Illustrated folio of ‘Tawarikh-i Jahandar Shah’, Awadh or Lucknow, ca.1770, showing the climax of the Battle of Sirhind fought in 1710
Date
12 May 1710 [1]
Location
A village named Chappar Chiri near Sahibzada Ajit Nagar (Mohali)
Result
Sikh victory[2]
Belligerents
First Sikh State
Jats
Gujjars
Rajputs
Mughal Empire
Commanders and leaders
Banda Singh Bahadur
Baj Singh
Binod Singh
Fateh Singh
Wazir Khan (Sirhind) †
Sher Muhammad Khan †
Sucha Nand
Units involved
70,000[3][a]
5-6,000 Cavalry 7-8,000 Musketeers and Archers 100 Elephants 24 Cannons 5,000-8,000 Ghazis Total 20,000-25,000[5][6]
Casualties and losses
Unknown
12,000 cavalry killed[7] * Wazir Khan (Sirhind) was killed by Fateh Singh.[8][9]
v
t
e
Late Mughal-Sikh Wars
Nadaun
Guler
Taragarh
Anandpur (1st, 1700)
Anandpur (2nd, 1700)
Nirmohgarh
Basoli
Chamkaur (1st)
Anandpur (1st, 1704)
Anandpur (2nd, 1704)
Sarsa
Chamkaur (2nd)
Muktsar
Jajau
Amritsar (1709)
Sonepat
Samana
Kapuri
Sadhaura
Ropar
Chappar Chiri
Sirhind
Saharanpur
Nanautu
Jalalabad
Kotla Begum
Bhilowal
Rahon
Thanesar
Lohgarh (1710)
Hoshiarpur
Jammu
Lohgarh (1712)
Kiri Pathan
Gurdas Nangal
Gurdaspur
Wan
Thikriwala
Basarke
Amritsar (1738)
Samad Khan's Expedition
Sarai Nurdin
Rorī Sahib
Sodhra and Badra (1748)
Amritsar (1748)
Ram Rauni
Multan (1749)
Jalandhar (1750)
Nadaun (1752)
Anandpur (1753)
Patti
Delhi (1764)
Panipat (1770)
Kunjpura (1772)
Jind
Ghanaur
Patiala
Shafi's Campaign
Sirhind (1781)
Delhi (1783)
Not to be confused with Siege of Sirhind, Battle of Sirhind (1555), or Battle of Sirhind (1764).
The Battle of Chappar Chiri, also called Battle of Sirhind,[10] was fought between Mughal Empire and the Sikhs on 12 May 1710 at Chappar Chiri, located 20 kilometers from Sirhind.[11][12]
^Fenech, E. Louis; Mcleod, H. W. (11 June 2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-4422-3601-1.
^Jacques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5.
^Singh, Surinder (2022). Medieval Panjab in Transition Authority, Resistance and Spirituality C.1500 – C.1700. Routledge. p. 471. ISBN 9781000609448. After destroying a number of neighbouring towns and villages, he rushed to Sirhind. By this time, his position had become formidable, as 70,000 people gathered under him.
^Singh 1990, p. 62.
^Sikh Digital Library (17 April 1935). Life Of Banda Singh Bahadur Based On Contemporary And Original Records - Dr. Ganda Singh. Sikh Digital Library. Sikh Digital Library. pp. 59–60.
^VSM, D. S. Saggu (7 June 2018). Battle Tactics And War Manoeuvres of the Sikhs. Notion Press. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-1-64249-006-0.
^Grewal, J. S.; Habib, Ifran (2001). Sikh History from Persian Sources: Translations of Major Texts. Tulika. p. 22. ISBN 9788185229171.
^Sikhs In The Eighteenth Century. p. 31.
^Irvine, William (1904). Later Mughals. Atlantic Publishers & Distri.
^Singh, Raj Pal (2004). The Sikhs : Their Journey Of Five Hundred Years. Pentagon Press. pp. 46–48. ISBN 9788186505465.
^Sikhs In The Eighteenth Century. p. 32.
^Gupta, Hari Ram (1999) [1937]. History of the Sikhs: Evolution of Sikh Confederacies (1708-69)(PDF). Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. pp. 12, 13. ISBN 9788121502481.
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