What was dal khalsa? How did the dal khalsa take important decision
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Dal khalsa is the sikh military which came into being during the turbulent priod of the second half of the eighteenth century, it was led by Guru Govind singh (1666-1708), he was the creator of khalsa. But it broken up at the time of the evacuation of anandpur in December 1705. On 1670-1716 an another force was raised by Banda Singh Bahdur.
Ratan Singh Bhangu7, Prachin Panth Prakash records anearlty instance of the worrior bands of the Bari Doab being organised into four tummans or squarons of 200 each.
Divan darbara singh on Baisakhi and diwali acted as the common leaders of the entire congregation. In 1733, Zakariya Khan, the mughal governor of Lahore, failed to supress the sikhs by forc, and as plan offered them a Jagir or fief, the title of nawab to their leader. Kapur Singh a senior worrier invested with the title of nawab.
Nawab Kapur Singh divided the entire troops into buddha dal and taruna dal. Taruna dal was further divided into five jathas, each with its ownflag and drum.
In july 1, 1745, Zakariya Khan organised a meeting and the reorganised themselves in 25 group, of about 100 person eaxch. OnBaisakhi day, 29 march 1748, when the sikh jathas gathered at amritsar.
Nawab Kapur Singh impressed upon them the need for solidarity. Through a gurmata or resolution, the entire fighting force of the Khalsa was unified into a single body, called the Dal Khalsa, under the supreme command of Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluvalia.
The Dal Khalsa was a Sikh army. The Sikh army operated in the 18th century from 1735 to 1780 in the region of Punjab.
It was created when Zakariya Khan Bahadur negotiated a peace proposal with Sikhs by providing them jagir. The title Nawab was given to the leader.
Kapur Singh was the leader of Sikhs and took the Nawab title.
He combined the Sikh soldiers into 2 groups; Taruna Dal and Budda Dal collectively known as Dal Khalsa.