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Chamkaur Sahib

Rupnagar district, Punjab, India

A small town on the Sirhind canal north of Rupnagar, where in December 1704 Guru Gobind Singh and around forty Sikhs held a mud-walled haveli against a Mughal army, and where his two elder sons were killed.

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People connected: Guru Gobind Singh Ji

Eras: Era 1 — The Guru Period

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  1. Khushwant Singh. A History of the Sikhs, Volume 1: 1469–1839. Oxford University Press (2004). no page given yet
  2. Harbans Singh (ed.). The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism. Punjabi University, Patiala. Entry: Chamkaur