Battle of Lohgarh

Battle of Lohgarh
	Part of Mughal–Sikh wars
Date	December 1710
Location	Lohgarh, Bilaspur
Result	Mughal victory
Belligerents
First Sikh State	Mughal Empire Rohillas; Balochs;
Commanders and leaders
Banda Singh Bahadur	Bahadur Shah; Rafi-us-Shan; Kanwar Khan; Munim Khan II; Udet Singh Bundela; Mahabat Khan; Khan Zaman; Chatarsal Bundela; Islam Khan Mir Atish; Hamid-ud-din; Churaman Jat; Azim-us-Shan; Jahan Shah; Mir Mubarak Allah Iradat Khan;
Strength
2,000-3,000 cavalry [citation needed]	60,000 cavalry

The Battle of Lohgarh was fought between the First Sikh State, and the Mughal Empire in 1710.^[2]^[4] The Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah's army moved towards Lohgarh, Bilaspur^[4] where they engaged with the Sikhs to capture the fort on 16 December 1710.^[1] The battle is noted for its use of guerilla tactics and being a pitched battle.^[5]

^ ^a ^b ^c Jacques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 595. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5.
^ ^a ^b Madra, Amandeep Singh; Singh, P. (2016). Sicques, Tigers or Thieves: Eyewitness Accounts of the Sikhs (1606-1810). Springer. p. 302. ISBN 9781137119988.
^ Singh, Patwant; Rai, Jyoti M. (2008). Empire of the Sikhs: The Life and Times of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Peter Owen. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-7206-1323-0.
^ ^a ^b Nijhawan, P. K. (1985). Sri Guru Gobind Geeta: Guru Gobind Singh's Dialogue of Destiny with Banda. Army Educational Stores. p. 143.
^ The Sikh Review. Vol. 54. Calcutta, India: Sikh Cultural Centre. 2006. pp. 43–44.