Martyrdom Day of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur

• 25 Jun 2022

National Monuments Authority is observing martyrdom day of great warrior Baba Banda Singh Bahadur on 25th June at Red Fort Lawns in New Delhi.

• Baba Banda Singh Bahadur was a great Sikh warrior and a commander of Khalsa army who defeated the Mughals and freed a large part of North India.
• He established the Khalsa rule in Punjab.
• Banda Singh Bahadur abolished the Zamindari system, and granted property rights to the tillers of the land.
• He was a Noble ruler who introduced the Nanak Shahi coins.
• He was captured by Mughal ruler Farrukhsiyar and brought to Delhi and put to death in a most inhuman manner. This martyrdom took place in Mehrauli where a monument still stands in memory of his martyrdom which is an icon of exemplary courage, bravery and deep-rooted faith in dharma.
• Red fort, New Delhi is the place from where the mughals gave firman for his killing.