Banda Singh Bahadur, born Lachman Dev, was a Sikh military commander of the Khalsa Army. After years as an ascetic known as Madho Das Bairagi, he became a disciple of Guru Gobind Singh in 1708, was baptized into the Khalsa and given a new name, and was sent by the Guru to lead the Sikh struggle against the Mughal Empire, establishing a short-lived Sikh state in Punjab before his capture and execution by the Mughals in 1715 to 1716. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Rajauri, Poonch, Mughal Empire (present-day Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir, India)
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Banda Singh Bahadur (born Lachman Dev; 27 October 1670-9 June 1716) was a Sikh military commander of the Khalsa Army.
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He established a monastery at Nānded, on the bank of the river Godāvarī.
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Banda Singh Bahadur (born Lachman Dev; 27 October 1670-9 June 1716) was a Sikh military commander of the Khalsa Army.
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