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Battle of Sonipat
Part of
Mughal-Sikh Wars

Baba Banda Singh Bahadur War Memorial in Khanda, Sonipat
Date1709
Location
Sonipat, Delhi Subah, Mughal Empire (Present day India
)
Result Sikh victory[1]
Belligerents
Khalsa (Sikhs) Mughal Empire
Commanders and leaders
Strength
500[2] Unknown

The Battle of Sonipat was fought between Sikhs and the Mughal Empire in 1709. It was the first significant battle during Banda Singh Bahadur's conquests.

Prelude

In 1708, Banda Singh Bahadur became the leader of the Khalsa Army and he was sent to Punjab by Guru Gobind Singh to fight against the Mughal Empire.

Battle

Mughals and won the battle under the military leadership of Banda Singh Bahadur.[3][4] He first camped at Khanda, Sonipat village, with an army of 500, and then marched to Sonipat, attacked the town, and threw an open challenge to the Mughal Empire.[5] The Mughal faujdar of Sonipat was utterly unprepared and he was routed[6]
in the battle and was defeated.

Pillage of Sonipat

The Sikhs then plundered the culturally diverse villages at Sonipat, they claimed to have looted the Mughal imperial treasury, they spread several false rumours amongst the populace inside India.[7]

Aftermath

After the

Mughals in Samana.[8]

References

  1. ^ History of Islam, p. 506, at Google Books
  2. ISBN 978-81-215-0248-1
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  3. ISBN 978-81-7629-300-6
    .
  4. ^ "Guts and Glory: The Man Who Vowed to Avenge Guru Gobind Singh's Death, Took on Mughals". News18. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  5. ^ Sagoo, Harbans (2001). Banda Singh Bahadur and Sikh Sovereignty. Deep & Deep Publications.
  6. ^ Frances Pritchett. "XIX. A Century of Political Decline: 1707-1803". Columbia.edu. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  7. ^ Sikhs In The Eighteenth Century. p. 28.
  8. ISBN 978-93-81398-39-5
    .
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