The Battle of Darbar Sahib was fought in 1764, during the Afghan-Sikh Wars, between the

Shaheedan Misl The Shaheedan Misl was one of twelve Sikh Misls that later became the Sikh Empire. It held a small amount of territory in the Malwa (Punjab) area around the Damdama Sahib before being incorporated into the Sikh Empire of the Sukerchakia Misl by ...

of the Sikhs and the

Durrani Empire The Durrani Empire ( ps, د درانيانو ټولواکمني; fa, امپراتوری درانیان) or the Afghan Empire ( ps, د افغانان ټولواکمني, label=none; fa, امپراتوری افغان, label=none), also know ...

of Ahmad Shah Abdali aided by the Khanate of Kalat.

Battle

During the year 1764, the

Sikh Misls The Misls (derived from an Arabic word مِثْل meaning 'equal') were the twelve sovereign states of the Sikh Confederacy, which rose during the 18th century in the Punjab region in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent and is cit ...

greatly expanded their territory over the region of Punjab, and other North Indian subcontinent regions. This greatly weakened Durrani rule over Punjab which forced Ahmad Shah Abdali to launch a 7th invasion into India. Ahmad Shah Abdali and his army reached Eminabad where his

Baloch Baloch, also spelled Baloch, Beluch and in other ways, may refer to: * Baloch people, an ethnic group of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan * Baluch, a small itinerant community of Afghanistan * Balouch, Azad Kashmir, a town in Pakistan * Baloch (s ...

ally Nasir Khan joined him. The Afghans had a force of 18,000 and the Baloch had a force of 12,000, having a total force of 30,000. Soon they got into a skirmish against Charat Singh's Sukerchakia Misl. The Sikhs later marched to

Amritsar Amritsar (), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as ''Ambarsar'', is the second largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana. It is a major cultural, transportation and economic centre, located in the Majha r ...

. When Ahmad heard about this action, he immediately advanced towards Amritsar. When Baba Gurbaksh Singh was informed about Durrani's presence near Amritsar, he, along with Man Singh, Basant Singh, Nihal Singh along and 26 other Sikhs, decided to defend the holy city of Amritsar. They 30 Sikhs fought to their deaths against the Durranis at Shri Harmandir Sahib (also known as Darbar Sahib or the Golden Temple), the holiest site of Sikhism.

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