* Banda Singh Bahadur ( 1670 – 1716 ), Sikh military leader

* Baba Banda Singh Bahadur: fought and defeated the Mughal Governor of Punjab, Wazir Khan, and established a Sikh force in PunjabInterior view of Gurdwara Hazur Sahib Nanded, Maharashtra, India.

His son Ala Singh assumed the leadership in 1714 A. D. when Banda Bahadur was engaged in the fierce struggle against the Mughals.

Bahadur Shah constantly struggled with the rise of Sikh strength, with the Sikh General Banda Singh Bahadur being a constant threat to the empire.

Guru Gobind Singh in Oct, 1708 deputed his disciple Banda Singh Bahadur to lead the Khalsa in an uprising against the Mughals.

Banda Singh Bahadur first established a Sikh kingdom and then brought in the Land reforms in the form of breaking up large estates and distributing the land to peasants.

Baba Banda Singh Bahadur War Memorial at Mohali, Punjab

* Baba Banda Singh Bahadur War Memorial, which is one of the most best site and the most visited site by the tourists in the city.

* Banda Singh Bahadur, great Sikh warrior and general

* Banda Singh Bahadur, Sikh warrior and martyr

The doctrine is first found in written form in Persian, on the seal of Banda Singh Bahadur ( 1708 – 1716 ), stamped on his letters.

After Banda Singh, this inscription was adopted by the Sikh Misals and then by Sikh rulers for their coins also.

On May 12, 2010, to commemorate first rule established by Sikh leader Baba Banda Singh Bahadur, Dal Khalsa held a big Sikh parade in India starting from Chaparchiri to Fatehgarh Sahib where flag of Khalistan was unfurled and saluted and pictures of Sikh militants ( who died fighting for Khalistan ) were openely displayed.

General Banda Bahadur, the famous disciple of Guru Gobind Singh, went from being a Hindu to a Sikh and adapted to wearing this attire.

Banda Bahadur, the disciple of Guru Gobind Singh used this district as a base to raid the country up to Lahore, the emperor Bahadur Shah conducted an expedition against him in 1711 but with only temporary effect.

In 1707, Veer Lakshman Singh ( Banda Bahadur ) attacked Hansi and punished Muslims.

Banda Singh Bahadur ( Punjabi: ਬ ੰ ਦ ਾ ਸ ਿੰ ਘ ਬਹ ਾ ਦਰ )( 1670 – 1716 ) aka Laxman Das was a Sikh Military Commander and martyr.

Guru Gobind Singh gave him the new name of Banda Singh Bahadur.

After establishing his authority in Punjab, Banda Singh Bahadur abolished the zamindari system, and granted property rights to the tillers of the land.

There are different views regarding origin of Banda Singh Bahadur:

* Giani Budh Singh a noted scholar of Poonch in his famous book " Chhowen Rattan " described Banda Bahadur as " Brahmin ".

* Dr. Harjinder Singh Dilgeer in his book ' Sikh Twareekh ( 1469-2007 )' ( published by Singh Brothers Amritsar, in 5 volumes in 2008 ) narrates that Banda Singh was a Rajput, born in 1670.

* June 9 – Banda Bahadur, Sikh military commander ( executed ) ( b. 1670 )

Shamsher Bahadur's son, Ali Bahadur, ruled over Baji Rao's lands in Bundelkhand, and founded the state of Banda, UP.

The Sikh leader Banda was finally dealt with, when the experienced Mughal commander Abdus Samad Khan Bahadur and his son Zakariya Khan Bahadur including Zain ud-din Ahmad Khan the new Faujdar of Sirhind with 7000 troops, Qamar-ud-Din Khan Bahadur with 20, 000 troops, had him surrounded during the Siege of Gurdaspur.

Ghani Bahadur Banda was appointed its first Maratha governor.

Ghani Bahadur Banda was appointed the first Maratha governor of the district.

As you go seven kilometers from the city in the western direction, you will reach Gurdas Nangal, a holy place linked with the heroic battle of Banda Bahadur with Mughal armies.

Banda was the world's only source of nutmeg and mace, spices used as flavourings, medicines, preserving agents, that were at the time highly valued in European markets ; sold by Arab traders to the Venetians for exorbitant prices.

The first written accounts of Banda are in Suma Oriental, a book written by the Portuguese apothecary Tomé Pires who was based in Malacca from 1512 to 1515 but visited Banda several times.

Ironically though, it was this lack of ports which brought the Dutch to trade at Banda instead of the clove islands of Ternate and Tidore.

As much as the Dutch disliked dealing with the Bandanese, the trade was a highly profitable one with spices selling for 300 times the purchase price in Banda.

Whereas up until this point the Dutch presence had been simply as traders, that was sometimes treaty-based, the Banda conquest marked the start of the first overt colonial rule in Indonesia albeit under the auspices of the VOC.

European control of the Bandas was contested up until 1667 when, under the Treaty of Breda ( 1667 ), the British traded the small island of Run for Manhattan, giving the Dutch full control of the Banda archipelago.

The battle was over within hours, with the Dutch surrendering Fort Nassau-after some subterfuge-and within days the remainder of the Banda Islands.

After the Dutch surrender, Captain Charles Foote ( of the Piedmontaise ) was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the Banda Islands.

However, it would be months before Dr. Banda's whereabouts could be known leading to his scheduled arrival at Chileka Airport in 1958 being postponed twice ; causing the local white Police to forcefully remove ' disappointed ' crowds that had threatened to storm the BOAC flight, inside of which they had believed Dr. Banda was being held hostage!

In 1959, Banda was sent to Gwelo Prison for his political activities but was released in 1960 to participate in a constitutional conference in London.

In 1970 Hastings Banda was declared President for life of the MCP, and in 1971 Banda consolidated his power and was named President for life of Malawi itself.

Banda, who was always referred to as " His Excellency the Life President Ngwazi Dr. H. Kamuzu Banda ", was a dictator.

Every business building was required to have an official picture of Banda hanging on the wall.

Among the laws enforced by Banda, it was illegal for women to wear see-through clothes, pants of any kind or skirts which showed any part of the knee.

After he was deposed, Banda was put on trial for murder and attempts to destroy evidence.

During his rule, Banda was one of the very few post-colonial African leaders to maintain diplomatic relations with apartheid South Africa.