In the year 1897, during the time that the British Empire is trying to infiltrate Afghanistan after having conquered most of India, Havildar Ishar Singh is sent to Fort Saragarhi as punishment for always conflicting with his British officers. There, 20 unruly and undisciplined Sikh soldiers await him. It is these 20 men that he leads into the Battle of Saragarhi, to fight off the army of 10,000 Afghani Pathans that turn up at the fort.