Battle of Amritsar (1757)

The Battle of Amritsar was fought between Durrani Empire and Sikh Misls of Dal Khalsa on 11 November 1757.[1]

Battle of Amritsar
Part of Indian Campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani
Date11 November 1757
Location
a village named Goharwar near Amritsar
Result Sikh victory[1][2]
Belligerents
Shaheedan Misl Durrani Empire
Commanders and leaders
Baba Deep Singh
Strength
said to outnumber the Durrani forces[1] outnumbered by Sikh forces[1]
Casualties and losses
Sikh leader Baba Deep Singh killed.[2] General Jamal Khan was killed.[3]
Timur Shah suffered serious injuries and fled.[3]

The Battle

Ahmad Shah Durrani was returning back to Afghanistan after sacking Delhi in January 1757, but on the way his army was attacked by Baba Deep Singh. Shah sent his son Timur Shah Durrani to chastise the Sikhs. A battle was fought at the village Gohawar where the Sikhs drove off the Afghans. Baba Deep Singh, the leader of the Sikhs, was martyred.[4]

See also

Jaspat Rai

References
  1. Lansford 2017, p. 20.
  2. Jacques 2006, p. 400.
  3. Singha 2000, p. 107.
  4. Hoernle & Stark 1906, p. 113.

Sources
  • Grewal, J.S. (1990). The Sikhs of the Punjab. Cambridge University Press. p. 91. ISBN 0-521-63764-3. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  • Hoernle, August Friedrich Rudolf; Stark, Herbert Alick (1906). A history of India. Orissa Mission Press. p. 113. Ahmad Shah Abdali fourth.
  • Jacques, Tony (2006). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 400. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
  • Lansford, Tom (2017). Afghanistan at War: From the 18th-Century Durrani Dynasty to the 21st Century. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781598847604.
  • Singha, H. S (2000). The encyclopedia of Sikhism (over 1000 entries). Hemkunt Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-81-7010-301-1. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
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