Battle of Amritsar (1757)

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Battle of Amritsar
Part of Indian Campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani
Akali Deep Singh.jpg
Date11 November 1757
Location
A village named Gohalwar near Amritsar[1]
Result Sikh victory[1][2]
Belligerents
Punjab flag.svg Shaheedan Misl Flag of Herat until 1842.svg Durrani Empire
Commanders and leaders
Baba Deep Singh † Timur Shah Durrani
General Attal Khan
General Jahan Khan  †
General Jamal Khan †
Strength
5,000 20,000
Casualties and losses
Sikh leader Baba Deep Singh killed.[2] General Jamal Khan killed.

The Battle of Amritsar was fought between Durrani Empire and Shaheedan Misl of Dal Khalsa on 11 November 1757.[1]

The Battle[edit]

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 Afghans. Baba Deep Singh, the leader of the Sikhs, was killed during the battle.[3]

See also[edit]

Jaspat Rai

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lansford 2017, p. 20.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jacques 2006, p. 400.
  3. ↑ Hoernle & Stark 1906, p. 113.

Sources[edit]

  • Grewal, J.S. (1990). The Sikhs of the Punjab. Cambridge University Press. p. 91. ISBN 0-521-63764-3. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  • Hoernle, August Friedrich Rudolf; Stark, Herbert Alick (1906). A history of India. Orissa Mission Press. p. 113. Ahmad Shah Abdali fourth.
  • Jacques, Tony (2006). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 400. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
  • Lansford, Tom (2017). Afghanistan at War: From the 18th-Century Durrani Dynasty to the 21st Century. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781598847604.
  • Singha, H. S (2000). The encyclopedia of Sikhism (over 1000 entries). Hemkunt Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-81-7010-301-1. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
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