Shopian
Battle of 1819 that brought the Kashmir valley into the Sikh Empire.
Shopian is a town at the southern end of the Kashmir valley, where the old Mughal road from the Punjab over the Pir Panjal enters the valley.
On 3 July 1819 the Sikh army defeated the Afghan governor Jabbar Khan here and entered Srinagar two days later, ending five centuries of Muslim rule in Kashmir.
Shopian is now known for its apple orchards.
People
Sher-e-Punjab, the Lion of Punjab. United the misls into the Sikh Empire, ruled from Lahore for forty years and covered the Harmandir Sahib in gold.
Commander-in-chief of the Sikh army on the north-west frontier. Governed Kashmir and Peshawar and died holding Jamrud against the Afghans.
Artillery commander who rose from clerk to general and led the storming of Multan in 1818 and the conquest of Kashmir in 1819.