30 April in Hindu history
30 April 183730 April 1837
Hari Singh Nalwa falls at Jamrud
The Sikh empire’s great general, who had held the Khyber frontier against the Afghans, is mortally wounded defending Jamrud. The Afghans failed to take the fort.
Battle of Jamrud
Dost Mohammad Khan sent his army down the Khyber to retake Peshawar; Hari Singh Nalwa, the Sikh governor of the frontier, rode out from Peshawar to relieve the besieged fort of Jamrud and died there.