Battle of Muktsar

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Battle of Muktsar
Part of
Mughal-Sikh Wars
Date29 December 1705[1]
Location
Near the pool of Khidrānā (later Muktsar) now Sri Muktsar Sahib
Result

Sikh victory[2][3]

  • 40+ Sikhs killed
Belligerents
Mughal Empire Khalsa (Sikhs)
Commanders and leaders
Nawab Wazir Khan
Mata Bhag Kaur  (WIA)
Mahan Singh  †
Kapura Singh
Strength
7000[4]-12,000[5]

40 mukte and

Mata Bhag Kaur

1300 soldiers under Kapura Singh and Daan Singh
Casualties and losses
3,000 killed[6] 40 mukhte, 260 other soldiers[7]

The Battle of Sri Muktsar Sahib (Muktsar) or Battle of Khidrāne Dee Dhāb took place on 29 December 1705,[8] (29 Poh) following the siege of Anandpur Sahib. In 1704, Anandpur Sahib was under an extended siege by the allied forces of the Mughals and the Hill States of Shivalik.[9]

History

During the siege 40 Sikhs, led by Maha Singh, wrote letters of bedava (abandonment of a Sikh from his Guru

Jhabal where a Sikh woman named Mata Bhag Kaur, upon hearing their tale of desertion
, motivated them into returning to Guru ji at Anandpur Sahib.

The 40 deserters with Mai Bhag Kaur returned to seek out Guru Gobind Singh ji, and joined him near Khidrāne Dee Dhāb preparing for battle against the Mughals. They fought the Mughals

Muktsar, literally meaning The Pool of Liberation.[13][14] Mai Bhago survived the battle and stayed on with Guru Gobind Singh ji as one of his bodyguards. The Mela Maghi is held at the holy city of Sri Muktsar Sahib every year in memory of the forty Sikh martyrs.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://sikhism.about.com/od/Historic-Events/p/Battle-Of-Muktsar.htm Archived 6 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. commemoration varies with some marking the day on 15 April
  2. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5
    .
  3. ISBN 978-1-4422-3601-1
    .
  4. ISBN 978-1-64249-006-0
    . In contrast Mughals were 7000.
  5. ^ Surjit Singh Gandhi (1978). History Of The Sikh Gurus - A Comprehensive Study. p. 451.
  6. ^ Kartar Singh (1951). Life Of Guru Gobind Singh. p. 253.
  7. ISBN 978-1-64249-006-0
    . over three hundred men were killed.
  8. ^ History of Sikh Gurus Retold: 1606-1708 C.E Surjit Singh Gandhi
  9. ISBN 978-81-7533-073-3
    .
  10. ^ "Bedava". The Sikh Encyclopedia. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  11. ISBN 978-81-7629-300-6
    .
  12. ^ "Chali Muktay: The Forty Liberated Ones". Sikh Information. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  13. ISBN 978-81-7141-879-4
    .
  14. ISBN 0-664-22259-5
    . Battle of Muktsar.
  15. ISBN 978-1-4422-3601-1
    .

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