List of battles between Mughals and Sikhs
This is a list of battles and campaigns between Mughal and Sikh armies, which started with the martyrdom of the fifth Sikh guru, Guru Arjan Dev in 1606, on the orders of Jahangir. Guru Hargobind Sahib, the sixth Sikh guru, introduced the militarization to Sikhi. In response to his father's execution, he established the Akal Sena and fought several battles against the Mughal army and defeated them. Later, the ninth Sikh guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur, was also executed on the orders of Aurangzeb in 1675, after he refused to convert to Islam. Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and last human Sikh guru, started the Khalsa tradition and fought further battles against the Mughals and their allies. Before Guru Gobind Singh's passing in 1708, he appointed his newly converted Sikh, Banda Singh Bahadur as the leader of the Khalsa Fauj and ordered him to go fight in Punjab. Banda Singh Bahadur fought further battles against the Mughal's and their allies and established the first Khalsa Rule in 1710 but was captured in 1715 and executed in 1716. After this, the Sikhs later reorganized themselves into Misls creating the Dal Khalsa which fought further battles against the Mughals under the leadership of Nawab Kapur Singh, Jassa Singh Ahluwalia and other Misl leaders. The Dal Khalsa was victorious in the last major battle in 1783 with a few smaller fights happening until the conflict ended in 1788. The Sikhs were victorious against the Mughals and consolidated rule over Punjab.
Battles
Name Of Conflict (Time) |
Belligerents | Opponents | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|
Battle of Rohilla (1621) |
Akal Sena | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Sangrana (1628) | Akal Sena | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Amritsar (1634) |
Akal Sena | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Lahira (1634) |
Akal Sena | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Kartarpur (1635) |
Akal Sena | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Phagwara (1635) | Akal Sena | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Nangal Gujjran (1635) | Akal Sena | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory[1] |
Battle of Kiratpur (1638) | Akal Sena | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Sutlej (1652) | Akal Sena | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Kiratpur (1658) | Akal Sena | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Nadaun (1691) |
Akal Sena, Chandel of Kahlur | Mughal Empire | Combined victory of Sikhs and Chandel of Kahlur |
Battle of Anandpur (1695) | Akal Sena | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Guler (1696) | Akal Sena | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Anandpur (1700) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire, Sivalik Hills Raja's | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Nirmohgarh (1702) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Basoli (1702)[2] |
Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
First battle of Chamkaur (1702) |
Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire, Raja's of Sivalik Hills | Khalsa victory |
Siege of Bassi Kalan (1703) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
First Battle of Anandpur (1704) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire Raja's of Sivalik Hills | Khalsa victory |
Second Siege of Anandpur (1704) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire Raja's of Sivalik Hills | Combined victory of Mughals and Hill Rajas
|
Battle of Sarsa (1704) |
Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire, Sivalik Hills Raja's | Combined victory of Mughals and Hill Rajas
|
Battle of Shahi Tibbi (1704) |
Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire, Sivalik Hills Raja's | Khalsa victory
|
Battle of Chamkaur (1704)[4][5][6][7] | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire Raja's of Sivalik Hills | Mughal victory
|
Third battle of Anandpur (1704) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Mughal victory
|
Battle of Muktsar (1705) |
Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory
|
Battle of Jajau (1707) [8][9][10][11] |
Bahadur Shah I | Muhammad Azam | Bahadur Shah victory
|
Battle of Chittorgarh (1708) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Mughal victory
|
Battle of Amritsar (1709) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Sonipat (1709)[12] |
Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory
|
Battle of Karnal (1709) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Kaithal (1709) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Ghuram (1709) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Sanaur (1709) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Thaska (1709) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Dhamala (1709) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Kunjpura (1709) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Thanesar (1709) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Panipat (1709) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Shahabad (1709) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Mustafabad (1709) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Ambala (1709) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Samana (1709) |
Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory
|
Battle of Kapuri (1709) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Sadhaura (1710)[13][14][12][15] |
Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory
|
Battle of Ropar (1710) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Chappar Chiri (1710) |
Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory
|
Siege of Sirhind (1710) |
Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory
|
Battle of Banur (1710) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Chhat (1710) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Buria (1710) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Saharanpur (1710) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Behat (1710) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Ambheta (1710) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Nanautu (1710) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Jalalabad (1710) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Mughal victory |
Battle of Muzaffarnagar (1710) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Bharath (1710) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Mughal victory |
Siege of Kotla Begum (1710) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Bhilowal (1710) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Rahon (1710) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Kalanaur (1710) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Batala (1710) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Pathankot (1710) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Thanesar (1710) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Mughal victory |
