Banda Singh Bahadur Born 1670 at Rajauri, Kashmir

Banda Singh Bahadur

• Born 1670 at Rajauri, Kashmir

• Name - Lachman Das

• Shot a doe (female deer)

• Left home to join the sadhus (saints)

Banda Singh Bahadur

• Became a hermit

• New name - Madho Das Bairagi

• Learnt Yoga and magi skills

• Founded a hermitage at Nanded

• Spent 16 years there

Banda Singh Bahadur

• Met Guru Gobind Singh in autumn 1708

• Took amrit

• New name - Banda Singh

• Set off to fight with mughal rulers with 25 sikhs

Banda Singh Bahadur

• Conquests

• Reached Punjab in September 1709

• Took Samana in November 1709 where the executioners of Guru Tegh Bahadur and the 2 younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh lived

• Took Sadhauru in March 1710 where Pir Budhu Shah used to live

Banda Singh Bahadur

• Battle of Sirhind in May 12 - May 14th 1710 and killed Wazir Khan

• Made his capital at Mukhlispur

• In his 3rd incarnation Banda Singh became a king

Banda Singh Bahadur

• Struck coins in the name of Guru Nanak and Guru Gobind

• His biggest acheivement was the redistribution of land

Banda Singh Bahadur

• Uprising in the Majha

• Took Kalanaur Batala, Pathankot

• Capatured Jullandur, HoshiarPur in Autumn 1710

• Ghazis smashed by the sikhs

• Banda Singh Bahadur’s influence all over Punjab

Banda Singh Bahadur

• The emporor of India, Bahadur Shah called his best armies from Delhi, Utta Padeh and Oudh

• Attacked Sirhind Mukhlispur Dec. 1710

• Banda Singh escaped the emporer disheartened

Banda Singh Bahadur

• Bahadur Shah dies 17th February 1712

• All dogs in Lahore killed

• Jahandar became emporer after killing his brothers

• He was then killed by his nephew, Farrukh Siyer

• Abdus Samad Khan, his son Zakarya Khan, governer of Lahore

Banda Singh Bahadur

• Banda won back Mukhlispur Sadhauru

• Banda Singh disappeared into the hills in February 1715

• Came back for his final stand at Gurdas Nangal

• Laid down arms in December 1715

Banda Singh Bahadur

• Procession and executions at Dehli

• 740 prisoners, 2000 sikh heads offered a pardon

• Banda Singh, his son Ajay Singh aged 4 killed Sunday, 19th June 1716

Banda Singh Bahadur

• Even Banda Singh’s enemies could not help admiring his bravery.

• The historian of that period Kanwar Khan wrote ‘It was by the grace of God and not by wisdom or bravery that this came to happen.

Banda Singh Bahadur

• Every body knows that the emperor Bahudur Shah with Royal princes and many other generals made efforts to defeat Banda Singh, but it was all useless.

• Now that infidel of sikhs and a few thousands of his companions have been starved into surrender