Pahar Singh
Pahar Singh (1799 – April 1849) was the Raja of the Princely state of Faridkot State, Faridkot, ruling from 1827 to 1849. Biography Pahar Singh succeeded to the ''Gaddi Nashin, gaddi'' (throne) of Faridkot after the passing of Attar Singh. His reign lasted 22 years and was marked by peace and prosperity. He found many villages and dug wells in Faridkot. Pahar Singh had four wives, including Chand Kaur. Pahar Singh is noted for paying particular attention to the common-folk of his dominion, ensuring their welfare. Pahar Singh kept advisors around him to look-after the needs of the civilians in the state and to provide him valuable advice. Some of the useful advisors that Pahar Singh employed were ''Sardar, sardars'' Meenha Singh, Ghamand Singh, and Koma Singh. Furthermore, Pahar Singh awarded his brothers, Sahib Singh and Mehtab Singh, a ''jagir'' grant consisting of villages for them to rule-over. Under Pahar Singh, the jungles that surrounded Faridkot were deforested to cl ...
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