The Kanhaiya Misl was founded by the
Sandhu Jats.
Jai Singh Sandhu (son of Khushal Singh) of the village
Kanha (district
Lahore
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) was the founder of this ''Misl''; hence the misl came to known as Kanhaiya Misl; another founder leader of this Misl was Amar Singh of Kingra village.
Jai Singh and his brother
Jhanda Singh had got initiation from the ''jatha'' of (''Nawab'')
Kapur Singh; when all the Sikh Jathas were organised into
11 Misls, Jai Singh’s ''jatha'' was named as Kanhaiya Misl.
Haqiqat Singh Kanhaiya, Jeewan Singh, Tara Singh and Mehtab Singh (all four from village Julka, about 6 km from village Kanha) too were senior generals of this Misl.
In the battle of 1754,
Jhanda Singh (brother of Jai Singh) died; after this Jai Singh married the widow of Jhanda Singh. Jai Singh was an adventurous general; he attacked areas around
Pathankot
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and captured a lot of territory including
Pathankot
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,
Hajipur
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,
Datarpur
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...
,
Sujanpur and
Mukerian
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; in 1770, he captured a large tract of
Jammu State from its
Hindu
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Dogra
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rulers.
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Misls
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Jat princely states
Indian surnames
History of Sikhism
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History of Lahore
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