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Siege of Gurdaspur

Siege of Gurdaspur was a siege conducted in 1715 at Gurdaspur, in what is now India. The recorded result: Mughal victory. Recorded strength: 1,250 against 35,000.

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Fought1715
WhereGurdaspur, India32.033N, 75.400E
OutcomeMughal victory
Belligerents25px KhalsaagainstMughal Empire
Casualties and losses300 dead; 750 capturedandUnknown

Record

Date1715 (year precision)
PlaceGurdaspur, India
32.033N, 75.400E
KindSiege, early modern
Territorial changeBanda Singh Bahadur was captured alive by the Mughals.
Strength1,25035,000
Casualties and losses300 dead; 750 capturedUnknown
Commanders
  • Banda Singh Bahadur
  • Baj Singh
  • Binod Singh
  • Farrukhsiyar
  • Abd al-Samad Khan
  • Zakariya Khan Bahadur
  • Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I
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Elsewhere in 1715

Siege of Gurdaspur 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 Q7510060, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Gurdaspur, revision 1376654249, 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.