When spring thawed the frozen battlefields, Zorawar struck again. In April 1835, he led a surprise dawn attack on the Ladakhi camp at Langkartse, completely catching the enemy off-guard.

Gajraj Singh as a seven-foot-tall warrior in his twenties who led 90,000 kinsmen into battle; it is said he fought 29 battles with Mir Baqi’s army and fell in the 30th assault.

The spark of revolt against British rule – lit by Mangal Pandey’s defiance at Barrackpore and the mutiny in Meerut – spread like wildfire across North India.

For a short time, he even took control of parts of Pune, showing he was serious about kicking the British out.

Now, what about the two men who’d brought so much pain to Jallianwala Bagh—Dyer and O’Dwyer? Their masks of glory didn’t last long.