| Battle of Rohilla | |||||||
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| Part ofEarly Mughal-Sikh Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Akal Sena (Sikhs) |  Mughal Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Jattu † | Abdul Khan † | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Unknown | 4,000[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
TheBattle of Rohilla, also known as theBattle of Hargobindpur, was a 1621 campaign by theMughal Empire against the growing influence of theSikhs.[1]
After the execution ofGuru Arjan Dev,Guru Hargobind fully militarized theSikhs into a proper militia mostly based on an irregular cavalry style of warfare.[2] In 1621, Hargobind envisaged a plan to develop a town,Sri Hargobindpur, that was founded by his father. A dispute over the possession of land and plans to erect a building ensued between the Guru and aKhatri Chaudhary named Bhagwan Das. Accordingly, Bhagwan Das attacked the Guru's camp and was subsequently killed in the fight. Das' son, Rattan Chand, and Karam Chand, the son ofChandu Shah (an antipathetic figure in Sikh tradition), forged an alliance and incited theFaujdar ofJalandhar, Abdul Khan, to send an expedition against Guru Hargobind. The Sikhs fought and defeated the contingent of 4,000 Mughal troops sent by Abdul Khan, near theBeas River. The Sikh General Jattu as well as Abdul Khan and his sons were killed in the fighting.[3][1][2]
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