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LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENT OF FIRST SIKH RULER: BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADUR
Authors Name:
GURWINDER SINGH
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IJSDR2210016
Published In:
Volume 7 Issue 10, October-2022
Abstract:
Banda Singh Bahadur, also called Lachman Das, Lachman Dev or Madho Das, was the first Sikh military leader to wage an offensive war against the Mughal rulers of India, temporarily expanding Sikh territory. Guru Gobind Singh told him to fight the Mughals and seize what was theirs. He then took on the Mughals with a supporting Sikh army and proceeded to the Battle of Samana where he killed thousands of Mughals. Banda Singh set out in 1709 to attack the Mughals and conquered large territories. His depredations and massacres in the Deccan eventually led the Mughal rulers to take forceful action against him. After an eight-month siege, the fortress town of Gurdas Nangal fell to the Mughals in 1715. Banda Singh and his men were taken as prisoners to Delhi and executed. He propagated the Sikh faith wherever he went. Apart from Hindus, many Muslims were inspired by him to change their religion and follow Sikhism. For example, he inspired prominent Muslims like Mir Nazir-ud-Din and Dindar Khan to change their names to Mir Nasir Singh and Dindar Singh. He abolished the unjust zamindari system. Banda was asked to accept Islam or be killed. The true Sikh that he was, he chose death. He was killed in a very brutal way where his eyes were gouged out and his limbs and skin were severed.
"LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENT OF FIRST SIKH RULER: BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADUR", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijsdr.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.7, Issue 10, page no.89 - 91, October-2022, Available :http://www.ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR2210016.pdf
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Published Paper ID: IJSDR2210016
Registration ID:201959
Published In: Volume 7 Issue 10, October-2022
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Page No: 89 - 91
Publisher: IJSDR | www.ijsdr.org
ISSN Number: 2455-2631
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