Battle of Sirhind (1764)

Battle of Sirhind
Part of Indian Campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani
Date1764
LocationSirhind
Result
  • Decisive Sikh victory.[1][2][3]
  • Sikhs captured Sirhind.
Belligerents
Sikh Misls Durrani Empire
Commanders and leaders
Casualties and losses
unknown

The Battle of Sirhind was fought between Durrani Empire and Ahluwalia Misl in 1764.[6]

Battle

Ahmad Shah Durrani returned to Afghanistan after appointing Zain Khan Sirhindi as the Governor of Sirhind. Zain Khan, the Afghan Governor was attacked by well equipped force of 40,000 Sikhs. In the battle, the Sikhs killed Zain Khan Sirhindi[4] and many other leading officers and established their rule between river Satluj to Yamuna.[4] The Sikhs captured Sirhind and later handed over the land to Maharaja Ala Singh of Patiala State. Sikhs captured Lahore the next month and plunder the upper Doab.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "A Concise History of Afghanistan in 25 Volumes, Volume 14". Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Bhagata, Siṅgha (1993). A History of the Sikh Misals. Publication Bureau, Punjabi University. p. 181. ...
  3. ↑ Syad Muhammad Latif, History of the Panjab from the Remotest Antiquity to the Present Time, Progressive Books, p. 285
  4. 1 2 3 4 Ganḍā, Singh (1959). Ahmad Shah Durrani: Father of Modern Afghanistan. Asia Pub. House. p. 285. ISBN 978-1-4021-7278-6. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
  5. ↑ Bhagata, Siṅgha (1993). A History of the Sikh Misals. Publication Bureau, Punjabi University. p. 181. ...
  6. ↑ P Dhavan (2011). When Sparrows Became Hawks: The Making of the Sikh Warrior Tradition, 1699-1799. Oxford University Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-19-975655-1.
  7. ↑ "Marathas and the English Company 1707–1818 by Sanderson Beck". san.beck.org. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
  8. ↑ Syad Muhammad Latif, History of the Panjab from the Remotest Antiquity to the Present Time, Progressive Books, p. 274
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