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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who has attended commemorative event to mark the 300th martyrdom anniversary of Sikh military commander Baba Banda Singh Bahadur on 6 July 2016
A
Pranab Mukherjee
B
Narendra Modi
C
Arun Jaitley
D
Smriti Irani
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Baba Banda Singh Bahadur and his son Ajai Singh were martyred on 9 June, 1716 A.D. along with his other 18 companions near a gate en-route the tomb of so-called Sufi saint Qutub-ud-din Bakhtiar kaki at Mehrauli. The butchers first killed his son Ajai Singh in his lap.

Detailed explanation-2: -Banda Bahadur was a Sikh military commander who established a Sikh state with capital at Lohgarh. He was appointed as the military leader of the Sikhs by Guru Tegh Bahadur.

Detailed explanation-3: -Banda Singh Bahadur’s mission He appointed him as his military lieutenant and invested him with full political and military authority as his deputy to lead the campaign in the Punjab against the evil Mughal administration and to punish Nawab Wazir Khan and his supporters.

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