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Battle of Lohgarh
Date1710
LocationLohgarh
Result Mughal Victory. Banda Singh Bahadur flees Lohgarh, before Mughals storm the fortress.
Belligerents
Banda Bahadur Sikhs Mughal Empire
Commanders and leaders
Banda Singh Bahadur Kanwar Khan
Strength
750 60,000
Late Mughal-Sikh Wars

After Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah's army recaptured Sirhind from the Sikhs, the Mughal army moved towards Lohgarh, where they engaged with the Sikhs and on December 10, 1710. Banda Singh Bahadur was quick to flee the scene before the Mughals took the fortress.

References

  1. ^ Jacques, Tony. Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 595. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5.

2.Responding to the Sikh victories in Punjab, Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah's army captured Sirhind then advanced on the Sikh fortress of Lohgarh near Sadhaura.Both sides lost heavily in assaults and sorties before the Emperor send with 60,000 troops .Banda Bahadur soon fled and General kanwar khan then took the fortress by storm in 1710.

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