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Saragarhi - The Last Stand - Extra History (Patreon)

Published:
2017-08-05 07:18:52
Edited:
2018-05-15 02:28:18
Imported:
2022-01

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Twenty one men in the 36th Sikhs Regiment stand against thousands of attackers, prepared to make their final stand. 

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Saragarhi - The Last Stand - Extra History

A humble signal station manned by only twenty one Sikh officers of the British Empire finds itself beset by 10,000 attackers. There is no hope for relief, but even knowing it will come at the cost of their lives, the Sikhs refuse to stand down. Support us on Patreon! http://bit.ly/EHPatreon (--More below) Grab your Extra Credits gear at the store! http://bit.ly/ExtraStore Subscribe for new episodes every Saturday! http://bit.ly/SubToEC _________ Thanks for participating in this week's discussion! We want you to be aware of our community posting guidelines so that we can have high-quality conversations: https://goo.gl/HkzwQh Contribute community subtitles to Extra Credits: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UCCODtTcd5M1JavPCOr_Uydg&tab=2 ___________ Play games with us on Extra Play! http://bit.ly/WatchEXP Talk to us on Twitter (@ExtraCreditz): http://bit.ly/ECTweet Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage Get our list of recommended games on Steam: http://bit.ly/ECCurator ____________ ♪ Get the intro music here! http://bit.ly/1EQA5N7 *Music by Demetori: http://bit.ly/1AaJG4H ♪ Get the outro music here! http://bit.ly/23isQfx *Music by Sean and Dean Kiner: http://bit.ly/1WdBhnm

Comments

Anonymous

Extra Delays ~ coming soon to a Patreon Creator Page near you! 😉 More seriously hopefully you will be Back to your Normal schedule soon.

Anonymous

Why the sorry? It's your Patreon in the end. Besides, as long as you deliver who can complain? Ah yes! At times the small things are the ones that make the most impact. The only question after that is; can those whom the sacrificed have given their lives for let their sacrifice go to waste or honor it by building upon their legacy?

Michael Waisfeld

As I recall Alexander beat Besus. There was a nice video about it on the BazBattles channel

Anonymous

Isn't that graveyard of Empires thing a bit of a myth (in comparison to elsewhere and how bad the losses were, it's not like the struggles did not happen).

Anonymous

Good video! I just have a question: What made this group of soldiers so particularly loyal to the British Empire when so many other groups were rebelling? Thanks for posting

Anonymous
>>6526993

The Sikhs in general were loyal to the Empire, after their own (failed) rebellion. They were respected and treated fairly well by the British, and were famed for their courage in battle. Sikhism, at least to my understanding, is a militant religion - but which emphasises peace and harmony.

Anonymous

Absolutely amazing work of art. Thank you very much.

Anonymous

Brilliant episode and surprisingly moving. That company of Sikh soldiers put one in mind of a group of Spartan soldiers some 2500 years before. Every one a hero.

Anonymous

Isn't it true that Singh, the name each Sikh male adopts upon reaching adulthood means "lion"? If so then this was a sacrifice of 21 lions.

Anonymous

I question why the Sikhs were so loyal to the British. These were the people who invaded and subjugated their country, and yet they're willing to lay down their lives to expand their power? Is this an example of colaborating with one's enemy?

Anonymous
>>6530883

History and empires are not so black and white. India was hardly unified nor peaceful before the British arrived, and the Sikhs suffered much discrimination and atrocities at the hands of the Mughals and Afghan Muslims. The Sikhs were hugely loyal to the British because they improved their overall standard of living AND were a helpful ally against their regional enemies.

Anonymous

How was such a small group able to fight against such a large one? Was it the fortifications, better equipment, better training?

Anonymous
>>6536199

Sikhs are a warrior culture, and they are generally highly trained and highly disciplined. On top of that, their communications post was fairly well fortified and on highly advantageous ground.

Katerina

Nice one!

Porcupine

I'm wondering - if the delay caused by holding the signaling post was substantially important for the fort on the hill, why did the attackers bother to take the post instead of immediately going for the fort with better chances? It's pretty obvious they wouldn't have had to worry much about the men from the post, as those would have not amounted to much of a threat in such small numbers _outside_ their fortified post...

Anonymous
>>6543190

They might not have - but they were in a position to relay messages from one fort to the other. The signal post itself might not be much threat, and the fort they were signalling couldn't spare men to reinforce it... but I'm willing to be that had one fort been attacked, a signal would have been sent to the other for reinforcements. That one likely would have been answered, as the second fort would be a more important location (and they could know their own fort wouldn't be attacked - all the enemies were busy with the other one after all).

Anonymous

Loving your stuff working on getting support too thanks for the inspiration total awesome !

Anonymous

Finally, some Indian history to soothe me soul.

ExtraCredits
>>6524988

We hope so too! We're striving to get back on track by the time this week's Lies episode comes around, but should that fail, we're pretty sure we'll have it together by the start of Great Northern War.

ExtraCredits
>>6525182

Well, I like to keep folks up to date! It can be disappointing when an episode is late, especially if your timezone means that "late episode" means "I have to go bed and can't watch this today at all." I understand that can be frustrating so I do want to let people know and not keep them up late hoping!

ExtraCredits
>>6525917

Oh, eventually Alexander did make it through Afghanistan, but he had a hell of a time. The Afghan Campaign by Steven Pressfield, while historical fiction rather than straight-up history, is a good place to dip your toe into that.

ExtraCredits
>>6526680

I'm afraid I do not know that off the top of my head! If James was wrong, we can all tease him.