Siege of Lohgarh (1710) |
Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Mughal victory |
Battle of Bahrampar (1711) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory
|
Battle of Hoshiarpur (1711) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Mughal victory |
Battle of Kalanaur (1711) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Batala (1711) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Aurangabad (1711) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Pasrur (1711) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Jammu (1712) |
Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Mughal victory |
Battle of Sadhaura (1712) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Lohgarh (1712) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Siege of Sadhaura (1713) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Mughal victory
|
Battle of Lohgarh (1713) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Mughal victory
|
Battle of Kiri Pathan (1714) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Ropar (1714) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Mughal victory
|
Battle of Batala (1715) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Kalanaur (1715) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Siege of Gurdaspur (1715) |
Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Mughal victory
|
Massacre of the Sikhs (1716) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Mughal victory |
Battle of Wan (1726) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Mughal victory |
Battle of Thikriwala (1731) | Khalsa Fauj | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Sunam (1735) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Sirhind (1735) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Basarke (1736) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Amritsar (1738) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Samad Khan's expedition against the Sikhs (1738) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Sarai Nurdin (1739) | Bhai Bota Singh and Bhai Garja Singh | Mughal Empire | Mughal victory
|
Battle of Rorī Sahib (1746) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory
|
Battle of Kahnuwan (1746) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Mughal victory |
Battle of Kasur (1747) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Mughal victory |
Battle of Sodhra and Badra (1748) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Battle of Khanpur (1748) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Siege of Amritsar (1748) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Khalsa victory |
Siege of Ram Rauni
(1748-1749) |
Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Multan (1749) | Kaura Mal Dal Khalsa |
Shah Nawaz Khan | Kaura Mal and Sikh victory |
Battle of Jalandhar (1750) | Dallewalia Misl | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Nadaun (1752) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Anandpur (1753) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Lahore (1753) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory
|
Battle of Fatehabad (1753) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Patti (1754) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Delhi (1764) | Bharatpur State | Mughal Empire | Bharatpur and Sikh victory |
Sikh raids on Delhi (1764-1788) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire and Allies | Sikh victory |
Battle of Panipat (1766) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Sonipat (1766) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Karnal (1767) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Ghazi-U-Din-Nagar (1768) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Anupshahar (1768) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Fourth Battle of Panipat (1770) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire and Rohillas | Sikh victory |
Attack on Delhi (1770) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Siege of Kunjpura (1772) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire, Durrani Empire and Maratha Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Multan (1772) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire and Durrani Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Nanatutu (1773) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Shahdara (1774) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Siege of Kangra
(1774) |
Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Attack on Delhi (1774) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Paharganj (1775) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Jaisinghpur (1775) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Attack on Delhi
(1776) |
Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Siege of Jind (1776) | Jind | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Ghanaur (1778) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Attack on Delhi to Rakabganj
(1778) |
Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Siege of Patiala (1779) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Shafi's campaign against the Sikhs (1780-1781) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Baghpat (1781) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Sardana (1781) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Mawana (1781) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Muradnagar (1781) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Patparganj (1781) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Shahdara (1781) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Sheikhpura (1781) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Barnawa (1781) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Sirhind (1781) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Sikh raids on Delhi to Hardwar
(1782) |
Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Delhi (1783) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Raid of Delhi
(1784) |
Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Raids from Panipat to Delhi (1786) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Raids from Agra to Delhi (1787) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Shahdara (1787) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Attack on Red Fort (1787) | Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Attack on Delhi
(1788) |
Dal Khalsa | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
See also
- Sikh raids on Delhi
- List of battles involving the Sikh Empire
- Hill States–Sikh Wars
- Afghan-Sikh Wars
- Chhota Ghallughara
- Indian Campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani
- Gurkha-Sikh War
- Sino-Sikh War
- First Anglo-Sikh War
- Second Anglo-Sikh War
- Mughal–Maratha Wars
- Rajput Rebellion
- List of wars involving the Mughal Empire
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External links
Media related to Mughal-Sikh Wars at Wikimedia Commons