Jamrud
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
The fort at the eastern mouth of the Khyber Pass, built by the Sikh Empire in 1836 to hold the pass against Afghan forces. Hari Singh Nalwa died defending it in 1837 — the furthest north-west any Punjab-based power had held that frontier in centuries.
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People connected: Hari Singh Nalwa, Maharaja Ranjit Singh
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- Khushwant Singh. A History of the Sikhs, Volume 1: 1469–1839. Oxford University Press (2004). The chapters on the Afghan frontier
- Harbans Singh (ed.). The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism. Punjabi University, Patiala. Entries on Jamrud and Hari Singh Nalwa