Siege of Sirhind
Battle of sirhind or chhapar chiri | |||||||
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Part of Mughal-Sikh Wars | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Banda Bahadur 's Sikhs | Mughal Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Banda Singh Bahadur | Wazir Khan | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
500 | 3,000[3] |
The Siege of Sirhind was fought between the Mughals and Sikh forces in 1710. The Sikhs besieged and stormed the city of Sirhind,[2] and captured the city and quickly moved on to attack the Mughals at the Battle of Rahon. Wazir Khan was beheaded in the battle. [1]
Aftermath
When the Mughals captured back Sirhind from Banda's forces in 1716, the mughals ordered that all men, women, and children be executed. All residents of Sirhind, whether they were men, women, or children, were burned alive or slain.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b Jacques, Tony. Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5.
- ^ a b Jacques, p. 595
- ^ a b Syad Muhammad Latif (1964), History of the Panjab: From the Remotest Antiquity to Present Time, pp. 111–21