After the demise of Guru Gobind Singh in 1708, who among the following assumed the temporal leadership of the Sikhs, boldly captured Sirhind to avenge the cruel execution of the Guru's young sons, and minted the first independent Sikh coins in the names of Guru Nanak and Guru Gobind Singh?

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Banda Singh Bahadur (originally Lachhman Dev) was deputed by Guru Gobind Singh to Punjab. He led a massive agrarian uprising against the Mughal Empire, sacked Sirhind (killing Wazir Khan, who had ordered the bricking alive of the Guru's younger sons), and established a short-lived sovereign Sikh state.

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