It was the first significant battle during Banda Singh Bahadur's conquests.

[3][4] He first camped at Khanda village, with an army of 500, and then marched to Sonipat, attacked the town, and threw an open challenge to the Mughal Empire.

[5] The Mughal Faujdar of Sonipat was utterly unprepared and he was routed[6] in the battle and was defeated.

The Sikhs then plundered the Provincial Mughal Treasury and villages at Sonipat.

[7] After the Sonipat conquest, Banda Singh Bahadur reached Samana, Punjab and attacked the town.