Martyrdom Day of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur

National Monuments Authority is observing martyrdom day of great warrior Baba Banda Singh Bahadur on 25th June at Red Fort Lawns in New Delhi.

Baba Banda Singh Bahadur was a great Sikh warrior and a commander of Khalsa army who defeated the Mughals and freed a large part of North India.
He established the Khalsa rule in Punjab.
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 brought to Delhi and put to death in a most inhuman manner. This martyrdom took place in Mehrauli where a monument still stands in memory of his martyrdom which is an icon of exemplary courage, bravery and deep-rooted faith in dharma.
Red fort, New Delhi is the place from where the mughals gave firman for his killing.