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List Of Generals Of Ranjit Singh
This article presents a list of pre-colonial Sikh generals throughout history from the Akal Sena to the Sikh Khalsa Army. Akal Sena This is a list of generals from the period of the Akal Sena. Guru Hargobind's generals * Baba Gurditta * Tyag Mal * Baba Praga * Bhai Bidhi Chand * Bhai Singha Purohit * Bhai Parasram * Bhai Lakhi Das * Bhai Jati Mall/Malik Purohit * Rai Jodh * Rai Mandan Rathore * Rai Ballu * Bhai Jattu Das * Bhai Saktu * Bhai Nanu * Bhai Banno * Bhai Kalyana * Bhai Peda Das * Bhai Mukand Ram * Bhai Pirana * Bhai Jagannath * Bhai Desa * Bhai Mohan * Bhai Mokal * Bhai Mehar Chand * Bhai Kirat Bhatt * Bhai Mathura Bhatt * Bhai Balu Bhatt * Bhai Sona Bhatt * Bhai Sohela Bhatt * Bhai Sukha Bhatt * Bhai Fateh Chand Bhatt * Bhai Amiya Bhatt Guru Har Rai's generals * Bhai Amar Chand * Bhai Gaura * Bhai Lakhi Das * Bhai Jati Malik Purohit Khalsa Fauj This is a list of generals from the period of the Khalsa Fauj. Guru Gobind Singh's generals * Bhai Daya Sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pre-colonial
Colonialism is the control of another territory, natural resources and people by a foreign group. Colonizers control the political and tribal power of the colonised territory. While frequently an Imperialism, imperialist project, colonialism can also take the form of settler colonialism, whereby settlers from one or multiple colonizing metropoles occupy a territory with the intention of partially or completely supplanting the existing population. Colonialism developed as a concept describing European colonial empires of the modern era, which spread globally from the 15th century to the mid-20th century, spanning 35% of Earth's land by 1800 and peaking at 84% by the beginning of World War I. European colonialism employed mercantilism and Chartered company, chartered companies, and established Coloniality of power, coloniality, which keeps the colonized socio-economically Other (philosophy), othered and Subaltern (postcolonialism), subaltern through modern biopolitics of Heterono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mai Bhago
Mai Bhago also known as Mata Bhag Kaur, was a Sikh woman who led Sikh soldiers against the Mughals in 1705. She was an exceptionally skilled warrior on the battlefield and is revered as a warrior saint in Sikhism. She was known for rallying the 40 Sikhs (''Chali Mukte'') who abandoned Guru Gobind Singh at the siege of Anandpur Sahib and bringing them back to fight. Biography Early life Mai Bhago was born into Jat family, her family's ancestral village of Chabhal Kalan, in a sikh family at Jhabal Kalan, in the present-day Tarn Taran district of the Punjab . Mai Bhago was a staunch Sikh by birth and had her upbringing in a devout Sikh family. Mai Bhago's father, Malo Shah, was enrolled in Guru Hargobind's army and like her father Mai Bhago learned '' Shaster vidya'' (training in arms). Mai Bhago was the granddaughter of Bhai Pero Shah who was younger brother of the famous Bhai Langah the chief of 84 villages who had converted to Sikhism during the time of Guru Arjan Dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tara Singh Ghaiba
Tara Singh Ghaiba (1710–1807) was an associate member of the Dallewalia Misl, who became the Leader of the Misl after the death of their founding member and head Sardar Gulab Singh. He made Rahon the capital of his Misl. Early life Sardar Tara Singh was supposedly born in 1710. He belonged to a Jat family of Kang Clan, from a village called Kang, present day six kilometers south of Lohian, in Tahsil Nakodar Punjab, India. They had about hundred goats. When he was a young goatherd, he mastered the skill to cross his flock through the Bein with ropes. And earned the name ''Ghaiba'' meaning he who could adopt mysterious devices. Once a notorious Gujjar robber Sulaiman, stolen his goats. The incident shook him, and In sheer desperation and despair, Tara left his village and started robbing. His reckless bravery added companions in his act. In March 1757, He earned his first horse by ditching Ahmad Shah Durrani's troops. When they made Tara captive and asked to help them cross t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sada Kaur
