| Battle of Gurdas Nangal | |||||||||
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 Mughal Empire |
 Khalsa | ||||||||
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Farrukh-Sīyar Abd-ul-Samād Khān Chin Qilich Khan Zakariyyā Khān Amīn Khān Zain-ud-Dīn Ahmad Khān |
Bandā Singh Bahādur   Bāj Singh Binod Singh | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 100,000-400,000[2] |
4,000 Swords:1,000 Shields: 278 Small kirpans: 217 Matchlocks: 180 Bows and arrow cases: 173 Daggers: 114 Silver rupees: 600 Gold mohars: 23 Gold ornaments: a few[3] | ||||||||
The siege of Gurdaspur was a major campaign of the new Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar in present-day India in 1715.
Aftermath
Banda Singh 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.[4][5]
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.
- ↑ Rattan Singh Bhangu (2006). Sri Gur Panth Prakash Volume 1. p. 387.
- ↑ Gupta, Hari Ram (1978). History of the Sikhs: Evolution of Sikh Confederacies (1708-69). Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. p. 52. ISBN 9788121502481.
- ↑ 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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