Second Battle of Lahore (1759)
Second Battle of Lahore | |||||||
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Part of Afghan-Sikh Wars | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Dal Khalsa | Durrani Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Jahan Khan (WIA) Ahmad Shah Abdali[2] | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | 2,000 killed[3][4] |
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The Second Battle of Lahore was fought in November 1759 by the Sikh forces led by Jassa Singh Ahluwalia and the Afghan forces led by Jahan Khan.
Background
Battle
When the Shah learnt about this, he sent a 40,000 strong army towards Lahore in order to teach the Sikhs a lesson.[7] Jassa Singh was already prepared. When the battle began, Jassa Singh and Jai Singh attacked the Afghans from the right while the remaining Sikhs attacked from the left. If the Afghans attacked the Sikhs in the right, they would be attacked by the Sikhs in the left and vice versa. The battle concluded at night with both armies retreating, with the Afghans facing 2,000 slain, and Jahan Khan was wounded.[1][8][6]
Aftermath
After this fierce engagement, the Afghans had fought the
References
- ^ a b c Singh, Ganda (1990). Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia. pp. 101–102.
- ^ Studies in Later Mughal History of the Punjab 1707 to 1793. 1944.
- ^ Jagadish Narayan Sarkar (1976). A Study of Eighteenth Century India: Political history, 1707-1761. Saraswat Library. p. 343.
- ISBN 9780195673081.
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- ^ ISBN 9788173801006.
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- ^ Hari Ram Gupta (1978). History Of The Sikhs Vol. II Evolution Of Sikh Confederacies (1707-69). p. 154.
- ISBN 9781598843361.