siege, early modern

Siege of Amritsar

Name: Siege of Amritsar
Location: India

Siege of Amritsar was a siege conducted in 1748 in what is now India. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. The recorded result: Sikh victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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Fought1748

WhereIndia31.627N, 74.877E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSikh victory

Belligerents30px Dal Khalsaagainst30px Mughal Empire

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Record

Date	1748 (year precision)
Place	India 31.627N, 74.877E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown
Commanders	Nawab Kapur Singh Jassa Singh Ahluwalia

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Ichogil Bund 1965, 37 km W
Battle of Sobraon 1846, 49 km S
Battle of Burki 1965, 51 km W
Siege of Lahore 1186, 51 km W
Siege of Lahore 1241, 51 km W

Elsewhere in 1748

Siege of Amritsar is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 354 in present-day India.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q118901579, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Amritsar (1748), revision 1370738812, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.