National Monuments Authority observed the Martyrdom Day of the great warrior Baba Banda Singh Bahadur at Red Fort in New Delhi on June 25.
- The Martyrdom Day of the great Sikh ruler falls on June 25 by Indian Calendar.
- Baba Banda Singh Bahadur was a great Sikh warrior and a commander of Khalsa army who defeated the Mughals and liberated a large part of North India from oppressive Mughal rule and established the Khalsa rule in Punjab.
- Banda became disciple of Guru Gobind Singh and was given a new name, Gurbaksh Singh.
- Banda Singh Bahadur abolished the Zamindari system and granted property rights to the tillers of the land.
- He was a Noble ruler who introduced the Nanak Shahi coins.
- He was captured by Mughal ruler Farrukhsiyar and his martyrdom took place in Mehrauli where a monument stands in his memory.
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