It commemorates murder of Patrick Alexander Vans Agnew (1822-1848) and Lieutenant William A. Anderson of the 1st.

Bombay Fusilier Regiment by followers of Dewan Mulraj, the Diwan of Multan.

This instigated the Second Anglo-Sikh War, which culminated in the British East India Company's conquest and annexation of the Punjab.

[2] The monument stands over the final resting place of Vans Agnew, a member of the Bengal civil service, and Lieutenant Anderson of the 1st Bombay Fusilier Regiment.

[2] The pair were dispatched, as Assistants to the Resident at Lahore Sir Henry Lawrence, to relieve Dewan Moolraj, Viceroy of Multan, of his fortress and duties at his behest.