Banda Singh Bahadur, sent north by Guru Gobind Singh, storms Sirhind and avenges the execution of the Guru's young sons, striking coinage in the Gurus' names and abolishing the zamindari system in the lands he takes; his rising is the Khalsa's first taste of rule, ended by his capture and execution in 1716.
Tagged: Sikh The Khalsa Panth
The Event
- Date
- 1710 (exact)
- Era
- Empire and Annexation; Standard periodization of Sikh history
- Location
- Sirhind; today Punjab, India
- Traditions
- Sikhism
- Streams
- The Khalsa Panth
- Key figures
- Banda Singh Bahadur
Primary Sources
- The Persian and Sikh chronicles of the rising
Secondary Sources
- Khushwant Singh, A History of the Sikhs, vol. 1 (Oxford, 2nd ed. 2004)
- Grewal, The Sikhs of the Punjab (Cambridge, 1990)
Provenance: HIST-0517; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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