Anglo-Sikh War Memorial, Ferozeshah

The Anglo-Sikh War Memorial, a museum of the wars, lies off Moga Road at Ferozeshah in Firozpur district, Punjab. The Punjab government built it to honour the soldiers who died fighting the British at Mudki and Ferozeshah in December 1845, Sabraon in February 1846 and Chillianwala in January 1849. It occupies a 2-hectare plot where one of those battles was fought, near the Sirhind Feeder on the banks of the Rajasthan Canal.

Work began in 1972 under M. S. Randhawa, and Harbinder Singh Chopra of Punjab Agricultural University designed the three-storeyed building. Giani Zail Singh laid the foundation on 11 February 1973, and the memorial opened in April 1976. Inside are murals, portraits and battle scenes by Jaswant Singh and Kirpal Singh; Kirpal Singh's four battle canvases, each 10 by 20 ft, took three years and are among the largest paintings made in India. Bronze inscriptions and weapons of the wars, given from the Patiala museum, are also on show.