Guru Gobind Singh Ji appointed Baba Banda Singh Bahadur as his jathedar (military commander) and invested in him with full political and military authority as his deputy to lead the campaign in the Punjab against the Muslim and Mughal administration, to avenge the murders of Sikh Gurus and their families and innocent civilian followers by Muslims, and to punish Nawab Wazir Khan and his supporters for these inhumane crimes.
