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TIL of the great Sikh warrior Banda Singh Bahadur who fought against the Mughals and avenged Guru Gobind Singh who suffered at the hands of the traitorous and tyrannical Mughals. He was eventually captured along with his 700 soldiers and executed along with his four year old son in his lap.

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