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This event is now celebrated on April 9 each year according to the Nanakshahi Calendar). By the time of the siege of Anandpur by a powerful and combined host of Mughals and hillmen in December 1705, Jujhar Singh, nearing the completion of his fifteenth year, was an experienced young warrior, strong and fearless. He was one of the band that successfully waded through the flooded Sarsa rivulet on horseback and made their way to Chamkaur by nightfall on 6 December 1705, with the adversary in hot pursuit.
They erected a stockade (Garhi) and decided to fight to the last manitoba
By dawn, the Mughal forces of approximately 1 million had begun a siege of the Garhi and surrounding areas. Gurdwara Qatalgarh in Chamkaur Sahib now marks the site where he and Ajit Singh fell.