Banda Singh Bahadur

Born 1670 at Rajauri, Kashmir

Name - Lachman Das
Shot a doe (female deer)
Left home to join the sadhus (saints)
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Became a hermit
New name - Madho Das Bairagi
Learnt Yoga and magi skills
Founded a hermitage at Nanded
Spent 16 years there
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Met Guru Gobind Singh in autumn 1708

Took amrit
New name - Banda Singh
Set off to fight with mughal rulers with 25
sikhs
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Conquests
Reached Punjab in September 1709
Took Samana in November 1709 where the
executioners of Guru Tegh Bahadur and the
2 younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh lived
Took Sadhauru in March 1710 where Pir
Budhu Shah used to live
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Battle of Sirhind in May 12 - May 14th

1710 and killed Wazir Khan
Made his capital at Mukhlispur
In his 3rd incarnation Banda Singh became
a king
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Struck coins in the name of Guru Nanak

and Guru Gobind
His biggest acheivement was the
redistribution of land
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Uprising in the Majha

Took Kalanaur Batala, Pathankot
Capatured Jullandur, HoshiarPur in Autumn
1710
Ghazis smashed by the sikhs
Banda Singh Bahadurs influence all over
Punjab
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The emporor of India, Bahadur Shah called

his best armies from Delhi, Utta Padeh and
Oudh
Attacked Sirhind Mukhlispur Dec. 1710
Banda Singh escaped the emporer
disheartened
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Bahadur Shah dies 17th February 1712

All dogs in Lahore killed
Jahandar became emporer after killing his
brothers
He was then killed by his nephew, Farrukh
Siyer
Abdus Samad Khan, his son Zakarya Khan,
governer of Lahore
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Banda won back Mukhlispur Sadhauru

Banda Singh disappeared into the hills in
February 1715
Came back for his final stand at Gurdas
Nangal
Laid down arms in December 1715
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Procession and executions at Dehli

740 prisoners, 2000 sikh heads offered a
pardon
Banda Singh, his son Ajay Singh aged 4
killed Sunday, 19th June 1716
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Even Banda Singhs enemies could not help

admiring his bravery.
The historian of that period Kanwar Khan
wrote It was by the grace of God and not
by wisdom or bravery that this came to
happen.
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Every body knows that the emperor
Bahudur Shah with Royal princes and many
other generals made efforts to defeat Banda
Singh, but it was all useless.
Now that infidel of sikhs and a few
thousands of his companions have been
starved into surrender