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Sirhind

Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab, India

The Mughal provincial seat between Delhi and Lahore, and the place where the two youngest sons of Guru Gobind Singh were executed in December 1704. The town the Khalsa took in 1710 and the district that now carries the name Fatehgarh Sahib — the fort of victory — after them.

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People connected: Guru Gobind Singh Ji, Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, Mata Gujri

Eras: Era 1 — The Guru Period · Era 3 — The Misl 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. J. S. Grewal. The Sikhs of the Punjab (The New Cambridge History of India II.3). Cambridge University Press (1990). no page given yet
  3. Harbans Singh (ed.). The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism. Punjabi University, Patiala. Entries: Sirhind; Fatehgarh Sahib