Battle of Chappar Chiri

Battle of Chappar Chiri
	Part of Mughal-Sikh Wars
	; Illustrated folio of ‘Tawarikh-i Jahandar Shah’, Awadh or Lucknow, ca.1770, showing the climax of the Battle of Sirhind fought in 1710
Date	12 May 1710
Location	A village named Chappar Chiri near Sahibzada Ajit Nagar (Mohali)
Result	Sikh victory
Belligerents
First Sikh State Jats; Gujjars; Rajputs;	Mughal Empire
Commanders and leaders
Banda Singh Bahadur Baj Singh; Binod Singh; Fateh Singh;	Wazir Khan (Sirhind) † Sher Muhammad Khan †; Khwaja Ali Khan †; Sucha Nand;
Units involved
70,000	5,000–6,000 cavalry; 7,000–8,000 musketeers and archers; 100 elephants; 24 cannons; 5,000–8,000 Ghazis; Total 20,000–25,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Wazir Khan (Sirhind) was killed by Fateh Singh.;

The Battle of Chappar Chiri, also called Battle of Sirhind,^[9] was fought between Mughal Empire and the Sikhs on 12 May 1710 at Chappar Chiri, located 20 kilometers from Sirhind.^{[citation needed]}

^ Fenech, E. Louis; Mcleod, H. W. (11 June 2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-4422-3601-1.
^ Jacques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5.
^ Singh, Surinder (2022). Medieval Panjab in Transition Authority, Resistance and Spirituality C.1500 – C.1700. Routledge. p. 471. ISBN 9781000609448. After destroying a number of neighbouring towns and villages, he rushed to Sirhind. By this time, his position had become formidable, as 70,000 people gathered under him.
^ Singh 1990, p. 62.
^ Sikh Digital Library (17 April 1935). Life Of Banda Singh Bahadur Based On Contemporary And Original Records - Dr. Ganda Singh. Sikh Digital Library. Sikh Digital Library. pp. 59–60.
^ VSM, D. S. Saggu (7 June 2018). Battle Tactics And War Manoeuvres of the Sikhs. Notion Press. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-1-64249-006-0.
^ Sikhs In The Eighteenth Century. p. 31.
^ Irvine, William (1904). Later Mughals. Atlantic Publishers & Distri.
^ Singh, Raj Pal (2004). The Sikhs : Their Journey Of Five Hundred Years. Pentagon Press. pp. 46–48. ISBN 9788186505465.

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[1] Fenech, E. Louis; Mcleod, H. W. (11 June 2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-4422-3601-1.

[sarsa-2] Jacques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5.

[3] Singh, Surinder (2022). Medieval Panjab in Transition Authority, Resistance and Spirituality C.1500 – C.1700. Routledge. p. 471. ISBN 9781000609448. After destroying a number of neighbouring towns and villages, he rushed to Sirhind. By this time, his position had become formidable, as 70,000 people gathered under him.

[FOOTNOTESingh199062-4] Singh 1990, p. 62.

[Sikh_Digital_Library_59–60-6] Sikh Digital Library (17 April 1935). Life Of Banda Singh Bahadur Based On Contemporary And Original Records - Dr. Ganda Singh. Sikh Digital Library. Sikh Digital Library. pp. 59–60.

[VSM_62–63-7] VSM, D. S. Saggu (7 June 2018). Battle Tactics And War Manoeuvres of the Sikhs. Notion Press. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-1-64249-006-0.

[8] Sikhs In The Eighteenth Century. p. 31.

[9] Irvine, William (1904). Later Mughals. Atlantic Publishers & Distri.

[10] Singh, Raj Pal (2004). The Sikhs : Their Journey Of Five Hundred Years. Pentagon Press. pp. 46–48. ISBN 9788186505465.

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