This article is about a siege that took place in the year 1700. For other sieges conducted at the same location, see Battle of Anandpur.
First siege of Anandpur
Part of Hill States-Sikh Wars
Date
August 29th-October 3rd 1700
Location
Anandpur
Result
Hill Raja victory
Belligerents
Khalsa (Sikhs)
Alliance of the Rajas of the Sivalik Hills[note 1] Gujars Ranghars
Commanders and leaders
Guru Gobind Singh Bhai Daya Singh Bhai Dharam Singh Bhai Mohkam Singh Bhai Himmat Singh Bhai Sahib Singh Bhai Uday Singh[1]
Raja Bhim Chand Raja Ajmer Chand General Jagatullah † Raja Kesari Chand † Raja Ghumand Chand † Raja Bhup Chand
Strength
4,000[2]
Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown
Jagatullah was killed by Bhai Sahib Singh.[3]
Kesari Chand was killed by General Ude Singh.
Ghumand Chand was killed by Bhai Himmat Singh.
Intoxicated war elephant was killed by Bhai Bachittar Singh
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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)
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Hill States-Sikh Wars
Anandpur (1682)
Anandpur (1685)
Bhangani (1686)
Anandpur (1699)
Anandpur (1700)
Nirmohgarh (1702)
Basoli (1702)
Chamkaur (1702)
1 Anandpur (1704)
2 Anandpur (1704)
Shahi Tibbi (1704)
Sarsa (1704)
Chamkaur (1704)
Banda Singh Bahadur (1711)
Ram Rauni (1748)
Talwara (1770)
Batala (1784)
Rumal (1787)
Bajwara (1803)
The first siege of Anandpur was a thirty-five-day-long siege at Anandpur led by the Rajas of the Sivalik Hills and the Gujar and Ranghar tribesmen against the armies of the Sikh under Guru Gobind Singh.[4][5][6]
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^Johar, Surinder Singh (1998). Holy Sikh shrines. New Delhi: M D Publications. p. 46. ISBN 978-81-7533-073-3. OCLC 44703461.
^Harbans Kaur Sagoo (2001). Banda Singh Bahadur And Sikh Sovereignty. p. 70.
^Jacques, Tony (2006). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26.
^Tony., Jaques (2007). Dictionary of battles and sieges : a guide to 8,500 battles from antiquity through the twenty-first century. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313027994. OCLC 230808376.
^Grewal, J.S. Guru Gobind Singh - A Biographical Study. p. 131.
^Bindra, Pritpal Singh. Guru Kian Sakhian Tales of the Sikh Gurus. pp. 142–148.
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