Amarpal Singh

Amarpal Singh was born in Punjab and later moved to the UK. He spent over twenty years working in the software industry before turning to his real interest, military history, and the exploration and analysis of battlefields. His two books on the Anglo-Sikh wars have been very well received. Amarpal has appeared and collaborated on history programmes for several TV channels. He currently lives in London with his wife and two sons. His other interests include the later Roman Empire, Byzantium, the Ottoman Empire and the Second World War.

He has written three books: The First Anglo-Sikh War, The Second Anglo-Sikh War, and The Siege of Delhi.

Praise for Books by Amarpal Singh:

‘The Siege of Delhi is that old-fashioned thing: a confirmed page-turner. Amarpal Singh’s scene-by-scene, blow-by-blow account of Delhi during the 1857 revolt brings before our eyes the chaos, the complexity, the drama, the contradictions and much else that characterized the Great Rebellion. In granular detail, but without losing sight of higher dynamics, he reconstructs the fall of the Mughal capital, and what was at stake both for the British and their Indian opponents. Vividly reconstructed and gripping in its pace, The Siege of Delhi is a must-read.’ – Manu S. Pillai, historian and author of The Ivory Throne and Rebel Sultans

‘The four summer months of 1857 when Delhi, called the heart of Hindustan, was the centre of the Uprising were a turning point in the history of the Indian subcontinent. On Delhi depended the survival of the Mughal Empire and the East India Company. The Siege of Delhi describes the period with a sense of urgency and with painstaking details, based on contemporary and primary accounts, in an engaging narrative that offers new insights and information.’ – Rana Safvi, author of the Where Stones Speak trilogy on Delhi

‘A meticulous portrait of a city left to the mercy of the eclipsing Mughal court on the one hand and surmounting British authority on the other. Written with clarity and depth, it is Amarpal Singh’s extensive knowledge of military history that enlivens The Siege of Delhi. A valuable addition to the literature on the 1857 mutiny.’ – Aanchal Malhotra, author of Remnants of a Separation and oral historian