Siege of Gurdaspur
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.
| Battle of Gurdas Nangal | |||||||||
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| Part of Mughal-Sikh Wars | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Mughal Empire |
 Khalsa | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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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 † | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 100,000 | 4,000 | ||||||||
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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