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|conflict = Battle of Lohgarh |conflict = Battle of Lohgarh
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|date = 10 December 1710 |date = 1710
|place = Lohgarh |place = Lohgarh
|territory = Punjab ] |territory =
|result = Banda Singh Bahadur flees Lohgarh, before Mughals storm the fortress.Mughals failed to capture Banda |result = Mughal Victory. Banda Singh Bahadur flees Lohgarh, before Mughals storm the fortress.<ref name="village">{{cite book|url=http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges|page=595|author= Jacques, Tony|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-33536-5}}</ref>
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After Mughal Emperor, ]'s army recaptured ] from the ], the ] army moved towards ], where they engaged with the Sikhs and on December 10, 1710.<ref name="village"/> ] was quick to flee the scene before the ]'s took the fortress.<ref name="village"/> After Mughal Emperor, ]'s army recaptured ] from the ], the ] army moved towards ], where they engaged with the Sikhs and defeated them on December 10, 1710.<ref name="village"/> ] was quick to flee the scene before the ]'s took the fortress.<ref name="village"/>

Responding to the Sikh victories in Punjab,Mughal emperor bahadur's army recaptured Sirhind then advanced on the Sikh fortress of Lohgarh near Sadhaura.
Both sides lost heavily in assaults and sorties before the Emperor assigned with 60,000 troops.Banda singh soon fled and General kanwar singh then took the fortress by storm in 1710
Banda became a serious trouble for the Mughals so they chased him afterwards .Sikhs already destroyed ] so the Mughals were feared of ].They chased him till 1716 in the siege of Gurdaspur


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Battle of Lohgarh
Part of Mughal-Sikh Wars
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
unknown 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 defeated them on December 10, 1710. Banda Singh Bahadur was quick to flee the scene before the Mughal's took the fortress.

References

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