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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = Battle of Rohilla
| partof            = [[Early Mughal-Sikh Wars]]
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| date              = 1621
| place             = Northeast of [[Amritsar]] at Rohilla (later named [[Sri Hargobindpur|Hargobindpur]])
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| result            = Sikh victory
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| combatant1        = [[File:Akal Sena Flag.svg|30px]] [[Akal Sena]] ([[Sikhs]])
| combatant2        = [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|30px]] [[Mughal Empire]]
| commander1        = [[File:Akal Sena Flag.svg|25px]] Jattu{{KIA}}
| commander2        = [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|25px]] Abdul Khan{{KIA}}<br>[[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|25px]] Karam Chand{{KIA}}<ref name=":1">{{cite book |author=Hari Ram Gupta |url=https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfTheSikhsVol.ITheSikhGurus1469-1708/page/n175/mode/2up |title=History of the Sikhs:The Sikhs Gurus (1469-1708) |publisher=Munshilal Manohorlal 1994 |page=164}}</ref> <br> [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|25px]] Ratan Chand{{KIA}}<ref name=":1">{{cite book |author=Hari Ram Gupta |url=https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfTheSikhsVol.ITheSikhGurus1469-1708/page/n175/mode/2up |title=History of the Sikhs:The Sikhs Gurus (1469-1708) |publisher=Munshilal Manohorlal 1994 |page=164}}</ref> 
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| units2            = 4,000<ref name=":0" />
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{{Campaignbox Early Mughal-Sikh Wars}}

The '''Battle of Rohilla''', also known as the '''Battle of Hargobindpur''', was a 1621 campaign by the [[Mughal Empire]] against the growing influence of the [[Sikhs]].<ref name=":0">{{cite book|last=Jaques|first=Tony.|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges|year=2007 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sbMFCZyAcnQC|accessdate=31 July 2010|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-33536-5|page=860}}</ref>

After the execution of [[Guru Arjan Dev]], [[Guru Hargobind]] fully militarized the [[Sikhs]] into a proper militia mostly based on an irregular cavalry style of warfare.<ref name=":1">{{cite book |author=Hari Ram Gupta |url=https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfTheSikhsVol.ITheSikhGurus1469-1708/page/n175/mode/2up |title=History of the Sikhs:The Sikhs Gurus (1469-1708) |publisher=Munshilal Manohorlal 1994 |page=164}}</ref> In 1621, Hargobind envisaged a plan to develop a town, [[Sri Hargobindpur]], that was founded by his father. A dispute over the possession of land and plans to erect a building ensued between the Guru and a [[Khatri]] Chaudhary named Bhagwan Das. Accordingly, Bhagwan Das attacked the Guru's camp and was subsequently killed in the fight. Das' son, Rattan Chand, and Karam Chand, the son of [[Chandu Shah]] (an antipathetic figure in Sikh tradition), forged an alliance and incited the [[Faujdar]] of [[Jalandhar]], Abdul Khan, to send an expedition against Guru Hargobind. The Sikhs fought and defeated the contingent of 4,000 Mughal troops sent by Abdul Khan, near the [[Beas River]]. The Sikh General Jattu as well as Abdul Khan and his sons were killed in the fighting.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Fauja |url=https://archive.org/details/guru-tegh-bahadur-martyr-and-teacher |title=Guru Tegh Bahadur: Martyr and teacher |publisher=Publication Bureau Punjabi university, PATIALA |year=1975 |page=10}}</ref><ref name=":0"/><ref name=":1"/>

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[[Category:Battles involving the Mughal Empire|Rohilla]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Sikhs|Rohilla]]
[[Category:1621 in India]]
[[Category:Conflicts in 1621|Rohilla]]
[[Category:1620s in the Mughal Empire]]

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