Battle of Delhi (1783)

The Battle of Delhi was fought between Sikh Khalsa and the Mughal Empire in 1783.[5]

Battle of Delhi 1783
Part of Mughal-Sikh Wars
Date11 March 1783
Location
Delhi
Result Sikh victory.[1][2][3][4]
Belligerents
Khalsa Mughal Empire
Commanders and leaders
Baghel Singh
Jassa Singh Ahluwalia
Jassa Singh Ramgarhia		 Shah Alam II

Background and battle

The Sikhs under Baghel Singh, leader of the Karorsinghia Misl, began raiding the outskirts of Delhi since 1764. On 11 March 1783 the combined army of Baghel Singh's misl with Jassa Singh Ahluwalia leading the Ahluwalia (misl) and Jassa Singh Ramgarhia leading the Ramgarhia misl defeated the Mughal army and captured Delhi.[5][1][6][7][8][9]

Aftermath
An equestrian statue of Sardar Jassa Singh Ramgarhia.

Sardar Jassa Singh Ramgarhia captured the Red Fort of Delhi in conjunction with Sardar Baghel Singh. He detached the throne of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb (on which he ordered the death of 9th guru Guru Teg Bahadur ji) and brought it on elephants and kept it at Golden Temple, Amritsar. Even today it is present at the Golden Temple known as Ramgarhia Bunga.[10][11][12]

See Also

Mughal slab from Delhi was roped with horse and beought to Amritsar in Punjab.[13][14]

  • Slab of Mughal throne placed in Bunga[15][16]

References
  1. Sethi, Jasbir Singh. Views and Reviews. ISBN 9788190825986.
  2. Louis E. Fenech; W. H. McLeod (2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-4422-3601-1.
  3. Singha, H. S, ed. (2000). The Encyclopedia of Sikhism. Hemkunt Press. ISBN 978-81-7010-301-1.
  4. Bhagata, Siṅgha (1993). A History of the Sikh Misals. Publication Bureau, Punjabi University. pp. 271–282. Baghel Singh, Baghel Singh took the leadership of karorisingha misl.
  5. Singha 2000, p. 26-27.
  6. Hari Ram Gupta, History of the Sikhs: Sikh Domination of the Mughal Empire, 1764–1803, second ed., Munshiram Manoharlal (2000) ISBN 978-8-12150-213-9
  7. Ram Gupta, History of the Sikhs: The Sikh Commonwealth or Rise and Fall of the Misls, rev. ed., Munshiram Manoharlal (2001) ISBN 978-8-12150-165-1
  8. Randhir, G.S (1990). Sikh Shrines in India. ISBN 9788123022604.
  9. Baba Baghel Singh Museum's paintings and their brief history - Page 53
  10. Singh, Pashaura; Barrier, Norman Gerald (1999). Sikh Identity: Continuity and Change. Manohar. p. 264. ISBN 978-81-7304-236-2.
  11. http://sikhchic.com/article-detail.php?id=2532&cat=14
  12. http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/heritage/Amritsar/Amritsar.htm
  13. http://sikhchic.com/article-detail.php?id=2532&cat=14
  14. http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/heritage/Amritsar/Amritsar.htm
  15. http://sikhchic.com/article-detail.php?id=2532&cat=14
  16. http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/heritage/Amritsar/Amritsar.htm

Sources

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