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PAPER ID:IJIM/V.6(I)/9-14/3
AUTHOR: Dr. Bhupinder Singh
TITLE :BANDA SINGH BAHADUR: CONQUESTS AGAINST THE MUGHAL EMPIRE
ABSTRACT: Banda Singh Bahadur came from a poor agriculturalist family. He was born at a time when the Mohammedan rulers and their stooges were robbing the Hindus and converting them into Islam forcibly. He left his home at the age of fifteen and became the disciple of Janki Das Bairagi and called as Madho Das Bairagi. When he became the disciple of Guru Gobind Singh,he was called as Banda Singh Bahadur. His conquests against the Mughals are remarkable in the history. He was the first Sikh warrior and commander who laid the foundation of the Sikh kingdom. The objective of this paper is to analyze the conquests of Banda Singh Bahadur against the Mughal Empire. Both primary and secondary sources have been used in this paper. The methodology has been used in this paper in a holistic manner.
Keywords: Banda Singh Bahadur, Mughal Empire, Sikh Warrior