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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Second Battle of Lahore
| place = Near [[Lahore]]
| partof = [[Afghan-Sikh Wars]]
| date = November 1759
| result = Sikh Victory
| combatant1 = [[File:Sikh Akali flag.svg|30px]] [[Dal Khalsa (Sikh Army)|Dal Khalsa]]
| combatant2 = [[File:Abdali flag.png|30px]] [[Durrani Empire]]
| commander1 = [[File:Sikh Akali flag.svg|20px]] [[Jassa Singh Ahluwalia]]<br>[[File:Sikh Akali flag.svg|20px]] [[Charat Singh]]<br>[[File:Sikh Akali flag.svg|20px]] [[Jai Singh Kanhaiya]]<br>[[File:Sikh Akali flag.svg|20px]] [[Gujjar Singh Banghi|Gujjar Singh Bhangi]]<br>[[File:Sikh Akali flag.svg|20px]] [[Lehna Singh Bhangi]]
| commander2 = [[File:Abdali flag.png|20px]] Jahan Khan{{WIA}}
| strength1 = Unknown
| strength2 = 40,000<ref name=Tactics>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Battle_Tactics_And_War_Manoeuvres_of_the/ghlfDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=40,000+afghans+1759&pg=PT103&printsec=frontcover|title=Battle Tactics And War Manoeuvres of the Sikhs|author=D.S Saggu VSM|isbn=9781642490060}}</ref>
| casualties1 = Unknown
| casualties2 = 2,000 killed<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/A_Study_of_Eighteenth_Century_India_Poli/dohDAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=lahore+2,000+afghans+1759&dq=lahore+2,000+afghans+1759&printsec=frontcover|title=A Study of Eighteenth Century India: Political history, 1707-1761|author=Jagadish Narayan Sarkar|pp=343}}</ref><ref name=Khushwant>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Khushwant |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofsikhs1401khus/page/150/mode/2up|title=A History Of The Sikhs, Vol. 1, 1469-1839|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|pages=150|isbn=9780195673081}}</ref>
}}
{{Campaignbox Afghan-Sikh Wars}}
The '''Second Battle of Lahore''' was fought in November 1759 by the Sikh forces led by [[Jassa Singh Ahluwalia]] and the Afghan forces led by Jahan Khan.

==Background==

[[Ahmad Shah Abdali]] invaded India for the fifth time during 1759 with the main goal to recapture all the territories taken by his enemies.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Advanced_Study_in_the_History_of_Modern/d1wUgKKzawoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=ahmad+shah+abdali%27s+fifth+indian+invasion&pg=PA263&printsec=frontcover|title=Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813|author=Jaswant Lal Mehta|pp=263|isbn=9781932705546}}</ref> The [[Maratha Empire]] had left [[Punjab]] without any resistance, leaving the Sikhs alone against the Afghan Empire.<ref name=Encyclopedia>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/TheEncyclopediaOfSikhism-VolumeIA-d/page/12/mode/2up|title=The Encyclopedia Of Sikhism|author=Harbans Singh|pp=12|isbn=9788173801006}}</ref> The Afghan army marched for [[Lahore]]. When the Sikhs got intel, they attacked the army, scaring away the durranis during the night.<ref name=Ganda>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Ganda|url=https://archive.org/details/SardarJassaSinghAhluwalia_651/page/n117/mode/2up|title=Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia|year=1990|pages=101-102}}</ref>

==Battle==

When the Shah learnt about this, he sent a 40,000 strong army towards [[Lahore]] in order to teach the Sikhs a lesson.<ref name=Tactics/> Jassa Singh was already prepared. When the battle began, Jassa Singh and Jai Singh attacked the Afghans from the right while the remaining Sikhs attacked from the left. If the Afghans attacked the Sikhs in the right, they would be attacked by the Sikhs in the left and vice versa.<ref name=Ganda/> At the end of the day, the Sikhs came out victorious as Jahan Khan was wounded and they had slain up to 2,000 Afghans.<ref name="Gupta">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfTheSikhsVol.IiEvolutionOfSikhConfederacies1707-69/page/n171/mode/2up|title=History Of The Sikhs Vol. II Evolution Of Sikh Confederacies (1707-69)|author=Hari Ram Gupta|pages=154}}</ref><ref name=Encyclopedia/>

==Aftermath==

After this fierce engagement, the Afghans had fought the [[Marathas]] in the [[Battle of Taraori (1759)]] and defeated them.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Conflict_and_Conquest_in_the_Islamic_Wor/WjQfo3a1eVMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Battle+of+Taraori+1759&pg=PA43&printsec=frontcover|title=Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World|author=Alexander Mikaberidze|pages=43|isbn=9781598843361}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== See also ==
* [[Nihang]]
* [[Martyrdom in Sikhism|Martyrdom and Sikhism]]

[[Category:Battles involving the Sikhs]]
[[Category:History of India]]
[[Category:Military history of Lahore]]

Second Battle of Lahore (1759) - Revision history

Nenuanonymous at 07:50, 12 July 2023