After the death of Guru Gobind Singh in 1708, the Khalsa revolted against the Mughal authority under the leadership of ______

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SSC GD 16 Nov 2021 Shift 1 (Official Paper)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Banda Bahadur.

Key Points

After Guru Gobind Singh's death, the institution of Guruship came to an end and the leadership of the Sikhs passed to his trusted disciple Banda Singh Bahadur.
Banda Singh Bahadur was a Sikh warrior & a commander of the Khalsa army.
Since creating his Khalsa rule at Punjab, Banda Singh Bahadur had abolished the zamindari regime & had given "property rights" to the land tiller.
Banda Singh had rallied together with the lower castes & peasants of Punjab from "Delhi to Lahore" and had undertaken a vigorous "unequal struggle" against the army of Mughal for almost 8 years.
However, in the year 1715, he was captured and put to death. There many reasons for his failure. One, the Mughal army was very strong, and second the upper castes & classes of Punjab had joined forces against Banda Singh Bahadur because of his campaign for the rural poor & the lower castes.

Additional Information

Guru Nanak Dev was the first Sikh guru.
Guru Arjan Dev was executed by Mughal Emperor Jahangir.
Khalsa Panth - a kind of Praetorian Guard was founded by Guru Gobind Singh on April 13, 1699.
Guru Har Krishan was the youngest Sikh guru, he became guru at the age of 5.

Important Points

Golden temple:-
- Guru Arjan Sahib got its foundation laid by a muslim saint Hazrat Mian Mir ji of Lahore on 1st of Magh, 1645 Bikrmi Samvat (December,1588).
- The construction work was directly supervised by Guru Arjan Sahib himself.
- The planning to excavate the holy tank (Amritsar or Amrit Sarovar ) was chalked out by Guru Amardas Sahib, the Third Nanak.
- But it was executed by Guru Ramdas Sahib under the supervision of Baba Budha ji.