It was a warm day on the 23rd of August 1823. British troops from all over India were headed towards the battlefield via the rugged mountains of Ambela. The opponents were the Yusufzai Tribesmen. On one hand was a renowned Military Officer, Sir Nevile Chamberlain and on the other was a Darwesh, Hazrat Akhund Abdul Ghafoor Sahib of Swat. The British army had hand picked the best of its men from throughout India to crush the Frontier resistance movement such that even the Punjab Governor's personal bodyguards comprising of only 24 men were selected. . . . Read More