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Mughal-Sikh Wars
Part of the decline of the Mughal Empire
File:Painting of Guru Gobind Singh in battle.jpg
Painting of Guru Gobind Singh in battle. Illustration from a manuscript of Krishnavatar.
Date1621 – 12 March 1788
Location
Belligerents
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Mughal Empire File:Akal Sena Flag.svg Akal Sena (1621 - 1699)
File:Sikh flag.jpg Khalsa Fauj (1699 - 1748)
File:Kattar Dhal Talwar.png First Sikh State (1709-1715)
File:Kattar Dhal Talwar.png Sikh Confederacy (1748 - 1788)
Commanders and leaders

Mughal Emperors
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Jahangir I
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Shah Jahan I
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Alamgir I
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Azam Shah
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Shah Alam I
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Jahandar Shah
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Farrukhsiyar
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Rafi al-Darajat
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Shah Jahan II
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Muhammad Shah
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Ahmad Shah
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Shah Alam II Surrendered

Mughal Governors
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svgJalal Khan Orakzai
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svgKale Khan 
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svgQutab Khan 
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svgAdina Beg
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Wazir Khan 
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svgDilwaar Khan
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svgMian Khan
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svgNasar-ul-Mulk
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Abd al-Samad Khan
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Zakariyya Khan
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Salabat Khan 
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Yahya Khan
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Shahnawaz Khan
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Moin-ul-Mulk
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svgAbdul Khan 
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svgZabardast Khan

Mughal Generals
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Mukhlis Khan 
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Lal Beg 
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Qumer Beg 
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Painde Khan 
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Hussain Khan 
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Nahar Khan 
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Gharit Khan 
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svgShamas Khan
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Nahid Khan  
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Din Beg  (WIA)
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Zain Khan Sirhindi  
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svgKhwaja Muhammad  (WIA)
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svgMuhammad Yarbeg Khan 
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svgAhmed Khan  
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svgFateh Khan  
File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svgJamal Khan
Sikh Gurus
File:Akal Sena Flag.svgHar Gobind
File:Akal Sena Flag.svgHar Rai
File:Sikh flag.jpgGobind Singh X
Sikh Generals
File:Akal Sena Flag.svgBhai Jattu
File:Akal Sena Flag.svgBidhi Chand
File:Akal Sena Flag.svgBaba Gurditta
File:Akal Sena Flag.svgBhai Sohela 
File:Akal Sena Flag.svgBhatt Kirat
File:Akal Sena Flag.svg Bhai Desu 
File:Akal Sena Flag.svgBhai Bhano
File:Akal Sena Flag.svgTyag Mal Executed
File:Sikh flag.jpgAjit Singh 
File:Sikh flag.jpgJujhar Singh 
File:Sikh flag.jpgBhai Daya Singh
File:Sikh flag.jpgBhai Dharam Singh
File:Sikh flag.jpgBhai Himmat Singh 
File:Sikh flag.jpgBhai Mohkam Singh 
File:Sikh flag.jpgBhai Sahib Singh 
File:Sikh flag.jpgMata Bhag Kaur
File:Kattar Dhal Talwar.pngBanda Singh Bahadur Executed
File:Kattar Dhal Talwar.pngBaj Singh Executed
File:Kattar Dhal Talwar.pngBinod Singh 
File:Kattar Dhal Talwar.pngBhai Mani Singh Executed
File:Kattar Dhal Talwar.png Baba Deep Singh
File:Kattar Dhal Talwar.png Baba Darbara Singh
File:Kattar Dhal Talwar.png Nawab Kapur Singh
File:Kattar Dhal Talwar.png Jassa Singh Ahluwalia
File:Kattar Dhal Talwar.png Baghel Singh
File:Kattar Dhal Talwar.png Jassa Singh Ramgarhia
File:Kattar Dhal Talwar.png Charat Singh
File:Kattar Dhal Talwar.png Sukha Singh
File:Kattar Dhal Talwar.png Haqiqat Singh Kanhaiya
File:Kattar Dhal Talwar.png Tara Singh Ghaiba
File:Kattar Dhal Talwar.png Jai Singh Kanhaiya

