Vadda Ghalughara
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Vadda Ghalughara (Punjabi: ਵੱਡਾ ਘੱਲੂਘਾਰਾ Punjabi pronunciation: [ʋəɖɖäː kəl˨luːkäː˨ɾäː]; alternatively spelt as Wadda Ghalughara) was the mass murder of unarmed Sikhs by the Afghan forces of the Durrani Empire during the years of Afghan influence in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent owing to the repeated incursions of Ahmad Shah Durrani in February 1762.[2] It is distinguished from the Chhota Ghalughara (the Smaller Massacre). Mostly non-combatants were killed in the event,[3] and an estimated that 10,000 to 50,000 Sikhs were killed on 5 February 1762.[4][5][6][7][8]
Vadda Ghalughara | |
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Part of Afghan-Sikh Wars and Indian campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani | |
Native name | ਵੱਡਾ ਘੱਲੂਘਾਰਾ ("Greater Massacre") |
Location | 45–50 kilometre stretch of a route from Kup-Rahira to Barnala, passing through the villages of Kup, Rahira, Kutba, Bahmania, Gehal and Hathur[1] |
Date | 5 February 1762 |
Deaths | 10,000 to 50,000 Sikh men, women, and children |
Victims | Sikh non-combatants |
Perpetrators | Afghan Durrani Empire, Malerkotla State |
Assailants | Ahmad Shah Abdali, Zain Khan, Bikhan Khan, Kasim Khan, Tahmas Khan Miskin, Wazir Shah Wali Khan, Dewan Lachhmi Narayan |
Defenders | Eleven Misldars, including Jassa Singh Ahluwalia and Charat Singh Sukerchakia |
The Vadda Ghalūghārā was a dramatic and bloody massacre during the campaign of Afghanistan's (Durrani Empire) provincial government based at Lahore to wipe out the Sikhs, an offensive that had begun with the Mughals and lasted several decades.[9]