Bhagani, a small village on the bank of the River Yamuna in Paonta tehsil of Sirmaur district, is the place where Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji fought his first battle against the hill chiefs in 1688. A fierce and bloody battle was fought, when Rajput hill Rajas jointly attacked Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji. Background The dispute with the hill chiefs arose when Raja Bhim Chand of Kahlur, annoyed with Guru Gobind Singh over the latter’s refusal to give him a trained elephant, went to Srinagar (Garhwal) to marry his son Ajmer Chand to the daughter or Raja Fateh Chand of Garhwal. As Fateh Chand was friendly with Guru Gobind Singh, then staying at Paonta Sahib, the Guru, too, sent a few Sikhs to Srinagar with tambol, the customary wedding present in cash. Bhim Chand forced Raja Fateh Chand to refuse the present from one who was his (Bhim Chand’s) enemy. Not content with that, he also made Fateh Chand and other chiefs to agree to attack Paonta after the marriage.