Zorawar and his men meet the Tibetan…
December 1841 CE
In the early exchange of fire the Rajput general is wounded in his right shoulder, but he grabs a sword in his left hand.
The Tibetan horsemen now charges the Dogra position and one of them thrusts his lance in Zorawar Singh’s chest.
Wounded and unable to escape he is pulled down off his horse and beheaded
The battle marks the end of the invasion.
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Groups
Balti people
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Chinese (Han) people
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Tibetan people
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Ladakh, Kingdom of
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Sikhs
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Chinese Empire, Qing (Manchu) Dynasty
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East India Company, British (United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies)
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Tibet under Qing rule
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India, East India Company rule in
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Nepal, Shah Kingdom of
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Sikh Empire
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Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
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Punjab, Sikh Kingdom of the
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