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Battle of sirhind or chhapar chiri | |||||||
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Banda Singh Bahadur |
Wazir khan | ||||||
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The Siege of Sirhind was fought between the Mughals and Sikh forces in 1710. The Sikhs initially besieged and stormed the city of Sirhind, however the Mughals were quick to recapture the city and quickly moved on to attack the Sikhs at Lohgarh. Wazir khan was beheaded In the battle
In 1710, Banda Singh Bahadur won the battle against Wazir Khan, who commanded the Mughal army, in this place. Wazir Khan had come to Chappar Chiri to stop the march of the Sikh army led by Banda Singh Bahadur to Sirhind.
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History of sikhs post Guru period 1708
- ^ Jacques, Tony. Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 595. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5.
- ^ Jacques, p. 948