[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Fall of the Mughal Empire](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932) › v2.c29.8 # Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c29.8 Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c29.8 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c29.8) As soon as the dreaded Abdali was out of the country, the Sikhs came out of their hiding places and again overran the province. Mirza Khan with a thousand men was attacked and cut off by a large Sikh force. Khwajah Abid Khan himself came out of Lahor and invested Gujranwala (43 miles northwards), where Charat Singh Sukarchakia (the grandfather of the great Ranjit Singh) had built a fort. But there was a small body of Sikh horse in the governor's employ; Charat Singh's garrison conspired with these men, fell upon - [Previous: v2.c29.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c29.7) - [Next: v2.c29.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c29.9) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c29.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c29.8) · Pramāṇa