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| Part of Mughal-Sikh Wars | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Banda Bahadur Sikhs |
.svg){kind=small} Mughal Empire | ||||||||
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Banda Singh Bahadur |
Bahadur Shah Kanwar Khan | ||||||||
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| 750 | 60,000 | ||||||||
After Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah's army recaptured Sirhind from the Sikhs, the Mughal army moved towards Lohgarh, where they engaged with the Sikhs and on December 10, 1710. Banda Singh Bahadur was quick to flee the scene before the Mughal's took the fortress.
Responding to the Sikh victories in Punjab,Mughal emperor bahadur's army recaptured Sirhind then advanced on the Sikh fortress of Lohgarh near Sadhaura. Both sides lost heavily in assaults and sorties before the Emperor assigned with 60,000 troops.Banda singh soon fled and General kanwar singh then took the fortress by storm in 1710 Banda became a serious trouble for the Mughals so they chased him afterwards .Sikhs already destroyed Sirhind state so the Mughals were feared of Banda Singh .They chased him till 1716 in the siege of Gurdaspur
References
- ^ Jacques, Tony. Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 595. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5.
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