Conflict: | Siege of Gurdas Nangal |
Partof: | Mughal–Sikh Wars |
Date: | 1 April – 7 December 1715 (8 months 1 week) |
Place: | Gurdas Nangal, Punjab |
Result: | Mughal Victory[1] |
Territory: | Annexation of the First Sikh State by the Mughal Empire. |
Combatant1: | Mughal Empire |
Combatant2: | First Sikh State |
Commander1: | Farrukhsiyar Abd-ul-Samad Khan Chin Qilich Khan Zakariyya Khan Amin Khan Zain-ud-Din Ahmad |
Commander2: | Banda Singh Baj Singh Binod Singh |
Strength1: | 35,000[2] |
Strength2: | 1,250[3] |
Casualties1: | Unknown |
Casualties2: | 300 dead 750 captured |
The siege of Gurdaspur took place in 1715 between the First Sikh State, led by Banda Singh Bahadur and the Mughal Army, led by Abd al-Samad Khan.
Banda Singh and his followers were captured alive and then taken to Delhi and executed under the orders of Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar in the year 1716, along with a large number of Sikhs who were rounded up by the Mughal Army from villages and towns on the march back to Delhi.[4] [5]
Swords | 1000 | |
Shields | 278 | |
Small Kirpans | 217 | |
Matchlocks | 180 | |
Bows and Quivers | 173 | |
Daggers | 114 | |
Silver Rupees | 600 | |
Gold Mohars | 23 | |
Gold Ornaments | 11 |