The Conqueror of Delhi: Raising the Nishan Sahib on the Red Fort
Baba Baghel Singh (1730–1802), head of the Karorsinghia Misl, commanded the confederate Sikh forces that stormed Mughal Delhi in March 1783, unfurling the Nishan Sahib atop the Red Fort. Under the treaty with Emperor Shah Alam II, he constructed seven historic gurdwaras across Delhi, including Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib and Gurdwara Bangla Sahib.
In March 1783, Baba Baghel Singh's cavalry entered Delhi's Red Fort. Choosing cultural endurance over imperial vanity, he negotiated the right to erect monumental shrines upon the sites of Sikh martyrdom.
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