Battle of Samana
| Battle of Samana | |||||||
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| Part of Mughal-Sikh Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Banda Bahadur and Khalsa
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Mughal Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Banda Singh Bahadur
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Bahadur Shah | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| unknown (superior numbers). | unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 10,000 men and women were slain by Sikh forces. | |||||||
The Battle of Samana was fought between Banda Singh Bahadur and Wazir Khan in 1709. Following the battle, Banda Singh Bahadur shook the administration of Delhi.
According to the Muslim writer Latif in his history of Punjab published in the late 1880s, after defeating Wazir Khan, The Sikh army captured the town of Samana from Mughal rule and massacred its residents. 10,000 Muslim men and women were slain. According to writer Rajmohan Gandhi in "Revenge and Reconciliation" this account may be exaggerated.
As the history of Sikhism they never slain women and children. They allow them to go on their own way, i.e. make them free.
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