The Guru stayed in his Dera for a few days. It was not less than a miracle and was the magnetic like personality of Guru Gobind Singh at his 42 years of age that a 38 year old Rajput, at a place far away from his native, now a mystic, celibate, vegetarian, having occult powers, master of a big Ashram but very haughty and proud was turned into a devoted and disciplined soldier and made an army general by the Guru, who fell on the cruel rulers of Punjab like a storm and cloud burst.
In Oct. Put a stop to the cruelty of Punjab rulers. Punish the guilty and cruel misrulers. To fight for human rights, uplift and strengthen the poor, the low and slave like people who could not even imagine freedom. The Guru blessed him with: 1.
Five arrows. A double Edged sword Khanda. A big leather mounted drum Nagaara. He sent with him five Sikhs for counseling: 1. Bhai Daya Singh 2. Bhai Binod Singh 3. Bhai Kahan Singh 4. Bhai Bijay Singh 5. Bhai Ran Singh. In the times of Sikh Gurus, wars were defensive. Generally they fought when war was thrust upon them. His war strategy was to challenge the Generals and fight with them and avoid bloodshed of masses even then numbers of brave Sikhs and Mugal soldiers were killed because no General wanted to face the Guru alone.
The 10 th Guru, Guru Gobind Singh faced about 16 wars in a period of about 25 years. Whole family of Guru Gobind Singh, thousands of sikhs, devoted muslims — the name of Peer Budhu Shah of Sadhoura a town in Punjab is worth mentioning, his 2 sons, nephews and many of his followers — sacrificed their lives while fighting the Mugal soldiers.
In a later period the Nawab of Sadhoura, Usmaan Khan, the Mugal ruler, killed Peer Budhu Shah and cut his body into pieces and threw them in different parts of Sadhoura, punishing him for having served Guru Gobind Singh. For such reasons it was imperative for Banda Singh Bahadur to be offensive and punish the guilty. He had prepared and sent two Pathan spies to chase and murder the Guru. At Nander one day they succeeded in stabbing Guru Gobind Singh when he was resting, even though both of them lost their lives.
The wounds of the Guru were operated and stitched. It was first time in The Sikh history that Sikhs were attackers and offensives but their aim was same as earlier. Memories of unlimited sacrifices of Gurus, their families, Sikhs and their sufferings at the hands of oppressors were fresh in the Sikh masses.
News of passing away of their dear Guru, Guru Gobind Singh added fuel to the fire for fighting the Mugal rulers and making sacrifices. In a short period Banda Singh had horse rider and artillery Sikhs with him. After some more time the strength of 40, warriors was at his command. God fearing Muslims, who had been always with the Guru in most of the fights. Poor, down-trodden and low caste who had always been subjected to torture.
Some unknown selfish bad elements with the intention of loots. To meet financial needs, Banda Singh made fervent appeals to big business men of that time. After meeting the basic requirements, in Feb. In the meantime another group of Sikhs from Majha Central Punjab attacked Ropar and other nearby areas and joined with the forces of Banda Singh.
Wazir Hkan lost his life. The Mugal army ran away from the field. The Sikhs entered the city of Sarhind. Most of the high officials and administrators were killed. Their buildings were destroyed and looted. Irrespective of their religion, the old, women and children were protected from any harm. Sheikh Ahmed Sirhindi was the main conspirator for the death of Guru Arjan dev ji.
Even his grave was not destroyed. All attempts were made to avoid to give any religious colour to these wars. As and when an area was conquered Banda Singh appointed one of his trusted lieutenants to govern these places and who in turn appointed other local people for administration.
Keeping continuous the wave of attacks on other areas, in itself he took over other Northeren Areas in between rivers of Jamuna and Ganga such as Saharan Pur, Shamli, Muzzafar Nagar etc. Banda Singh established his capital at Mukhlis Garh, a place situated in the base of hills and away from the main highway and central areas from security point of view. He repaired the fort of Mukhlis Garh and renamed it as Loh Garh.
He could least think of such a situation. To take back his lost areas, he started chasing Banda Singh with all his forces. The Mugal forces surrounded the fort and cut off all supplies. In one of pitch dark nights, Banda Singh and his men forced their way through the Mugal army and moved towards upper hill areas. Punishing various kings of hills who were part of the Mugal forces against Guru Gobind Singh, he moved towards Jammu. Bahadar Shah reached Lahore in Aug.
