Siege of Gurdaspur
| Battle of Gurdas Nangal | |||||||||
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 Mughal Empire |
 Khalsa | ||||||||
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Abd al-Samad Khan Chin Qilich Khan Zakariya Khan Bahadur Zain ud-Din Ahmed Khan Muhammad Amin Khan Turani |
Banda Singh Bahadur  Baj Singh Binod Singh † | ||||||||
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| 100,000 | 4,000 | ||||||||
The Siege of Gurdaspur of 1715 was a major campaign initiated by the new Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar in the Punjab region to capture and put an end to Banda Singh Bahadur's empire.
Aftermath
Banda and his followers were captured alive and then taken to Delhi and executed under the orders of Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar in the year 1716, along with a large number of Sikhs who were rounded up by the Mughal army from villages and towns on the march back to Delhi.[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ Jacques, Tony (2006). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 421. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26.
- ^ Frances Pritchett. "XIX. A Century of Political Decline: 1707-1803". Columbia.edu. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
- ^ Sagoo, Harbans (2001). Banda Singh Bahadur and Sikh Sovereignty. Deep & Deep Publications. ISBN 9788176293006.
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