Northeast of Amritsar at Rohilla (later named Hargobindpur)
Result
Sikh victory
Belligerents
Akal Sena (Sikhs)
Mughal Empire
Commanders and leaders
Jattu †
Abdul Khan †
Units involved
unknown
4,000[1]
Casualties and losses
unknown
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Early Mughal-Sikh Wars
Battle of Rohilla
Battle of Sangrana
Battle of Amritsar (1634)
Battle of Kartarpur
Battle of Lahira
Battle of Phagwara
Battle of Kiratpur
Invasion of Kiratpur
The Battle of Rohilla, also known as the Battle of Hargobindpur, was a 1621 campaign by the Mughal Empire against the growing influence of the Sikhs.[1]
After the death of Guru Arjan Dev, Guru Hargobind fully militarized the Sikhs into a proper militia mostly based on an irregular cavalry style of warfare.[2] In 1621, Hargobind envisaged a plan to develop a town, Sri Hargobindpur, that was founded by his father. A dispute over the possession of land and plans to erect a building ensued between the Guru and a Khatri moneylender named Bhagwan Das. Accordingly, Bhagwan Das attacked the Guru's camp and was subsequently killed in the fight. Das' son, Rattan Chand, and Karam Chand, the son of Chandu Shah (an antipathetic figure in Sikh tradition), forged an alliance and incited the faujdar of Jullundar, Abdul Khan, to send an expedition against Guru Hargobind. The Sikhs fought and defeated the contingent of 4,000 Mughal troops sent by Abdul Khan, near the Beas river. The Sikh general Jattu as well as Abdul Khan and his sons were killed in the fighting.[3][1][2]
^ abcJaques, Tony. (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 860. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
^ abHari Ram Gupta. History of the Sikhs:The Sikhs Gurus (1469-1708). Munshilal Manohorlal 1994. p. 164.
^Singh, Fauja (1975). Guru Tegh Bahadur: Martyr and teacher. Publication Bureau Punjabi university, PATIALA. p. 10.
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Akal Sena (Sikhs)
Mughal Empire
Jattu †
Abdul Khan †