Rani Sada Kaur (Punjabi language, Punjabi: ਸਦਾ ਕੌਰ; 1762 – 1832) was a Sikhs, Sikh leader. She served as the Chief of the Kanhaiya Misl from 1789 to 1821, following the death of her husband Gurbaksh Singh Kanhaiya, the heir to Jai Singh Kanheya, Jai Singh Kanhaiya, the leader of the Kanhaiya Misl, and she is sometimes referred to as Sardarni Sada Kaur. Described as intelligent and ambitious, Rani Sada Kaur was instrumental in guiding a young Ranjit Singh to found the Sikh Empire. She played an important role in the rise and consolidation of Sikh power in Punjab region, Punjab. Early life and marriage Sada Kaur was born into a Dhaliwal (surname), Dhaliwal Jat Sikh family in 1762 to Sardar Daswandha Singh Dhaliwal. She was married to the 7-year-old Gurbaksh Singh, the eldest son and heir of Jai Singh, the head of the Sandhu Jat ruler of Kanhaiya Misl. They were married in 1768 and had one child together, a daughter named Mehtab Kaur, who was born in 1782. Leadershi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurbaksh Singh Kanhaiya
Gurbaksh Singh Kanhaiya () was the eldest son and heir of Jai Singh Kanhaiya, the chief of the Kanhaiya Misl. He was the father of Maharani Mehtab Kaur and thus, the father-in-law of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the founder of the Sikh Empire. Early life Gurbaksh Singh, the only son and heir of Jai Singh Kanhaiya, was born in 1759 to his wife Desan Kaur, who was the widow of Jhanda Singh. His father, Jai Singh, was the founder and leader of the Kanhaiya Misl. Gurbaksh Singh was married at the age of seven to Sada Kaur, a daughter of Sardar Daswandha Singh Alkol. The couple had one child together, a daughter named Mehtab Kaur, who was born in 1782. She was married in 1796 to Ranjit Singh, the successor of Maha Singh, the leader of the Sukerchakia Misl, who was a rival of the Kanhaiya Misl. Military career In 1778, a quarrel arose between the Ramgarhias and the Kanhaiyas. Jai Singh Kanhaiya and Haqiqat Singh Kanhaiya, supported by Jassa Singh Ahluwalia and Maha Singh, attacked the he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Singh Kanhaiya
Jai Singh Kanhaiya (1712–1793) was the founder and, until his death, leader of the Kanhaiya Misl in Punjab. His daughter-in-law, Sada Kaur succeeded him as the ''misl'' leader. Early life Jai Singh was born in a Jat family of the village Kahna, 21 km southwest of Lahore. His father, Khushal Singh, was a farmer who also sold wood and hay in Lahore. His family had humble origins. He was initiated into the Khalsa by Nawab Kapur Singh and joined the jatha of Amar Singh Kingra. In 1759, his wife Desan Kaur (who was the widow of Jhanda Singh) gave birth to his only son and heir Gurbaksh Singh Kanhaiya, Gurbaksh Singh. Misldar Working in collaboration with Jassa Singh Ramgarhia, he seized a part of Riarki comprising the district of Gurdaspur district, Gurdaspur and upper portions of Amritsar district, Amritsar. His headquarters shifted from his wife's village at Sohian, 15 km from Amritsar to Batala to Mukerian. In 1763, Jai Singh Kanhaiya sacked Kasur along with Jassa Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maha Singh
Maha Singh ('; 1760 – 15 April 1790 or 1756 – April 1792), also spelt as Mahan or Mahn Singh, was the second Sardar of the Sukerchakia Misl, which as a Sikh grouping with its guerilla militia was one of twelve Sikh Misls that later became part of the Sikh Empire. He was the eldest son of Sardar Charat Singh and Sardarni Desan Kaur Warraich. He was the father of the Punjabi king Ranjit Singh. Upon the death of his father, Charat Singh, he succeeded to the leadership of the Sukerchakia Misl. His son Ranjit Singh succeeded him and established the Sikh Empire. He is known for his alliance with Jassa Singh Ramgarhia and for reducing the power of the Kanhaiya Misl. Maha Singh married firstly Mai Man Kaur, daughter of Sardar Jai Singh Mann of Mughalchak-Mananwala, and secondly Sardarni Raj Kaur, daughter of Raja Gajpat Singh of Jind and mother of Ranjit Singh. Early life Maha Singh was born in a Sandhawalia Jat Sikh family to Charat Singh and his wife, Desan Kaur in 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charat Singh
Sardar Charat Singh (1721–1770 or 1733–1774), also romanised as Charhat Singh, was the founder of Sukerchakia Misl, father of Mahan Singh, and the grandfather of Ranjit Singh, the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire. He distinguished himself at an early age in campaigns against Ahmad Shah Abdali and along with 150 horsemen split from the Singhpuria Misl to establish the Sukerchakia Misl, a separate grouping with its distinct guerilla militia. Early life Charat Singh was born to Chaudhary Naudh Singh (died 1752) and Lali Kaur in a Sandhawalia Jat Sikh family. His grandfather was Budh Singh (1670 – 1718), a disciple of Guru Gobind Singh. In 1756 he married Desan Kaur Waraich, a daughter of Sikh ruler Amir Singh Waraich. The couple had four children, two sons, Maha Singh and Suhej Singh followed by two daughters, Bibi Raj Kaur (not to be confused with the wife of Mahan Singh) and Saher Kaur. Matrimonial alliances "Charat Singh strengthened his position by matrimo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodh Singh Ramgarhia
