Battle of Gujranwala (1761)

The Battle of Gujranwala was fought between Durrani Empire and the Sikh Confederacy.[4]

Battle of Gujranwala
Part of Indian Campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani
DateSeptember, 1761
Location
Gujranwala
Result Decisive Sikh victory.[1][2]
Belligerents
Sikh Misls Durrani Empire
Commanders and leaders
Charat Singh, Hari Singh Dhillon, Jai Singh Kanheya[3] Abid Khan

The battle

Ahmad Shah Durrani raided India in 1761 and defeated the Marathas in the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761, then he returned to Kabul and appointed Khwaja Abed Khan[5] the Afghan Governor of Lahore.[6] He wished to defeat the Sikhs in order to secure Afghan positions in the entire Punjab region but was defeated by Sikh army under Charat Singh in the Battle of Sialkot (1761). He had recently recovered from defeat at Sialkot in August to besiege and defeat the Sikhs at Gujranwala, (northeast of Lahore) but Charat Singh besieged the Afghan Governor. Charat led a massive attack on the Afghan camp and looted almost all the guns and baggage from the Afghans. Finally before the return of Ahmad Shah Durrani, the Sikhs defeated Abid Khan and he withdrew to Kabul.[3] In the same year, the Sikhs plundered and captured Lahore city.[7]

See also

References
  1. Jacques, Tony. Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 419. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  2. Grewal, J.S. (1990). The Sikhs of the Punjab. Cambridge University Press. p. 91. ISBN 0 521 63764 3. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  3. Kakshi, S.R.; Pathak, Rashmi; Pathak, S.R.Bakshi R. (2007). Punjab Through the Ages. Sarup & Sons. p. 15. ISBN 978-81-7625-738-1.
  4. Raj Pal Singh (2004). The Sikhs : Their Journey of Five Hundred Years. Pentagon Press. p. 116. ISBN 9788186505465.
  5. Kakshi, S.R.; Rashmi Pathak; S.R.Bakshi; R. Pathak (2007). Punjab Through the Ages. New Delhi: Sarup and Son. ISBN 978-81-7625-738-1.
  6. Singh, Khushwant (11 October 2004). A History of the Sikhs: 1469-1838 (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-19-567308-1. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  7. Grewal, J.S. (1990). The Sikhs of the Punjab. Cambridge University Press. p. 91. ISBN 0 521 63764 3. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
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