Siege of Gurdaspur

Battle of Gurdas Nangal
Part of Mughal-Sikh Wars
Date1715
LocationGurdaspur, Punjab
Result Mughal Victory.[1] Banda singh bahadur was captured alive along with other followers after 8 months of siege.
Belligerents
Mughal Empire Khalsa
Commanders and leaders
Abdus Samad Khan Bahadur
Qamar-ud-Din Khan Bahadur
Zakariya Khan Bahadur
Zain ud-din Ahmad Khan
Muhammad Amin Khan Turani
Banda

The Siege of Gurdaspur of 1715 was a major campaign of the new Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar in present-day India.

Aftermath

Banda and his followers were then taken to Delhi and executed by 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

  1. Jacques, Tony. Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 421. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5.
  2. Frances Pritchett. "XIX. A Century of Political Decline: 1707-1803". Columbia.edu. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  3. Sagoo, Harbans (2001). Banda Singh Bahadur and Sikh Sovereignty. Deep & Deep Publications.
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