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{{short description|1702 battle of the Mughal-Sikh Wars}}
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Battle of Basoli
| partof = [[Mughal-Sikh Wars]] and [[Hill States-Sikh Wars]]
| image =
| caption =
| date = 1702
| place = [[Basoli]], [[Kathua District]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]].
| territory =
| result = Sikh victory<ref name="sarsa">{{cite book|url=http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges|page=112|author=Jacques, Tony|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-33536-5|access-date=2015-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626120848/http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0|archive-date=2015-06-26|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Sagoo|first=Harbans|title=Banda Singh Bahadur and Sikh Sovereignty|year=2001|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications|isbn=9788176293006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MIL4xwcCmxkC}}</ref>
| combatant1 = [[File:Sikh_flag.jpg|30px]] [[Khalsa]] ([[Sikhs]])
| combatant2 = [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|25px]] [[Mughal Empire]] [[File:Bilaspur flag.svg|25px]] [[Bilaspur State (princely state)|Kahlur State]] [[Guler State]] [[Deva dynasty of Jammu]] State [[Bahu Fort|Bahu]] State
| commander1 = [[File:Sikh_flag.jpg|25px]][[Guru Gobind Singh]] [[File:Sikh_flag.jpg|25px]][[Bhai Daya Singh]] [[File:Sikh_flag.jpg|25px]][[Bhai Dharam Singh]] [[File:Sikh_flag.jpg|25px]][[Bhai Mohkam Singh]] [[File:Sikh_flag.jpg|25px]][[Bhai Himmat Singh]] [[File:Sikh_flag.jpg|25px]][[Bhai Sahib Singh]] [[File:Sikh_flag.jpg|25px]][[Sahibzada Ajit Singh]]
| commander2 = [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|25px]] [[Wazir Khan (Sirhind)|Wazir Khan]] [[File:Bilaspur flag.svg|25px]] Raja Ajmer Chand Raja Dalip Singh of [[Guler State|Guler]] Raja Gaje Singh of [[Jammu]] and [[Bahu Fort|Bahu]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jeratha |first1=Aśoka |title=Forts and palaces of the Western Himalaya |date=2000 |publisher=Indus Pub. Co |location=New Delhi |isbn=9788173871047 |page=94–95}}</ref>
| strength1 = 3,000<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Sikh Religion, Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors Volume 5|author=Max Arthur Macauliffe|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.45273/page/n147/mode/2up?q=thousand|year=1909|pp=140|isbn=9781013989247}}</ref>
| strength2 = Unknown
}}
{{Campaignbox Mughal-Sikh Wars}}{{Campaignbox Hill States-Sikh Wars}}
The '''Battle of Basoli''' was fought between the [[Mughal Empire]] and the [[Sikhs]].

== History ==
The Mughal Army was defeated in the bloody Battle of Nirmohgarh (1702) earlier in the year. After the battle, Sikh [[Guru Gobind Singh]] moved to [[Basoli]] where the combined forces of the Hill Rajas also crossed [[River Sutlej]] and the Sikh Army was attacked by the Hill Rajas under Raja Ajmer Chand. Guru Gobind Singh put up a formidable defense at Basoli. Once again the enemy forces failed to subdue the Sikhs and the Khalsa Army forced the enemy to retreat by quickly defeating them at [[Basoli]].<ref name="Gandhi">{{cite book|title= History of Sikh Gurus Retold: 1606-1708 C.E|author= Surjit Singh Gandhi|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=vZFBp89UInUC&dq=hargobind+jahangir&pg=PA820|publisher= Atlantic Publishers & Dist.|year= 2007|isbn= 9788126908585|page= 820}}</ref>

=== Aftermath ===
After the battle, the combined forces of the Mughals and Hill Rajas withdrew to [[Sirhind]] and Raja Ajmer Chand established a tactical peace treaty with Guru Gobind Singh.<ref name="Gandhi"/>

==References==
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[[Category:1702 in India]]
[[Category:Conflicts in 1702]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Sikhs]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Mughal Empire]]
[[Category:Military history of Kashmir]]
[[Category:History of Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Kathua district]]

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