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Manupur
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Battlefield

Manupur

ਮਨੂਪੁਰمنوپور دی لڑائی

Where a Mughal army stopped Ahmad Shah Abdali's first invasion in March 1748.

Manupur is a village near Sirhind in Fatehgarh Sahib district. In March 1748 a Mughal army stopped Ahmad Shah Abdali's first invasion here, the only time he was beaten in a pitched battle in India.

The Mughal wazir Qamar-ud-din was killed, and his son Mir Mannu became governor of Lahore.

The village is now farmland.

Manupur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, India

People

Mir Mannu (Muin-ul-Mulk)
Mir Mannu (Muin-ul-Mulk)governor 1748 – 1753

Governor of Lahore after the victory at Manupur, remembered by Sikhs for the harshest persecution of the century, including the imprisonment of Sikh women and children.

Battles

1748ManupurBattle of ManupurMughal army under Mir Mannu and Qamar-ud-din (with Sikh bands harrying)vsAhmad Shah AbdaliMughal victory; Abdali retreats

On the timeline

March 1748 · Battle of Manupur
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