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Battle of Chamkaur | |||||||
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Part of Mughal-Sikh Wars and Hill States-Sikh Wars | |||||||
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Mughal Empire Alliance of Hill States | Khalsa (Sikhs) | ||||||
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Unknown, but much larger[8] (Gobind Singh's Zafarnama metaphorically states that the Mughal soldiers numbered 1 million)[9][10][11][12][13] | 40[10][9] | ||||||
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The Battle of Chamkaur, also known as Battle of Chamkaur Sahib or the Second battle of Chamkaur, was fought between the Khalsa, led by Guru Gobind Singh, and the coalition forces of the Mughals led by Wazir Khan and of Hindu hill chief. Guru Gobind Singh makes a reference to this battle in his letter Zafarnama.
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page)."गुरसनह चि कारे कुनद चिहल नर gursaneh ch kaare kunadh chihal nar कि दह लख बरआयद बरो बेख़बर stanza १९ k dheh lakh baraayadh baro bekhhabar stanza 19"
gursaneh ch kaare kunadh chihal nar k dheh lakh baraayadh baro bekhhabar what can forty hungry men do when ten lac strong army pounces upon them ?
Gursanah chi kare kunad chihal nar. Ki dab lak bar dyad baro bekhabar.19.What can at all do, the forty famished men, When attacked suddenly by a million foemen.19
Translation written on the ANGS of Sree Dasam Granth – By Mashaqat Singh