His attempts to kill or capture Banda Singh were on. In Feb Bahadur Shah died out of illness. For one year there was fight for the Throne of Delhi among his sons. To take gain of the situation Banda Singh collected his forces and again conquered Batala , Kalanaour, Sarhind, Muzaffar Nagar and other areas in and ruled till It was for the first time that Banda Singh broke the believe of Mugals that they could not be conquered by any one.
He established a democratic rule. The poor and down trodden got a sense if living with dignity. Those who tilled the land became its owners. He had power of devils but heart of saints. He protected the poor and low, did not harm those who surrendered. Clear example is the army of Afgan fighters who did not want to fight Banda Singh and accepted his leadership. He taunted the Governer of Lahore, Abdu-Samad for his inability and sent his own forces for his help. Banda Singh and his forces were at Gurdaas Pur.
The Mugal forces dared not even to attack this Kachhi Garhi and surrounded it for 8 months. Banda Singh had very little army with him and had very limited quantity of weapons and food.
The Mugals had cut off all the supplies from outside. He did not want to leave the Garhi. He did not want to leave the Garhi but said that those who wanted to leave him could go.
At an appropriate night Baba Binod Singh and his men left the Garhi. This left Banda Singh and about of his men in the Garhi. Day by day conditions worsened in the Garhi. No food was left, grass, leaves of plants and trees were boiled and eaten. Even balk of trees was eaten.
One cannot imagine the misery they faced. Meat of animals and birds was eaten. Not even wood was left for cooking. It is said a few cut the flesh of their own thighs to eat. History was being created, but there was no one to write. They were completely cut off from the outside world. After surrounding for 8 months, the Mugal army with swords in their hands charged the fort. Even at this stage the Sikhs offered heavy resistance. It is said Banda Singh alone had killed about 50 to 60 soldiers of the Mugal army before he could be captured.
The Nawab was surprised at the wealth- Banda Singh had and the determination with which they were fighting. Hardly rupees and 23 gold coins and a few weapons were found with them. The Mugal soldiers thought that the sikhs had swallowed gold coins, in fact few of the sikhs were killed, their stomachs torn open, but nothing was found. Thus Banda Singh with about sikhs was captured in Dec. They were taken to Lahore in the form of a procession.
Farukh-Seyer, the king at Delhi, wanted them at Delhi. Abdu-Samad, the governor of Lahore, wanted himself to go to Delhi to present this big catch and take all the credit, but Farakh-Seyer ordered him to stay back and send his son Zakria Khan. So they ordered the local chieftains to behead the sikhs wherever found and present their heads to the Nawab. Thus thousands of sikhs were murdered. Banda Singh was clothed with clothes of a joker with a cap on head, was firmly chained, put in an iron cage.
The cage was tied on top of an elephant. Banda Singh is known to have abolished or halted the Zamindari system in time he was active and gave the farmers proprietorship of their own land. Banda Singh ordered Baj Singh to open fire on them. The people were astonished at the strange reply to their representation, and asked him what he meant.
He told them that they deserved no better treatment when being thousands in number they still allowed themselves to be cowed down by a handful of Zamindars. The rule of the Sikhs over the entire Punjab east of Lahore obstructed the communication between Delhi and Lahore, the capital of Punjab, and this worried Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah He gave up his plan to subdue rebels in Rajasthan and marched towards Punjab.
To ensure that there were no Sikh agents in the army camps, an order was issued on August 29, to all Hindus to shave off their beards. Banda Singh was in in Uttar Pradesh when the Moghal army under the orders of Munim Khan [33] marched to Sirhind and before the return of Banda Singh, they had already taken Sirhind and the areas around it. The Sikhs therefore moved to Lohgarh for their final battle. The Sikhs defeated the army but reinforcements were called and they laid siege on the fort with 60, troops.
The failure of the army to kill or catch Banda Singh shocked Emperor, Bahadur Shah and On 10 December he ordered that wherever a Sikh was found, he should be murdered. Banda Singh Bahadur wrote Hukamnamas to the Sikhs telling them to get themselves reorganized and join him at once. On December 7, Banda Singh Bahadur was captured from the Gurdas Nangal fort and put in an iron cage and the remaining Sikhs were captured, chained. Every day, Sikhs were brought out of the fort and murdered in public daily, [54] which went on approximately seven days.
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