"Sikh" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... unless the inspectors have reason to believe or suspect deception. Gangs of coolies in livery, each wearing a brass tag with his number, stood by ready to seize the baggage and carry it to the hotel wagons, which stood outside, where we followed it and directed by a polite Sikh policeman, took the first carriage in line. Everything was conducted in a most orderly manner. There was no confusion, no jostling and no excitement, which indicates that the Bombay officials have correct notions of what is proper and ...
— Modern India • William Eleroy Curtis
... bearing on their right, another on their left, and all the intermediate ground covered with riflemen. The guns were charged and forced through, the forces drawn up in rear were overpowered. They then had to turn, and, retiring up hill, ran through the same gauntlet. In the Sikh war, at the battle of Ferozeshah, the 3d Light Dragoons charged the enemy's entrenchments at a point defended by some of their heaviest batteries. When within 250 yards the regiment moved at speed under ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 • Various
... Sikh, the Chinese, and, above all, the European. Rangoon has an enormous trade; I wonder what you ...
— The Road to Mandalay - A Tale of Burma • B. M. Croker |