Many battles and campaigns between the armies of the Mughal Empire and various Sikh states took place, and started with the martyrdom of the fifth Sikh guru, Guru Arjan Dev in 1606. The Guru's older brother Prithi Chand and Mughal subedar Chandu Shah circulated rumours up to the Mughal emperor Jahangir claiming the draft of the Adi Granth composed by the Guru was anti-Hindu as well as anti-Islamic. The Guru was called for questioning and jailed due to his support for his alleged support to the prince Khusrau Mirza against Jahangir as well as his refusal to change the words of the Adi Granth. He was imprisoned under the Governor Murtaza Khan. In the absence of Jahangir, Chandu Shah purchased the Guru's freedom and brutally tortured the Guru to death. When Jahangir found out about the scheming, he ordered Chandu Shah's execution. Jahangir handed him over to Guru Hargobind Sahib who paraded Chandu Shah through the streets of Lahore where his face was blackened and he was beaten to death by crowds. Guru Hargobind Sahib, the sixth Sikh guru, introduced the militarization to Sikhi. In response to his father's execution, and the persistent threat to his life from Prithi Chand, Chandu Shah, etc, since he was born. He established the Akal Sena and fought the Battle of Rohila incited by Chandu Shah's son Karam Chand and Prithi Chand's son Meherban. The Faujdar of Jalandhar, Abdul Khan, was persuaded by them to send an expedition against Guru Hargobind. The Sikhs fought and defeated the contingent of 4,000 Mughal troops sent by Abdul Khan, near the Beas River. ` Later, the ninth Sikh guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur, was executed on the orders of Aurangzeb in 1675, after he refused to convert to Islam. Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and last human Sikh guru, started the Khalsa tradition and fought further battles against the Mughals and their allies. Before Guru Gobind Singh's passing in 1708, he appointed his newly converted Sikh, Banda Singh Bahadur as the leader of the Khalsa Fauj and ordered him to go fight in Punjab. Banda Singh Bahadur fought further battles against the Mughal's and their allies and established the first Khalsa Rule in 1710 but was captured in 1715 and executed in 1716. After this, the Sikhs later reorganized themselves into Misls creating the Dal Khalsa which fought further battles against the Mughals under the leadership of Nawab Kapur Singh, Jassa Singh Ahluwalia and other Misl leaders. The Dal Khalsa was victorious in the last major battle in 1783 with a few smaller fights happening until the conflict ended in 1788.

Battles

Conflict (Period)

Belligerents Opponents Outcome
Battle of Rohilla
(1621)
Akal Sena Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Sangrana (1628) Akal Sena Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Amritsar (1634)
Akal Sena Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Lahira
(1634)
Akal Sena Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Kartarpur
(1635)
Akal Sena Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Phagwara (1635) Akal Sena Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Kiratpur (1638) Akal Sena Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Sutlej (1652) Akal Sena Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Kiratpur (1658) Akal Sena Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Nadaun
(1691)
Akal Sena, Kahlur State Mughal Empire Combined victory of Sikhs and Kahlur State
Battle of Anandpur (1695) Akal Sena Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Guler (1696) Akal Sena Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Anandpur (1700) Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire, Sivalik Hills Raja's Khalsa victory
Battle of Nirmohgarh (1702) Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Basoli
(1702)[1]
Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
First battle of Chamkaur
(1702)
Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire, Raja's of Sivalik Hills Khalsa victory
First Battle of Anandpur (1704) Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Raja's of Sivalik Hills Khalsa victory
Second Siege of Anandpur (1704) Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Raja's of Sivalik Hills Combined victory of Mughals and Hill Rajas
  • Mughal and Hill Rajas betrayed the Sikhs and broke the vows of Allah, Quran and the cow.[2]
Battle of Sarsa
(1704)
Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire, Sivalik Hills Raja's Combined victory of Mughals and Hill Rajas
  • The Mughals and Hill's kings betrayed the Sikhs and broke the vows of their God and the Quran.[2]
Battle of Shahi Tibbi
(1704)
Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire, Sivalik Hills Raja's Khalsa victory
  • The Mughals and Shivalik Hill kings were forced to retreat and the Sikhs fought bravely along with Baba Ajit Singh and those Sikhs gained martyrdom excluding Baba Ajit Singh.
Battle of Chamkaur (1704)[3][4][5][6] Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Raja's of Sivalik Hills Mughal victory
Battle of Muktsar
(1705)
Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
  • Wazir Khan retreats
Battle of Jajau (1707)
[7][8][9][10]
Bahadur Shah I

