Battle of Sangrana
{{Short description|Military battle in India}}
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{{Not to be confused|Battle of Amritsar (1634)}}
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Battle of Sangrana (first Sikh battle against Mughals)
| place = Sangrana, 6.4 km south of Amritsar
| partof = Early Mughal-Sikh Wars
| result = Sikh victory
| combatant1 = 30px Akal Sena (Sikhs)
| combatant2 = 30px Mughal Empire
| commander1 = 20px Guru Hargobind
| commander2 = 20px Shah Jahan
20px Hakim Alim-ud-din
| strength1 = Unknown
| strength2 = Unknown
| casualties1 =
| casualties2 =
}}
{{Campaignbox Early Mughal-Sikh Wars}}
The Battle of Sangrana (first Sikh battle against Mughals) was fought in 1628 by the Sikh forces led by Guru Hargobind and the Mughal forces commanded by Hakim Alim-ud-din. The location of the battlefield is now commemorated as the Gurudwara Sangrana Sahib, 6.4 km south of Golden Temple, next to the Sangrana Sahib railway station on Amritsar-Taran Taran Road.
Event
One day Shah Jahan was hunting in the jungles of Jallo located between Lahore and Amritsar.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfTheSikhsVol.ITheSikhGurus1469-1708/page/n179/mode/2up|title=History Of The Sikhs Vol. I The Sikh Gurus (1469-1708)|author=Hari Ram Gupta|date=1984|pages=167}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J1cBDgAAQBAJ&dq=jallo+sikhs&pg=PA154|title=Sicques, Tigers Or Thieves|date=2016|pages=154|isbn=9781137119988 |last1=Madra |first1=Amandeep Singh |last2=Singh |first2=P. |publisher=Springer }}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FbnXAAAAMAAJ&q=jallo+sikhs|title=Sikhism, Its Philosophy and History|author=Daljeet Singh and Kharak Singh|date=1997|pages=129|publisher=Institute of Sikh Studies |isbn=9788185815039}} Coincidentally, the Guru was hunting at the same location. The guru's hawk took down the emperor's hawk.{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfTheSikhGurus-AComprehensiveStudy/page/306/mode/2up?q=sangrana|last1=Gandhi |first1=Surjit Singh |title=History Of The Sikh Gurus - A Comprehensive Study |date=1978 |page=307}} Imperial soldiers arrived to retrieve the hawk but the Sikhs denied them. This led to a fight in which two Mughals were killed and their leader Ghulam Rasur Khan was wounded.{{Cite book |last=Trilochan Singh Dr. |url=http://archive.org/details/guru-tegh-bahadur-prophet-martyr |title=Guru Tegh Bahadur Prophet & Martyr |date=1967 |pages=46–47}} In response, Shah Jahan destroyed a langar site. He ordered the new Governor of Punjab to chase the Guru with horsemen. The guru defeated this army.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8CVuAAAAMAAJ&q=Battle+of+Sangrana|title=History of Sikh Nation|author=Pritam Singh Gill|date=1978|pages=165}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rozXAAAAMAAJ&q=Battle+of+Sangrana|title=The Concept of Man in Sikhism|author=Lajwanti Lahori|date=1985|pages=8}}
Aftermath
A shrine known as the Gurudwara Sangrana Sahib is built to celebrate the Sikh's first victory against Shah Jahan.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.136527/page/n237/mode/2up|title=A History of the Sikh People|author=Gopal Singh|date=1979|pages=224–225}} A fair is held there whenever there is a full moon in April.{{Cn|date=May 2024}}
See also
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