Gurdwara Baba Banda Bahadur, Gurdas Nangal

The Village of Gurdas Nangal which is associated with Banda Singh Bahadur’s last battle with the Mugals is situated about 7 kilometers (4 miles) west of Gurdaspur City. The Gurdwara is Bhai Duni Chand’s Haveli earlier known as Bande Wali Theh. It is about one mile from the present village of Gurdas Nangal. A brief life history of Banda Singh Bahadur is written on a huge board which is displayed in front of Gurudwara.

It was here in Duni Chand's haveli that Samad Khan, it was said, put such a cordon around the Sikhs that, "not a blade of grass or a grain of corn could find its way in."

Weakened by a siege of eight months and nearly starved the Sikh defences failed. The royal troops at last broke through and captured Banda Singh and his famished Sikhs (17 December 1715). Under the orders of Samad Khan over two hundred of the prisoners were executed. The rest, including Banda Singh and his family, were put in chains and taken to Lahore, thence to Delhi.