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{{infobox military conflict
| conflict = Siege of Lahore
| partof = [[Indian Campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani]]
| image = Sultan Ul Quam Jassa Singh Ahluwalia.jpg
| caption =
| date = 27 October 1761
| place = [[Lahore]]
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| result = * Sikhs won the siege.
* Sikhs Captured Lahore.<ref>{{cite book|title= The Sikhs : Their Journey Of Five Hundred Years|author= Raj Pal Singh|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ra19YSPDliQC&q=hargobind+jahangir&pg=PA114|publisher= Pentagon Press|year= 2004|isbn= 9788186505465|page= 115}}</ref><ref name="Mehta">{{Cite book|title=Advanced study in the history of modern India 1707–1813|last1=Mehta|first1=J. L.|year=2005|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd|isbn=978-1-932705-54-6|page=303|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d1wUgKKzawoC&pg=PA250 |access-date=2010-09-23}}</ref>
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| combatant1 = [[File:Punjab flag.svg|50px]] [[Sikh Misls]]
| combatant2 = [[Durrani Empire]]
| commander1 = * [[Jassa Singh Ahluwalia]]
* [[Charat Singh]]
* [[Jassa Singh Ramgarhia]]
* [[Hari Singh Dhillon]]
* [[Jai Singh Kanheya]]
* [[Ala Singh]]
| commander2 = * [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]]
* [[Timur Shah Durrani]]
* Khwaja Obed, the Governor of Lahore
| strength1 = Unknown
| strength2 = 12,000 <ref>Kakshi, S.R.; Pathak, Rashmi; Pathak, S.R.Bakshi R. (2007-01-01). Punjab Through the Ages. Sarup & Sons. p. 15. {{ISBN|978-81-7625-738-1}}. Retrieved 12 June 2010.</ref>
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The '''Sikh occupation of Lahore''' took place in 1761 when the [[Sikhs]] besieged [[Lahore]] and captured it after facing no opposition from [[Durrani Empire|Durrani]] forces.

==Background==
After victory in the [[Third Battle of Panipat]], [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]] sent General Nuruddin with 12,000 soldiers to chastite Sikhs. [[Charat Singh]] Sukerchakia attacked Nuruddin's army at [[Sialkot]]. Nuruddin escaped and the Sikhs won a great victory in the [[Battle of Sialkot (1761)|1761 Battle of Sialkot]].

Afghan General Khwaja Obed Khan was also sent to punish Sikhs. Khwaja obed wanted to attack Charat Singh at [[Gujranwala]] but before he could, he was attacked by Sikhs led by [[Jassa Singh Ahluwalia]], [[Hari Singh Dhillon]], and [[Jai Singh Kanheya]]. The Afghan forces were surrounded and Khwaja fled the battlefield. Sikhs once again defeated the Afghans in the [[Battle of Gujranwala (1761)|1761 Battle of Gujranwala]].<ref name="KakshiPathak2007">{{cite book|last1=Kakshi|first1=S.R.|last2=Pathak|first2=Rashmi|last3=Pathak|first3=S.R.Bakshi R.|title=Punjab Through the Ages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K_FRF3a5y2EC|access-date=12 June 2010|date=2007-01-01|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-738-1|pages=15}}</ref>

==Siege of Lahore==
The Sikhs gained enough confidence to capture Lahore after back to back victories. They met at [[Amritsar]] on 27 October 1761, the day of [[Diwali]], and decided to capture Lahore. The Sikhs besieged Lahore, Khawaja obed did not oppose the Sikh attack, Sikhs entered the Lahore city, plundered the city,<ref>{{cite book |last=Grewal |first=J.S. |date=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 }}</ref> captured the Royal mint and struck coins bearing "Sikka Zad dar Jahan Bafazat-i-Akal, mulk-i-Ahmad garift Jassa Kalal," which means 'the coin struck by Grace of God in the country of Ahmad captured by Jassa Kalal.'<ref>{{cite book|title= The Sikhs: Their Journey Of Five Hundred Years |author= Raj Pal Singh |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ra19YSPDliQC&q=hargobind+jahangir&pg=P114|publisher= Pentagon Press|year= 2004|isbn= 9788186505465|page= 116}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Conflicts in 1761]]
[[Category:History of Lahore]]

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Sikh Occupation of Lahore - Revision history

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