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Sirhind

Also known as Sirhind-Fatehgarh

Sirhind is a historic town in Punjab, India, on the road between Delhi and Lahore, which was the seat of a Mughal governorship controlling the plains south of the Sutlej. Its governor Wazir Khan executed the two youngest sons of Guru Gobind Singh in 1704, and Banda Singh Bahadur's Sikh forces sacked it in 1710. Its final capture by the Sikh confederacies in 1764 opened the region to the Phulkian and other Sikh states.

Sirhind
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Mentioned in 6 state histories

Malerkotla StateJind StateFerozepur StateThanesar StateLadwa StateKaithal State

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sirhind. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sirhind
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“Sirhind.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sirhind. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Sirhind.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sirhind.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Sirhind’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sirhind (Accessed: ).

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