Islamic Resistance Resistance to Mughal Imperial Rule

Tara Singh Wan

"Sikh martyr"

Region 📍 Punjab
Opponent ⚔️ Mughal Empire
Tara Singh Wan

Biography

Tara Singh Wan was an eighteenth-century Sikh martyr. He was from the village of Wan, also known as Wan Tara Singh and Dall-Wan now in Tarn Taran district tehsil Bhikhiwind of the Eastern Punjab. After humbling the faujdar of Patti, he was killed while resisting a Mughal army dispatched by Zakaria Khan. Thus, Tara Singh was part of one of the first recorded Sikh military actions in the post-Banda Singh Bahadur period. He is remembered by Sikhs as one of their notable martyrs of the 18th century.

Era of Resistance

Historical Context

Resistance to Mughal Imperial Rule

Timeline

1526–1857

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