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<div>{{Infobox military conflict<br />
| conflict = Battle of Sonipat<br />
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| date = 1709<br />
| place = [[Sonipat]]<br />
| territory = <br />
| result = Sikh victory<ref>{{Google books |id=NbUB_ACAR5QC |page=506 |title=History of Islam }}</ref><br />
| combatant1 = [[File:Sikh_flag.jpg|25px]] [[Khalsa]]<br />
| combatant2 = [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|25px]] [[Mughal Empire]]<br />
| commander1 = * [[Banda Singh Bahadur]]<br />
* [[Baj Singh]]<br />
* [[Binod Singh]]<br />
* Ram Singh<br />
| commander2 = * [[Wazir Khan (Sirhind)|Wazir Khan]]<br />
* [[Faujdar]] of [[Sonipat]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Campaignbox Mughal-Sikh Wars}}<br />
[[File:Banda Khanda.jpg|thumb|Banda Bahadur Bairagi War Memorial in Khanda, Sonipat]]<br />
The '''Battle of Sonipat''' was fought between [[Sikhs]] and the [[Mughal Empire]] in 1709.<br />
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==Background and Battle==<br />
In 1708, [[Banda Singh Bahadur]] became the leader of the [[Sikh]] army and he was sent to [[Punjab]] to fight against the [[Mughal Empire]]. He first camped at [[Khanda, Sonipat|Khanda]] and marched to [[Sonipat]], attacked the town, and threw an open challenge to the [[Mughal Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Sagoo|first=Harbans|title=Banda Singh Bahadur and Sikh Sovereignty|year=2001|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications|url=https://archive.org/stream/BandaSinghBahadurAndSikhSovereignty/BandaSinghBahadurAndSikhSovereignty_djvu.txt}}</ref> The Mughal faujdar of Sonipat was utterly unprepared and he was routed<ref>{{cite web|author=Frances Pritchett |url=http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00islamlinks/ikram/part2_19.html |title=XIX. A Century of Political Decline: 1707-1803|publisher=Columbia.edu |date= |accessdate=2012-04-29}}</ref> in the battle and was defeated. The [[Sikhs]] then looted the state [[treasury]].<ref>{{cite book |url= https://archive.org/details/SikhsInTheEighteenthCentury/page/n28/mode/2up?q=firoz |title= Sikhs In The Eighteenth Century<br />
|page= 28 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Conflicts in 1709|Sonepat]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving the Mughal Empire|Sonepat]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving the Sikhs|Sonepat]]<br />
[[Category:Sikh Empire]]<br />
[[Category:18th century in India]]<br />
[[Category:18th-century conflicts|Sonepat]]<br />
[[Category:1709 in India]]<br />
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