Jodh Singh Ramgarhia (1758 – 23 August 1815) was a prominent Sikh leader of the Ramgarhia Misl in the Punjab, the son of Jassa Singh Ramgarhia who inherited Jassa's position on his death in 1803. His Ramgarhia followers played an important role in the struggle when Maharaja Ranjit Singh was establishing the Sikh Empire. Biography Jodh Singh was the successor and son of Jassa Singh Ramgarhia. He had a close friendship with Ranjit Singh of the Sukerchakia Misl. Ranjit Singh had once announced a bond of friendship between him and Jodh Singh in the presence of the Guru Granth Sahib at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. The Sukerchakia chief and later Sikh emperor referred to Jodh Singh as "Babaji" and Jodh Singh was always seated beside Ranjit Singh when the latter held '' durbar'' (court). Jodh Singh assisted Ranjit Singh in 1802 by assisting with the conquest of Amritsar from the Bhangis under the rule of Mai Sukhan, whom was the widow of Gulab Singh Bhangi. Jodh was instrume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jassa Singh Ramgarhia
Jassa Singh Ramgarhia (1723–1803) was a prominent Sikh leader during the period of the Sikh Confederacy. He was the founder of the Ramgarhia Misl. Early life Jassa Singh Ramgarhia was born into a Sikh family in 1723. According to W. H. McLeod, his birthplace was the village of Ichogil, near Lahore, whilst H. S. Singha refers only to Lahore and Purnima Dhavan mentions origins in either Guga or Sur Singh, both near Amritsar. His father was named Bhagwan Singh, who was the son of Hardas Singh. There is agreement among the sources that he was of Tarkhan (tribe), Tarkhan origin and was originally named Jassa Singh Thoka (Jassa Singh the Carpenter). He had four brothers - Jai Singh, Khushal Singh, Mali Singh, and Tara Singh Ramgarhia, Tara Singh - and became head of the family when his father, Giani Bhagwan Singh, died.Warrior-diplomat: Jassa Singh Ramgarhia - Harbans Singh Virdi Jassa Singh rose to command the Sikh Misl that later became known as the Ramgarhia Misl and built a fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jassa Singh Ahluwalia
Jassa Singh Ahluwalia (3 May 1718 – 23 October 1783) was a Sikh leader during the period of the Sikh Confederacy, being the supreme leader of the Dal Khalsa (Sikh Army), Dal Khalsa. He was also Misldar of the Ahluwalia (misl), Ahluwalia Misl. This period was an interlude, lasting roughly from the time of the death of Banda Bahadur in 1716 to the founding of the Sikh Empire in 1801. He founded the Kapurthala State in 1772. Early life Jassa Singh was born on 3 May 1718 CE in a Kalal Sikh family in the Ahlu village near Lahore, Punjab. Originally known as Jassa Singh Kalal, he styled himself as Ahluwalia after his ancestral village. Jassa Singh is described as a member of the Kalwar (caste), Kalal or wine distiller caste. During the period of Kharak Singh of Kapurthala, Kharak Singh (r. 1870-1877) a Bhati, Bhatti Rajput origin story was also created. According to this tradition, one of the Bhatti Rajputs Rana Har Rai had to leave the throne of Jaisalmer for refusing to mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hari Singh Dhillon
Hari Singh Dhillon (died 1765) was an 18th century Sikh warlord and the chief of Bhangi Misl. During the formation of the Dal Khalsa (Sikh army) he was acknowledged as leader of Tarna Dal, and made chief of Bhangi Misl following the death of Bhuma Singh Dhillion, who he was an adopted son of, in 1748. Hari Singh made the Bhangi Misl the most powerful of all the Misls. He has been described as a brave, fearless and great warrior. Under Hari Singh, the Bhangi Misl expanded to Jammu, Lahore, Chiniot, Buria, Jagadhari, Firozpur, Kushab, Majha, Malwa, Sandal Bar and Jhang. Biography Hari Singh was born in Panjwar village near Amritsar. He was adopted by the chief of Bhangi Misl, Bhuma Singh Dhillon. He then took ''Amrit'' from him and was initiated into the Khalsa. After the creation of the Dal Khalsa in 1748, Hari Singh was made head of Tarna Dal and Bhangi Misl. Upon taking over Bhangi Misl, he quickly increased its strength to 20,000 and ruled many ''Misldars'' under him. Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
