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Battle of Kup
Part of Afghan-Sikh Wars, Indian Campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani and Vadda Ghalughara
Date5 February 1762
LocationKup
Result Afghan victory
Belligerents
Sikh Confederacy Durrani Empire
Commanders and leaders
Jassa Singh Ahluwalia (WIA)
Charat Singh (WIA)
Ahmad Shah Durrani
Jahan Khan
Shah Wali Khan
Zain Khan Sirhindi
Bhikhan Khan
Murtaza Khan Baraich
Qasim Khan Marhal
Lachhmi Narayan
Afghan–Sikh Wars

The Battle of Kup (part of the Vadda Ghalughara, meaning "Greater Massacre") was fought on 5 February 1762, between the Afghan forces of Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Sikhs, under the command of Jassa Singh Ahluwalia and Charat Singh.

References

  1. ^ Bhatia, Sardar Singh. "Vadda Ghallurghara". Encyclopaedia of Sikhism. Punjabi University Patiala. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  2. Lansford, Tom (2017). Afghanistan at War: From the 18th-Century Durrani Dynasty to the 21st Century. ABC-CLIO. p. 21. ISBN 9781598847604.
  3. Gupta, Hari Ram (2001). History of the Sikhs, Volume 1. Munshiram Manoharlal. ISBN 9788121505406.
  4. ^ Singh, Ganda (1959). Ahmad Shah Durrani,father of modern Afghanistan. Asia Publishing House, Bombay. pp. 275–280.
  5. Singh, Khushwant (2004). A History of the Sikhs: 1469-1838. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195673081.
  6. Singh, Ganda (1959). Ahmed Shah Durrani Father of Modern Afghanistan. Asia Publishing House. p. 279.
  7. Kalaswalia, Kartar Singh. Teg Khalsa (in Punjabi) (10th ed.). Bazar Mai Sewan, Amritsar: Chatar Singh Jiwan Singh Pustakan Wale. pp. 144–153. ISBN 9788176017831.
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