Chitra Katha

Banda Singh BahadurAvenger of Sirhind

In May 1710 he defeated Wazir Khan at Chappar Chiri and took Sirhind, where the Guru’s younger sons had been put to death, and struck coins in the name of the Gurus.

1670–1716 CE

The full life

1Born Lachhman Dev at Rajouri in 1670.

2Met Guru Gobind Singh at Nanded in 1708.Guru Gobind Singh · Banda Singh Bahadur

3Took Sirhind after the battle of Chappar Chiri, May 1710.Banda Singh Bahadur · The Mughal army

4His coins and seal bore the names of the Gurus.Banda Singh Bahadur

5Captured at Gurdas Nangal in 1715; executed at Delhi in June 1716.Banda Singh Bahadur

Sources for these facts

Hukamnamas of Banda Singh Bahadur (Bhai Rupa collection)
Letters of the East India Company envoys at Delhi, 1716 (John Surman)
Ganda Singh, Life of Banda Singh Bahadur (1935)

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