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40 sikhs of Guru Gobind Singh Ji fought with 10 lac soldiers of the mughal army
When in need King Bahadar Shah, had fallen at the feet of Guru Gobind Singh, and now in Dec 1710, ordered that Sikhs, wherever seen, be killed.
'Chhota Ghalughara' (Small Holocaust) In 1746 about 20000 Sikhs (including women, children and the old) were killed. 30000 Sikhs killed in 1762 known as the 'Vadda Ghalughara' (Big Holocaust)
After the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Sikh leadership went into the wrong hands of Dogra Sikhs, who were traitors and had secretly joined the British rulers for their personal gains.
It is recorded in the official British records that whenever a sikh was taken to the execution room, he was given a chance to apologize, but they preferred dignified death than slavery.
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Baba Banda Singh Bahadur
Banda Singh came to Punjab like a storm, sent message of Guru Gobind Singh to various places to Khalsa, raised an army of the selfless Sikhs under numbers of commanders of Sikhs and attacked Sarhind in the year 1710 AD. Wazir Khan and his men were killed. Sarhind was conquered. In Dec the same year he faced the Mugal army in the field of Sadhoura and defeated the Mugals. Bhai Mani Singh was requested to take up services of Golden Temple and he thankfully accepted.
Thus it was first time, in the history of India that after a slavery of more than 700 years, a Sikh Raj was established at Sarhind in the heartland of the Mugal Empire in 1710 AD by Baba Banda Singh Bahadur. He gave land to the tillers, proclaimed equality of all people as citizens of a state and declared that power emanated from and justly belonged to the people and not to a hereditary privileged class.
When in need King Bahadar Shah, had fallen at the feet of Guru Gobind Singh, and now in Dec 1710, ordered that Sikhs, wherever seen, be killed.
In June 1711, Bahadur Shah sent his army to kill Banda Singh Bahadur in the field of Behraam pur, but got defeated. Within two years Banda Singh conquered almost east of Punjab including Jamna Nagar, Saharanpur, Patiala, Ambala and other nearby areas. He moved to wards Himachal and conquered Bilaspur. Again in 1713 he defeated the Mugal Army in the field of Sadhaura. He was enemy of the cruel rulers, chieftains and landlords who treated general public as slaves. He started currency in the names of Guru Nanak and Guru Gobind Singh. Thus it was a first successful war of freedom. The fear and terror of the dreaded Gaznzvi, Temur and Babur and their descendants was eliminated by the Khalsa.
Though the rule of Banda Singh was only for 8 years. It paved the way to stand up against the terror of rulers.
Martyrdom of Banda Singh Bahadur.
After the death of Bahadar Shah in 1712, Farakhsieyer became the next king of India. At the behest of Farakhsieyer, in Dec 1715 Banda Singh Bahadur, along with a few hundred sikhs, was encircled in the fort of Gurdaas Nangal. After about 8 months the fort was attacked and Banda Singh and his men were arrested. Thousands of sikhs were killed and their dead heads were loaded in number of carts. About 700 Sikhs were arrested on the way. They were brought to Delhi in the form of a big horrifying procession leading with Banda Singh in a cage over an elephant, prisoners in chains and carts with dead heads. It was a clear message that the sikhs had no right to live. In March 1716, daily 100 Sikhs were executed for 7 days at Khooni Darwaza, Delhi. Not even a young boy of 15 years, even at the yearning requests of his mother left Sikhism but embraced Death.
After 3 months, in June 1716 AD Banda Singh and his few men were executed. The Mugals were mad for knowing about the secrets of Sikh wars from Banda Singh and his few men. Before execution of Banda Singh his young son was killed with a dagger. Vibrating heart of the dead child was forced into the mouth of brave Banda Singh and he resisted. After this his eye balls were notched out, hands, feet, knee were chopped off. As if not enough with long hot tongs his flesh was pulled and was thus ultimately put to death. This was to set an example to create terror in the minds of the general public by the rulers..
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