Lohgarh
Banda Singh's hill fort and capital in the Shivaliks, where he struck the first Sikh coins in Guru Nanak's and Guru Gobind Singh's names.
Lohgarh, 'fortress of steel', was Banda Singh Bahadur's capital, a hill fortress in the Shivalik foothills near Sadhaura, in present Yamunanagar district of Haryana, built on the site of the Mughal fort of Mukhlisgarh.
From here Banda Singh struck the first Sikh coins in the names of Guru Nanak and Guru Gobind Singh and issued orders under a Sikh seal. In December 1710 the emperor Bahadur Shah besieged it, and Banda Singh escaped while a Sikh named Gulab Singh took his place.
Ruins of the fortifications survive in the hills, and the Haryana government has begun to develop the site as a memorial.
People
Aurangzeb's son, whom Guru Gobind Singh helped in the succession war of 1707 and travelled with to the Deccan. He later led the campaign against Banda Singh.
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.