Khalsa Fauj

Muhammad Azam Bahadur Shah victory
  • Seeing the complex situation in Malwa, Bahadur Shah asked Guru Gobind Singh for help. The Guru sent Bhai Dharam Singh to fight with 300 soldiers. Azam Shah killed by Guru Gobind Singh and Isha Khan Main.
Battle of Chittorgarh (1708) Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Mughal victory[citation needed]
  • Zorawar Singh Palit and his 20 Sikhs killed after causing heavy casualties to the Mughals
Battle of Amritsar (1709) Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Sonipat
(1709)[11]
Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Samana
(1709)
Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Kapuri (1709) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Sadhaura
(1710)[12][13][11][14]
First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
  • Banda Singh Bahadur capture Sadhaura
Battle of Ropar (1710) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Chappar Chiri
(1710)
First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Siege of Sirhind
(1710)
First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
  • Establishment of Sikh rule from Lahore to the sanctum sanctorum of Delhi
  • Sucha Nand killed by Banda Singh Bahadur and thousands of Mughal soldiers killed by Sikhs and those people who are involved in martyrdom of Guru Gobind Singh younger sons (Saka Sirhind affair)
Battle of Saharanpur (1710) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Jalalabad (1710) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Mughal victory
Siege of Kotla Begum (1710) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Bhilowal (1710) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Rahon (1710) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Thanesar (1710) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Mughal victory
Siege of Lohgarh
(1710)
First Sikh State Mughal Empire Mughal victory
Battle of Bahrampar (1711) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory[citation needed]
  • Mughal faujdar of Jammu Qutab-ud-Din Khan Kheshgi killed
  • Khan's son, Shams Khan, also killed
Battle of Hoshiarpur (1711) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Mughal victory
Battle of Kalanaur (1711) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory[citation needed]
Battle of Batala (1711) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory[citation needed]
Battle of Aurangabad (1711) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory[citation needed]
Battle of Pasrur (1711) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory[citation needed]
Battle of Jammu
(1712)
First Sikh State Mughal Empire Mughal victory
Battle of Sadhaura (1712) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory[citation needed]
Battle of Lohgarh (1712) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Siege of Sadhaura (1713) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Mughal victory[citation needed]
  • Sadhaura retaken by the Mughals after a Siege
  • Banda Singh Bahadur escapes
Battle of Lohgarh (1713) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Mughal victory[citation needed]
  • Mughals fail to kill or capture Banda Singh Bahadur
Battle of Kiri Pathan (1714) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Ropar (1714) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Mughal victory[citation needed]
  • 200 Sikhs killed out of 7000
  • Sikhs retreat to Shivalik Hills
Battle of Gurdas Nangal (1715) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Mughal victory
Siege of Gurdaspur
(1715)
First Sikh State Mughal Empire Mughal victory
  • Banda Singh Bahadur and his soldiers captured and later executed
Massacre of the Sikhs (1716)[clarification needed] Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Mughal victory[citation needed]
Battle of Wan (1726) Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Mughal victory
Battle of Thikriwala (1731) Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Sunam (1735) Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Khalsa victory[citation needed]
Battle of Sirhind (1735) Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Khalsa victory[citation needed]
Battle of Basarke (1736) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Amritsar (1738) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Samad Khan's expedition against the Sikhs (1738) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Sarai Nurdin (1739) Bhai Bota Singh and Bhai Garja Singh Mughal Empire Mughal victory
  • Mughals suffer high casualties compared to Sikhs.
Battle of Rorī Sahib (1746) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Kahnuwan (1746) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Mughal victory[citation needed]
Battle of Kasur (1747) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Mughal victory[citation needed]
Battle of Sodhra and Badra (1748) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Khanpur (1748) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Khalsa victory[citation needed]
Siege of Amritsar (1748) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Siege of Ram Rauni

(1748–1749)

Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Multan (1749) Kaura Mal
Dal Khalsa
Shah Nawaz Khan Kaura Mal and Sikh victory
Battle of Jalandhar (1750) Dallewalia Misl Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Nadaun (1752) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Anandpur (1753) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Lahore (1753) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory[citation needed]
  • Prisoners from Lahore freed by the Khalsa
Battle of Fatehabad (1753) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory[citation needed]
Battle of Patti (1754) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Delhi (1764) Bharatpur State Mughal Empire Bharatpur and Sikh victory
Sikh raids on Delhi (1764–1788) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire and Allies Sikh victory
Battle of Panipat (1766) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory[citation needed]
Battle of Sonipat (1766) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory[citation needed]
Battle of Karnal (1767) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire and Gwalior State Sikh victory[citation needed]
Battle of Ghazi-U-Din-Nagar (1768) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory[citation needed]
Battle of Anupshahar (1768) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory[citation needed]
Fourth Battle of Panipat (1770) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire and Rohillas Sikh victory
Attack on Delhi (1770) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory[citation needed]
Siege of Kunjpura (1772) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire, Durrani Empire and Maratha Empire Sikh victory
Siege of Jind (1776) Jind State Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Ghanaur (1778) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Attack on Delhi to Rakabganj

(1778)

Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory[citation needed]
Siege of Patiala (1779) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Shafi's campaign against the Sikhs (1780–1781) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Baghpat (1781) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory[citation needed]
Battle of Sardana (1781) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory[citation needed]
Battle of Mawana (1781) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Muradnagar (1781) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory[citation needed]
Battle of Patparganj (1781) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory[citation needed]
Battle of Shahdara (1781) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory[citation needed]
Battle of Sheikhpura (1781) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory[citation needed]
Battle of Barnawa (1781) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory[citation needed]
Battle of Sirhind (1781) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory[citation needed]
Sikh raids on Delhi to Hardwar

(1782)

Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory[citation needed]
Battle of Delhi (1783) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Raid of Delhi

(1784)

Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory[citation needed]
Raids from Panipat to Delhi (1786) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire and Gwalior State Sikh victory[citation needed]
Raids from Agra to Delhi (1787) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory[citation needed]
Battle of Shahdara (1787) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory[citation needed]
Attack on Red Fort (1787) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory[citation needed]
Attack on Delhi

(1788)

Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory[citation needed]

See also

References

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