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Banda Singh Bahadur

The First Sikh Sovereign

Sikh Armed resistance to Mughal rule; first Sikh political sovereignty
Attribute Value
Combat
ATK 95
DEF 80
SPR 90
SPD 85
INT 85
Rank Military commander appointed by Guru Gobind Singh
Domain Armed resistance to Mughal rule; first Sikh political sovereignty
Alignment Holy / Sikh
Weakness Captured by the Mughals after a long siege at Gurdas Nangal; tortured to death along with his young son in Delhi (1716)
Key Act Sent by Gobind Singh from the Deccan to Punjab in 1708 to lead an uprising. Captured Sirhind in 1710, executing the governor who had bricked Gobind Singh's two younger sons into a wall. Established the first independent Sikh political authority, struck the first Sikh coinage, abolished the *zamindari* system in territories he held, and gave land to peasants
Source Persian Mughal chronicles; Sikh tradition

Eight years of armed insurgency. After his execution, the Sikhs went underground for three decades before re-emerging as the misls.


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