Exploring and learning about the history of tallest victory tower in India

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Hope everyone is fine and doing good.
I'm hare to show you around the tallest victory tower of India named as Fateh Burj.

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This is the tallest victory tower in India and it is located at Chapar chiri village near Landran in Punjab representing the victory of Sikh worrior Baba Banda Singh Bahadur over Mughal governor Wazir Khan.

Chapar chiri is a small village located in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district Punjab , India. This village is famous because of Fateh Burj with its increadible architecture.
Burj means tower and this tower is also known as Buba Banda Singh Bahadur war memorial.

The battle of Chapar Chiri was fought on 12th May 1710.

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The architecture of Fateh Burj is increadible and represents the three battle fought at Chapar Chiri.

The Burj consist of three stories at the height of 67feet, 117feet and 220feet which represents the victory of three battle fought at Chapar Chiri village.

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The tower is 328 feet tall and is dedicated to establishing the Sikh rules in India in 1711.

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In 1710, Baba Banda Singh Bahadur won the battle against Wazir Khan . Wazir Khan had planned to stop the march of the Sikh army to sirhind and established his capital at Lohagarh.

This tower was established in 2011 and it is the main tourist attractions at this small village of Bahadur Sikhs.

This place also have statues of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur and his five generals who while standing on the mounds were commanding the Khalsa army.

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There were boards on these mounds written in Punjabi and English which gives the detailed information about every single general involved in the battle.

Along with all these sculptures and tallest tower a beautiful pond was also there with orange colour fishes in it.

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It was a great experience for me and my friend we enjoyed a lot and also clicked some
pictures

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That's all for today. I hope this is an informative blog and thank you so much for your precious time.
See you soon.

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