Chappar Chiri
Field where Banda Singh's army defeated and killed Wazir Khan in May 1710. A tall Fateh Burj tower now marks the site.
Chappar Chiri is a village near Mohali, on the plain between Kharar and Sirhind. On 12 May 1710 Banda Singh Bahadur's army defeated the army of Sirhind here and killed its governor, Wazir Khan.
In 2011 the Punjab government built the Fateh Burj, a victory tower some hundred metres high, said to be the tallest in India, in a memorial park on the battlefield.
Gurdwara Chappar Chiri Sahib marks the battlefield.
People
Ascetic turned general. Sent north by Guru Gobind Singh in 1708, he took Sirhind, set up the first Sikh state, gave land to those who tilled it and was executed in Delhi in 1716.
Mughal governor of Sirhind who besieged Anandpur, pursued Guru Gobind Singh and ordered the execution of his younger sons. Killed by Banda Singh's army at Chappar Chiri.