| Battle of Lohgarh | |||||||
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| Part of Mughal–Sikh wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 First Sikh State | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Banda Singh Bahadur |
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| Strength | |||||||
| 2,000–3,000 cavalry [citation needed] | 60,000 cavalry[1][3] | ||||||
The Battle of Lohgarh was fought between the First Sikh State, and the Mughal Empire in 1710.[2][4] The Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah's army moved towards Lohgarh, Bilaspur[4] where they engaged with the Sikhs to capture the fort on 16 December 1710.[1] The battle is noted for its use of guerrilla tactics and being a pitched battle.[5]
- ^ a b c Jacques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 595. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5.
- ^ a b Madra, Amandeep Singh; Singh, P. (2016). Sicques, Tigers or Thieves: Eyewitness Accounts of the Sikhs (1606-1810). Springer. p. 302. ISBN 9781137119988.
- ^ Singh, Patwant; Rai, Jyoti M. (2008). Empire of the Sikhs: The Life and Times of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Peter Owen. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-7206-1323-0.
- ^ a b Nijhawan, P. K. (1985). Sri Guru Gobind Geeta: Guru Gobind Singh's Dialogue of Destiny with Banda. Army Educational Stores. p. 143.
- ^ The Sikh Review. Vol. 54. Calcutta, India: Sikh Cultural Centre. 2006. pp. 43–44.