Siege of Gurdaspur

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

Battle of Gurdas Nangal
Part of Mughal-Sikh Wars
Date1715
Location
Result Mughal victory[1]
Territorial
changes
Banda Singh Bahadur was captured alive along with his followers after 8 months of a brutal siege.
Belligerents
Mughal Empire Khalsa
Commanders and leaders
Farrukh-Sīyar
Abd-ul-Samād Khān
Chin Qilich Khan
Zakariyyā Khān
Amīn Khān
Zain-ud-Dīn Ahmad Khān
Bandā Singh Bahādur  Surrendered  Executed
Bāj Singh  Surrendered  Executed
Binod Singh
Strength
100,000-400,000[2] 4,000
Swords:1,000
Shields: 278
Small kirpans: 217
Matchlocks: 180
Bows and arrow cases: 173
Daggers: 114
Silver Rupees: 600
Gold mohars: 23
Gold ornaments: a few[3]

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.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. 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.
  2. Rattan Singh Bhangu (2006). Sri Gur Panth Prakash Volume 1. p. 387.
  3. Gupta, Hari Ram (1978). History of the Sikhs: Evolution of Sikh Confederacies (1708-69). Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. p. 52. ISBN 9788121502481.
  4. Frances Pritchett. "XIX. A Century of Political Decline: 1707-1803". Columbia.edu. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  5. Sagoo, Harbans (2001). Banda Singh Bahadur and Sikh Sovereignty. Deep & Deep Publications. ISBN 9788176293006.
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