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Battle of Lohgarh

Date	1710
Location	Lohgarh
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

v t e Late Mughal-Sikh Wars
Nadaun Guler Taragarh Anandpur (1st, 1700) Anandpur (2nd, 1700) Basoli Chamkaur (1st) Anandpur (1st, 1704) Anandpur (2nd, 1704) Sarsa Chamkaur (2nd) Muktsar Jajau Amritsar (1709) Sonepat Samana Kapuri Sadhaura Ropar Chappar Chiri Sirhind Saharanpur Nanautu Jalalabad Kotla Begum Bhilowal Rahon Thanesar Lohgarh (1710) Jammu Lohgarh (1712) Kiri Pathan Gurdas Nangal Gurdaspur Wan Thikriwala Basarke Amritsar (1738) Samad Khan's Expedition Sarai Nurdin Rorī Sahib Sodhra and Badra (1748) Amritsar (1748) Ram Rauni Multan (1749) Nadaun (1752) Anandpur (1753) Patti Delhi (1764) Panipat (1770) Kunjpura (1772) Jind Ghanaur Patiala Shafi's Campaign Sirhind (1781) Delhi (1783)

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

^ 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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