

Most of us are aware of the name of the business magnate Syed Babar Ali and his family...

Many of you know about the Trump Wall, an expansion of the Mexico–United States barrier that started during...

Vale Hunting was one of the mounted sports that the British savoured in the sub-continent. There were over...

I have a collection of images of tablets, signposts and way markers that provides a varied and interesting...

When Lahore was occupied in 1846, the British and Native troops encamped outside the walled city in the...

One of my endearing memories is standing in the cupola of the tank talking on the wireless set...

EATING CURRIES IN LONDON July 22, 2025 Major General Syed Ali Hamid Curries had started appearing on the...