The Battle of Kup was fought on 5 February 1762, between the Afghan forces of Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Sikhs, under the command of Jassa Singh Ahluwalia and Charat Singh.[1][5][6] Ahmad Shah Durrani with around 40,000 Soldiers reached Malerkotla, west of Sirhind, where nearly 30,000 Sikh men, women, children and elderly were encamped.[2] With surprise attack, the Sikhs threw a human shield around civilians as protection and fought the battle killing several thousand Afghans. However, Abdali was able to break the ring and carried out a full scale massacre of the Sikh civilians.[3] Ahmad Shah's forces killed several thousand Sikhs, and the surviving Sikhs fled to Barnala. As many as 10,000 to 20,000 Sikh men, women, elderly and children were killed in what is known as the second Sikh holocaust (Vadda Ghalughara).[2][3][5]
battle, fought, february, 1762, between, afghan, forces, ahmad, shah, durrani, sikhs, under, command, jassa, singh, ahluwalia, charat, singh, ahmad, shah, durrani, with, around, soldiers, reached, malerkotla, west, sirhind, where, nearly, sikh, women, children. The Battle of Kup was fought on 5 February 1762 between the Afghan forces of Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Sikhs under the command of Jassa Singh Ahluwalia and Charat Singh 1 5 6 Ahmad Shah Durrani with around 40 000 Soldiers reached Malerkotla west of Sirhind where nearly 30 000 Sikh men women children and elderly were encamped 2 With surprise attack the Sikhs threw a human shield around civilians as protection and fought the battle killing several thousand Afghans However Abdali was able to break the ring and carried out a full scale massacre of the Sikh civilians 3 Ahmad Shah s forces killed several thousand Sikhs and the surviving Sikhs fled to Barnala As many as 10 000 to 20 000 Sikh men women elderly and children were killed in what is known as the second Sikh holocaust Vadda Ghalughara 2 3 5 Battle of KupPart of Indian Campaign of Ahmad Shah DurraniDate5 February 1762 1 LocationKupResultAfghan victory 2 3 BelligerentsSikh ConfederacyDurrani EmpireCommanders and leadersJassa Singh AhluwaliaCharat SinghAhmad Shah DurraniJahan Khan 4 Shah Wali Khan 4 Zain Khan Sirhindi 4 Bhikhan Khan 4 Murtaza Khan Baraich 4 Qasim Khan Marhal 4 Lachhmi Narayan 4 Strength30 000 2 40 000 5 Casualties and losses10 000 to 20 000 3 2 10 000 5 References Edit a b Bhatia Sardar Singh Vadda Ghallurghara Encyclopaedia of Sikhism Punjabi University Patiala Retrieved 24 September 2015 a b c d e Lansford Tom 2017 Afghanistan at War From the 18th Century Durrani Dynasty to the 21st Century ABC CLIO p 21 ISBN 9781598847604 a b c d Gupta Hari Ram 2001 History of the Sikhs Volume 1 Munshiram Manoharlal ISBN 9788121505406 a b c d e f g Singh Ganda Ahmad Shah Durrani father of modern Afghanistan pp 275 280 a b c d Singh Khushwant 2004 A History of the Sikhs 1469 1838 Oxford University Press ISBN 9780195673081 Singh Ganda 1959 Ahmed Shah Durrani Father of Modern Afghanistan Asia Publishing House p 279 This article about a battle in Afghan history is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a battle in Indian history is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Battle of Kup amp oldid 1129897068, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
