Second Battle of Lahore (1759)
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Second Battle of Lahore
| place = Near Lahore
| partof = Afghan-Sikh Wars
| date = November 1759
| result = Both armies retreat
| combatant1 = 30px Dal Khalsa
| combatant2 = Durrani Empire
| commander1 = 20px Jassa Singh Ahluwalia
20px Charat Singh
20px Jai Singh Kanhaiya
20px Gujjar Singh Bhangi
20px Lehna Singh Bhangi
| commander2 = Jahan Khan{{WIA}}
| strength1 = Unknown
| strength2 = Unknown
| casualties1 = Unknown
| casualties2 = 2,000 killed{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dohDAAAAYAAJ&q=lahore+2,000+afghans+1759|title=A Study of Eighteenth Century India: Political history, 1707-1761|author=Jagadish Narayan Sarkar|date=1976|pages=343|publisher=Saraswat Library }}{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Khushwant |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofsikhs1401khus/page/150/mode/2up|title=A History Of The Sikhs, Vol. 1, 1469-1839|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|pages=150|isbn=9780195673081}}
}}
{{About|the second battle in 1759 for the earlier battle see First Battle of Lahore (1759)|3=Battle of Lahore (disambiguation)}}{{Campaignbox Afghan-Sikh Wars}}
The Second Battle of Lahore was fought in November 1759 by the Sikh forces led by Jassa Singh Ahluwalia and the Afghan forces led by Jahan Khan.
Background
Ahmad Shah Abdali invaded India for the fifth time during 1759 with the main goal to recapture all the territories taken by his enemies.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d1wUgKKzawoC&dq=ahmad+shah+abdali%27s+fifth+indian+invasion&pg=PA263|title=Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813|author=Jaswant Lal Mehta|date=2005|pages=263|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. |isbn=9781932705546}} The Maratha Empire had left Punjab without any resistance, leaving the Sikhs alone against the Afghan Empire.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/TheEncyclopediaOfSikhism-VolumeIA-d/page/12/mode/2up|title=The Encyclopedia Of Sikhism|author=Harbans Singh|date=1995|pages=12|isbn=9788173801006}} The Afghan army marched for Lahore. When the Sikhs got intel, they attacked the army, scaring away the Durranis during the night.{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Ganda|url=https://archive.org/details/SardarJassaSinghAhluwalia_651/page/n117/mode/2up|title=Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia|year=1990|pages=101–102}}
Battle
When the Shah learnt about this, he sent a 40,000 strong army towards Lahore in order to teach the Sikhs a lesson.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ghlfDwAAQBAJ&dq=40,000+afghans+1759&pg=PT103|title=Battle Tactics And War Manoeuvres of the Sikhs|author=D.S Saggu VSM|date=2018|publisher=Notion Press |isbn=9781642490060}} Jassa Singh was already prepared. When the battle began, Jassa Singh and Jai Singh attacked the Afghans from the right while the remaining Sikhs attacked from the left. If the Afghans attacked the Sikhs in the right, they would be attacked by the Sikhs in the left and vice versa. The battle concluded at night with both armies retreating, with the Afghans facing 2,000 slain, and Jahan Khan was wounded.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfTheSikhsVol.IiEvolutionOfSikhConfederacies1707-69/page/n171/mode/2up|title=History Of The Sikhs Vol. II Evolution Of Sikh Confederacies (1707-69)|author=Hari Ram Gupta|date=1978|pages=154}}
Aftermath
After this fierce engagement, the Afghans had fought the Marathas in the Battle of Taraori (1759) and defeated them.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WjQfo3a1eVMC&dq=Battle+of+Taraori+1759&pg=PA43|title=Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World|author=Alexander Mikaberidze|date=2011|pages=43|publisher=Abc-Clio |isbn=9781598843361}}
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