Schoolchildren pay tributes at the memorial of the Sikh warrior, General Sham Singh Attari, in Amritsar on Friday. Sunil Kumar

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, February 10

Residents of border villages paid rich tributes to legendary Sikh General Sham Singh Attari on his 171st martyrdom day at his village and memorial at Gateway of India in the Naraingarh area here today.Deputy General Officer Commanding of 15 infantry division Sushil Sharma was the chief guest on the occasion. He paid floral tributes to the Sikh General at Sham Singh Attari statue. Among others, the members of Sham Singh Attari clan, Col Kuldeep Singh Sidhu and Col Harinder Singh, were also present on the occasion. The Punjab Police jawans paid tributes by reversing their arms.Meanwhile, a martyrdom-day programme was also held at Sham Singh Attari Memorial at Attari.The legendary General sacrificed his life during the first Anglo-Sikh war.

ATTARIWALA REMEMBERED

The army paying tributes to Shaheed Sardar Sham Singh Attariwala at his memorial near India Gate on the Amritsar­Attari road. Attariwala led the Sikh army after Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s death, attaining martyrdom in the 1849 Anglo­Sikh war.