Battle of Sadhaura

Battle of Sadhaura
Part of Mughal Sikh Wars
Date1710
Location
Result Sikh victory.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Territorial
changes
Sadhaura captured by the Sikhs.
Belligerents

First Sikh State

Mughal Empire

Commanders and leaders
  • Osman Khan Executed
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Battle of Sadhaura was fought between Sikhs and the Mughal, Sayyid, and Shaykh forces in Sadhaura in 1710. The imperial forces were defeated and took refuge behind the city's walls. Banda's forces captured the fort and levelled it to the ground. It resulted in a victory for the Sikhs where Banda Singh Bahadur defeated Osman Khan.[6][1][7]

  1. ^ a b Gandhi, Surjit Singh (1980), Struggle of the Sikhs for Sovereignty, p. 5
  2. ^ Sagoo, Harbans (2001). Banda Singh Bahadur and Sikh Sovereignty. Deep & Deep Publications.
  3. ^ Raj Pal Singh (2004). The Sikhs : Their Journey Of Five Hundred Years. Pentagon Press. pp. 46–47. ISBN 9788186505465.
  4. ^ History of Islam, p. 506, at Google Books
  5. ^ Singha, H.S. (2005). Sikh Studies, Book 7. Hemkunt Press. p. 34. ISBN 9788170102458.
  6. ^ a b T K Anand (2005). Essence of Sikhism. Vikas Publishing House. p. 65. ISBN 9788125919483.
  7. ^ Patwant Singh (2001). The Sikhs. Doubleday. p. 71. ISBN 9780385502061.