Chhota Ghallughara
1746 genocide of Sikhs by the Mughal Empire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chhota Ghallughara (Punjabi: ਛੋਟਾ ਘੱਲੂਘਾਰਾ [tʃʰoːʈäː kəl˨luːkäː˨ɾäː], "Smaller Massacre") was a massacre of a significant proportion of the Sikh population by the Mughal Empire in 1746. The Mughal Army killed an estimated 7,000 Sikhs in these attacks while an additional 3,000 Sikhs were taken captive.[1] Chhōtā Ghallūghārā is distinguished from the Vaddā Ghallūghārā, the greater massacre of 1762.[2]
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Chhota Ghalughara | |
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Part of Mughal–Sikh wars and Hill States–Sikh wars | |
Native name | ਛੋਟਾ ਘੱਲੂਘਾਰਾ ("Lesser Massacre") |
Location | Across the Punjab (concentrated killings at Lahore, Amritsar, Kahnuwan) |
Date | 1746 |
Deaths | 10,000 Sikh men, women, and children |
Victims | Sikhs |
Perpetrators | Mughal Empire |
Assailants | Yahiya Khan, Lakhpat Rai, Hill Rajas of the Shivalik Range |
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