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    Battle Of Firoz Shah – History Notes – For W.B.C.S. Examination.

    ফিরোজ শাহের যুদ্ধ – ইতিহাস নোট – WBCS পরীক্ষা।

    Battle of Firoz Shah, (Dec. 21–22, 1845), conflict between the Sikhs and the British at Firoz Shah, on the Punjab Plain, northern India. It was the first of two decisive battles in the First Sikh War, 1845–46. A British force of about 18,000 men under Sir Hugh Gough attacked a Sikh army of 35,000 under Lal Singh in late afternoon. After a near repulse and a night of peril, the British achieved victory in the morning at a cost of about 2,400 casualties compared with about 8,000 Sikh casualties. Gough was criticized for his costly frontal attacks but went on to win final victory of the war at the Battle of Sobraon on Feb. 10, 1846.Continue Reading Battle Of Firoz Shah – History Notes – For W.B.C.S. Examination.

    Firozpur, also spelled Ferozepore, city, western Punjab state, northwestern India. It is located in the Malwa Plains, about 5 miles (8 km) east of the border with Pakistan.

    Firozpur was founded by Fīrūz Shah Tughluq in the 14th century. It fell under British rule in 1835 and became a British outpost, and it was involved in the First Sikh War (1845–46). The city lies at a major junction of rail lines between India and Pakistan and is a trade centre and an agricultural market. It is walled and is encompassed by a circular road, with wide, well-paved main streets. Its industries include processing of agricultural products, manufacturing, weaving, and the making of confections. Firozpur has several colleges.

    A cantonment 2 miles (3.2 km) south contains administrative offices and an airfield. The surrounding region consists of level alluvial terrain crisscrossed by irrigation canals, which are necessary because of the semiarid climate. Principal crops are wheat, cotton, gram (chickpeas), oilseeds, and millet.

    Punjab Plain, large alluvial plain in northwestern India. It has an area of about 38,300 square miles (99,200 square km) and covers the states of Punjab and Haryana and the union territory of Delhi, except for the Shahdara zone. It is bounded by the Siwalik (Shiwalik) Range to the north, the Yamuna River to the east, the arid zone of Rajasthan state to the south, and the Ravi and Sutlej rivers to the northwest and southwest, respectively.

    The geologic origin of the plain is Paleogene and Neogene (i.e., between about 65 and 2.6 million years ago)—except in the extreme south—its surface having been built up by the silting action of meandering streams. The plain is slightly undulating, sloping from 2,140 feet (650 metres) in the northeast to 700 feet (200 metres) in the southeast. The Ravi, Beas, Sutlej, and Yamuna are perennial rivers. Subtropical thorn forests grow in the southeast, and subtropical dry deciduous forests are found in the submontane region in the north.

    Agriculture is the mainstay of the region’s economy, and most of the plain is farmed; cereals, cotton, sugarcane, and oilseeds are grown. Most of the region is crisscrossed by irrigation canals. Large-scale industries centred in Delhi, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, and Chandigarh produce a variety of goods, including textiles, bicycle parts, machine tools, agricultural implements, sporting goods, rosin, turpentine, and varnish.

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