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{{infobox military conflict<br />
| conflict = Battle of Amritsar<br />
| partof = [[Indian Campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani]]<br />
| image = Akali Deep Singh.jpg|<br />
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| date = 11 November 1757<br />
| place = A village named Gohalwar near [[Amritsar]]{{sfn|Lansford|2017|p=20}}<br />
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| result = Sikh victory{{sfn|Lansford|2017|p=20}}{{sfn|Jacques|2006|p=400}}<br />
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| combatant1 = [[File:Punjab flag.svg|30px]] [[Shaheedan Misl]]<br />
| combatant2 = [[File:Flag of Herat until 1842.svg|30px]] [[Durrani Empire]]<br />
| commander1 = [[Baba Deep Singh]]{{KIA}}<br />
| commander2 = [[Timur Shah Durrani]]<br>General Attal Khan<br>General Jahan Khan {{KIA}}<br>General Jamal Khan{{KIA}}<br />
| strength1 = 5,000<br />
| strength2 = 20,000<br />
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| casualties1 = Sikh leader [[Baba Deep Singh]] killed.{{sfn|Jacques|2006|p=400}}<br />
| casualties2 = General Jamal Khan killed.<br />
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The '''Battle of Amritsar''' was fought between [[Durrani Empire]] and [[Shaheedan Misl]] of [[Dal Khalsa (Sikh Empire)|Dal Khalsa]] on 11 November 1757.{{sfn|Lansford|2017|p=20}}<br />
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==The Battle==<br />
[[Ahmad Shah Durrani]] had finished raiding [[Hindustan]] and was returning back to [[Afghanistan]] after sacking [[Delhi]] in January 1757, but on the way his army was attacked by Baba Deep Singh. He managed to escape along with his remaining army and in retaliation for the attack, he attacked [[Amritsar]] and desecrated the [[Golden Temple]], the holiest site of the [[Sikhs]], by having waste poured into the pool along with entrails of slaughtered [[cows]] in order to hurt the religious sentiment of the Sikhs. Upon his return to [[Kabul]], Abdali sent his son [[Timur Shah Durrani]] to chastise the Sikhs. The news of the desecration of the holy [[Golden Temple]] had reached [[Baba Deep Singh]] so Baba Deep Singh vowed to avenge the desecration of the holiest Sikh site and promised to clean and defend the temple even if it meant sacrificing his own life. Baba Deep Singh, along with an army of 5,000 volunteers set off and began marching towards Amritsar. The Afghan Army met with the [[Sikh Army]] and a battle was fought at the village Gohalwar where the Sikhs drove off the [[Pashtuns|Afghans]]. [[Baba Deep Singh]], the leader of the Sikhs, was killed during the battle.{{sfn|Hoernle|Stark|1906|p=113}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
[[Jaspat Rai]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{cite book |last=Grewal |first=J.S. |year=1990 |title=The Sikhs of the Punjab |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2_nryFANsoYC&q=%22jamadar+khushal+singh%22&pg=PA91 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=91 |isbn=0-521-63764-3 |access-date=15 April 2014 }}<br />
*{{cite book|title=A history of India|last1=Hoernle|first1=August Friedrich Rudolf|author-link=Rudolf Hoernlé |last2=Stark |first2=Herbert Alick |year=1906|publisher=Orissa Mission Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/ahistoryindia00stargoog/page/n145 113]|url=https://archive.org/details/ahistoryindia00stargoog|quote=Ahmad Shah Abdali fourth.}}<br />
*{{cite book|url=http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges|page=400|last=Jacques |first=Tony|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-33536-5|access-date=2017-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626120848/http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0|archive-date=2015-06-26|url-status=dead}}<br />
*{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XxwIDgAAQBAJ&q=kasur+pashtun&pg=PA21|title=Afghanistan at War: From the 18th-Century Durrani Dynasty to the 21st Century|last=Lansford|first=Tom|year=2017 |publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781598847604|language=en}}<br />
*{{cite book|last=Singha|first=H. S|title=The encyclopedia of Sikhism (over 1000 entries)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gqIbJz7vMn0C|access-date=December 22, 2011|year=2000|publisher=Hemkunt Press|isbn=978-81-7010-301-1|page=107}}<br />
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