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The #Sikhs raided #Delhi 14 times

between 1766 and 1788.

#SikhHistory #History #khalsa

#FirstRaid
After defeating Mughals in the Battle of #Sirhind (1764) Sikhs plundered Jagir of Najib-ud-daula. Najib appointed Afzal Khan to take care of Delhi. Sikhs raided the #Paharganj region of the city.

#SecondRaid
Sikhs raided Delhi in 1770. They sacked Panipat and entered the territories of #NajibUdDaula and attacked Delhi. #ZabitaKhan was sent to stop Sikhs.The Sikhs demanded a large amount of money for friendship but declined by Zabita.

#ThirdRaid

In 1770, Najib-ud-daula passed away and Zabita Khan took the chief of Rohilla. The Sikhs again came to Delhi and attacks Zabita Khan's territory. Details of Sikh invasion have been noted by French Missionary, Father Peere.
Mughals were defeated.

#FourthRaid

On January 18 1774, the Sikhs invaded Delhi for the fourth time. They plundered #Shahdara and the #Mughal nobility.

#FifthRaid

In October of 1774 the Sikhs raided and ravaged #OldDelhi.

#SixthRaid

One 15 of July 1775, the Sikhs raided #Paharganj and #Jaisinghpur. The Mughals failed to stop the Sikh advances.

#SeventhRaid

The seventh raid happened in November of 1776.

The #PrimeMinister of the #MughalEmpire, Najaf Khan, was taken by surprise.

#EighthRaid

The eighth raid happened in September of 1778.
Sahib Singh encamped near the #ShalimarGarden.
The Mughals invited the Sikhs to a feast.

#NinthRaid

On October 1 of 1778 , which was #Dushera day the Sikh attacked Delhi and all the way to #Rakabganj. They destroyed a #Mosque which was created on the site of a previously destroyed #Gurudwara.
The Sikh remainded in Delhi for one month after capture.

#TenthRaid

In 1783, a body of 40,000 Sikhs camped at Delhi. Prince Mirza Shikoh was defeated and fled. The Sikh soldiers were divided into 3 groups. Two groups of 5,000 Sikhs each deployed at Majnu-ka-Tilla and Ajmeri Gate whereas 30,000 Sikhs under #BaghelSingh camped at a 👇

place known as #TeesHazari before attacking #RedFort. The Sikhs defeated the Mughals in the #BattleOfDelhi(1783) and captured Delhi.
#JassaSinghAhluwalia was placed on the takht of Delhi as #BadshahSingh of Delhi but Jassa Singh Ramgarhia objected that without DalKhalsa meeting👇

no one can be placed on the throne. Mughals agreed to construct
7 #Sikh #Gurudwaras in #Delhi for Sikh Gurus

Gurdwara Mata Sundri

Gurdwara Bangla Sahib

Gurdwara Rakab Ganj

Gurdwara Sis Ganj

Gurdwara Majnu Ka Tilla
👇

#Mughal slab from #Delhi was roped with horse and brought to #Amritsar in #Punjab

Slab of Mughal throne placed in Bunga

#TwelfthRaid

The twelfth raid happened in August of 1787. The Sikh once more attacked Shahdara. The Sukh fought with the imperial guards and defeated them. Martha General Madho Rao Phalke. In the fight many men drowned in the river with a large number being killed or wounded.👇

Shah Nizum-ud-Din and Deshmukh watched the violence and decided to join in. They attacked the Sikh with mnay bullets but retreated later on. Phalke surrendered while the rest of the generals fled.

Mughal Emperor Jahangir tortured Guru Arjan Dev to death.

Guru HarGobind was imprisoned in the fort of Gwalior by Jahangir.

Guru Tegh Bahadur was executed on the orders of Aurangzeb at Chandi Chowk.

Guru Gobind Singh suffered a lot at the hands of Delhi.
He lost his four sons, two in the Battle of Chamkaur and two were bricked alive by Wazir Khan (Sirhind).

#BandaSinghBahadur was executed on the orders of Farruksiyar in Delhi.
Sikhs suffered massacres like
Chota Ghalughara and other persecutions in #Punjab under the #Mughal Rulers.

🚩Battle of Delhi (1783)🚩
The #Battle of Delhi was fought between #KhalsaSikhs and the #MughalEmpire in 11 March 1783,

Result: #SikhVictory

Commanders:
🟠Sikh
#BaghelSingh #JassaSinghAhluwalia
#JassaSinghRamgarhia
🟢Mughal
#ShahAlamII
#PrinceMirzaShikoh

The #Sikhs under #BaghelSingh, leader of the #Karorsinghia Misl, began raiding and plundering the outskirts of Delhi in 1764. In April 1782,Najaf Khan hitherto the highest commander of the Mughal army died, after which a power struggle ensued allowing the Sikhs to capture #Delhi.

The Sikhs reappeared in Delhi and plundered its environs and laid waste the country up to #Khujra. Some of the Sikhs having ravaged the Gangetic Doab contemplated approaching #Ruhilkhand, though they were deterred by the arrival of the Nawab of Oudh's forces as well as some 👇

English battalions to the area, forcing them to concentrate solely on the Doab. Some of the rajas reigning over areas dominated by the Sikhs agreed to pay tribute to them. The main body of the #Sikhs having plundered #Aligarh and #BulandShahar proceeded towards Delhi👇

where they further set #MalkaGanj and #SabziMandi on fire.

They managed to capture
#TheRedFort on 11 March after defeating a defence by #PrinceMirzaShikoh.

Thereafter, a settlement was agreed upon between the #Sikhs and the #DelhiCourt which entailed a cash present of three lakh rupees and #BaghelSingh staying behind at the head of 4000 Sikh troops to oversee the construction of gurdwaras in the city.

The main body of Sikhs left Delhi on 12 March 1783 following the settlement.

#Mughal slab from #Delhi was roped with horse and brought to #Amritsar in #Punjab

Slab of Mughal throne placed in Bunga

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