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{{Infobox Military Conflict
|conflict=Battle Of Muktsar
|image= [[File:MaiBhago.jpg|300px]]
|caption=
|partof=[[Mughal-Sikh Wars]]
|date= 29 December 1705<ref>http://sikhism.about.com/od/Historic-Events/p/Battle-Of-Muktsar.htm. commemoration varies with some marking the day on 15 April</ref>
|place=Near the pool of Khidrānā (later Muktsar)
|result= Wazir khan was repulsed.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dh6jydKXikoC&pg=PA695|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O|page=695|author= Jacques, Tony|year=2007|isbn=978-0-313-33536-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xajcAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA65|title=Historical Dictionary of Sikhism|page=65|authors=Fenech, E. Louis, Mcleod, H. W.|date=11 June 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-4422-3601-1}}</ref>
*40 Sikhs killed

|combatant1= [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|50px]] [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]]s
|combatant2=[[File:Sikh Akali flag.jpg|50px]][[Khalsa]]
|commander1=[[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|25px]] [[Wazir Khan (Sirhind)|Nawab Wazir Khan]]
|commander2=[[File:Sikh Akali flag.jpg|25px]] [[Guru Gobind Singh]]<br> [[File:Sikh Akali flag.jpg|25px]] [[Mai Bhago]]<br> [[File:Sikh Akali flag.jpg|25px]] Mahan Singh {{KIA}}
|strength1= Unknown, but much larger
|strength2= 40 and [[Mai Bhago]]
|casualties1= Unknown
|casualties2= 40
|}}
{{Campaignbox Mughal-Sikh Wars}}

The '''Battle of Muktsar''' or '''Battle of Khidrāne Dee Dhāb''' took place on 29 December 1705,<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vZFBp89UInUC&pg=PA855&lpg=PA855&dq=when+was+battle+of+muktsar+bhatt+vahi&source=bl&ots=BuuE3VYf4A&sig=kaUHUE-y6896nsqusrd5YSeANPk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_9u3VN3VJqKL7AaZmoDABw&ved=0CFEQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=december&f=false History of Sikh Gurus Retold: 1606-1708 C.E Surjit Singh Gandhi]</ref> (29 [[Poh]]) following the siege of [[Anandpur Sahib|Anandpur]]. In 1704, Anandpur was under an extended siege by the allied forces of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]]s and the hill chiefs.<ref name=shrines>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MS93PR4itX8C&pg=PA46&dq=Battle+of+Muktsar|title=Holy Sikh Shrines|author=Surinder Singh Johar|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|year=1998|page=46|isbn=978-81-7533-073-3}}</ref>

During the siege 40 Sikhs, led by Maha Singh, wrote letters of ''bedava'' (abandonment of a Sikh from his Guru<ref name=SE>{{cite web|title=Bedava|url=http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/bhai-gurdas-and-the-early-sikh-literature/bedava|publisher=The Sikh Encyclopedia|accessdate=24 September 2013}}</ref>) to [[Guru Gobind Singh]]. They arrived in the village of [[Jhabal]] where a Sikh woman named [[Mai Bhago]], upon hearing their tale of desertion, motivated them into returning to Guru Ji at Anandpur Sahib.

The 40 deserters with Mai Bhago returned to seek out Guru Gobind Singh, and joined him near ''Khidrāne Dee Dhāb'' preparing for battle against the Mughals. They fought the Mughals<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> and died in the following battle. The guru, finding the dying Maha Singh on the battlefield after the battle, forgave him and his compatriots, tore up their letters of ''bedava'', and blessed them for their service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.info-sikh.com/PageMukht.html|title=Chali Muktay: The Forty Liberated Ones|accessdate=29 August 2014|work=Sikh Information}}</ref> The place was later renamed [[Muktsar]], literally meaning ''The Pool of Liberation''.<ref name=civ>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KxndvJs3wUkC&pg=PA106&dq=Battle+of+Muktsar|title=Sikhism And Indian Civilization|author=R. K. Pruthi|page=106|publisher=Discovery Publishing House|year=2004|isbn=978-81-7141-879-4}}</ref><ref name=brief>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_s5t3|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_s5t3/page/171 171]|quote=Battle of Muktsar.|title=A brief guide to beliefs|year=2001|author=Linda Edwards|publisher=Westminster John Knox Press|isbn=0-664-22259-5}}</ref> Mai Bhago survived the battle and stayed on with Guru Gobind Singh as one of his bodyguards. The [[Mela Maghi]] is held at the holy city of Muktsar Sahib every year in memory of the forty Sikh martyrs.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xajcAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA65|title=Historical Dictionary of Sikhism|page=65|author=Fenech, E. Louis |author2=Mcleod, H. W.|date=11 June 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-4422-3601-1}}</ref>

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