On 11 March 1783,when the Dal Khalsa under the leadership of S.Jassa Singh Ahluwalia and other Misl Sardars including S.Baghel Singh entered the Red Fort in Delhi and occupied the Diwan-i-Am and hoisted the Khalsa Flag (Nishan Sahib) at the Red Fort.
The Mughal emperor, Shah Alam II, made a settlement with them agreeing to allow Sardar Baghel Singh to raise gurdwaras on Sikh historical sites in the city and realize six annas in a rupee (37.5%) of all the octroi duties in the capital.
S.Baghel Singh stayed in Sabzi Mandi, with 4000 troops, and took charge of the police station in Chandni Chowk. He located seven sites connected with the lives of the Gurus and had shrines raised thereon within the space of eight months, from April to November 1783. Gurdwara Sis Ganj marked the spot in the main Mughal street of Chandni Chowk where Guru Teg Bahadur had been executed under the fiat of the emperor and Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib near modern day Parliament House, where the body of Guru Teg Bahadur was cremated by the Lakhi Shah Vanjara, a disciple of the Guru, who burnt his house in order to cremate the Guru's body.
Gurudwara Bangla Sahib. And Bala Sahib commemorated the Eighth Guru, Guru Har Krishan Sahib.
Three other gurdwaras built were at Majnu Ka Tilla,Moti Bagh and Telivara.
