Banda Singh Bahadur, Indian commander (born 1670)

Banda Singh Bahadur

Sikh military commander (1670–1716)

Banda Singh Bahadur was a Sikh military commander of the Khalsa Army. At age 15, he left home to become an ascetic, and was given the name Madho Das Bairagi. He established a monastery at Nānded, on the bank of the river Godāvarī. In 1707, Guru Gobind Singh accepted an…