List of battles of Guru Gobind Singh

This list includes all battles fought by the tenth Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh.

Following the execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur, tensions rose between the Mughals and the Sikhs.^[1] Both Mughal administration and Aurangzeb's army had an active interest in the Guru. The Mughal emperor issued an order to exterminate Guru Gobind Singh and his family.^[2]

Guru Gobind believed in something called Dharma Yudh (war in defence of righteousness), something that is fought as a last resort, neither out of a wish for revenge nor for greed nor for any destructive goals.^[3] To him, one must be prepared to die to stop tyranny, end persecution, and to defend one's own religious values. He led 14 major battles and 8 minor battles with these objectives, but never took captives nor damaged anyone's place of worship.^[3]

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Battle	Year	Strength		Combatants		Result
Battle	Year	Sikhs	Enemy	Sikhs	Enemy	Result
Battle of Anandpur (1682)	1682	Unknown	Unknown	Akal Sena	Kahlur	Sikh Victory
Battle of Anandpur (1685)	1685	Unknown	Unknown	Akal Sena	Kahlur	Sikh Victory
Battle of Bhangani	1688	1,507	10,000	Akal Sena	Hindu Rajas of Sivalik Hills	Sikh Victory
Battle of Nadaun	1691	Unknown	Unknown	Akal Sena Kahlur	Mughal Empire	Sikh Victory
Battle of Anandpur (1695)	1695	Unknown	1,000-5,000	Akal Sena	Mughal Empire	Sikh Victory
Battle of Guler (1696)	1696	Unknown	Unknown	Akal Sena	Mughal Empire	Sikh Victory
Battle of Bhalan	1697	Unknown	Unknown	Akal Sena	Mughal Empire	Sikh Victory
Battle of Anandpur (1699)	1699	Unknown	Unknown	Khalsa Fauj	2 HinduRajas of Sivalik Hills	Sikh Victory
Battle of Anandpur (1700)	1700	7,000	30,000	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire Hindu Rajas of Sivalik Hills	Sikh Victory
First siege of Anandpur	1700	4,000	300,000	Khalsa Fauj	Hindu Rajas of Sivalik Hills	Sikh Victory
Battle of Nirmohgarh (1702)	1702	Unknown	Unknown	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire & Hindu Rajas of Sivalik Hills	Sikh Victory
Battle of Basoli	1702	3,000	Unknown	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire & Hindu Rajas of Sivalik Hills	Sikh Victory
First Battle of Chamkaur (1702)	1702	500	10,000	Unknown	Unknown	Sikh Victory
Battle of Anandpur (1703)	1703	800	10,000	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire & HinduRajas of Sivalik Hills	Sikh Victory
First Battle of Anandpur (1704)	1704	1,000	20,000	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire & HinduRajas of Sivalik Hills	Sikh Victory
Second siege of Anandpur (1704)	1704	3,000-10,000	100,000-1,000,000	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire & HinduRajas of Sivalik Hills	Mughal and Hill Raja Victory
Battle of Sarsa	1704	400-500	200,000	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire & Hindu Rajas of Sivalik Hills	Mughal and Hill Raja Victory
Battle of Chamkaur	1704	40	1,000,000	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire & Hindu Rajas of Sivalik Hills	Mughal and Hill Raja Victory
Battle of Muktsar	1705	1,340	12,000	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire	Sikh Victory
Battle of Baghaur	1707	15+	Unknown	Khalsa Fauj	Baghaur Hindu Residents and Soldiers	Sikh Victory
Battle of Jajau	1707	265,000 inc 300 Sikhs	130,000	Mughals under Bahadur Shah I Khalsa Fauj	Mughals under Azam Shah	Bahadur Shah Victory
Battle at Chittor	1707	Unknown	Unknown	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire	Sikh Victory

References

^ Brekke, Torkel (2014). Gregory M. Reichberg and Henrik Syse (ed.). Religion, War, and Ethics: A Sourcebook of Textual Traditions. Cambridge University Press. pp. 673–674. ISBN 978-1-139-95204-0.
^ J. S. Grewal (1998). The Sikhs of the Punjab. Cambridge University Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-521-63764-0., Quote: "Aurangzeb took an active interest in the issue of succession, passed orders for the execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur, and at one time ordered total extirpation of Guru Gobind Singh and his family".
^ ^a ^b Christopher J. H. Wright (2003). God and Morality. Oxford University Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-19-914839-4.

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