Ahluwalia (also transliterated as Ahluvalia) was a misl, that is, a sovereign state in the

Sikh Confederacy The Sikh Confederacy was a confederation of twelve sovereign Sikh states (each known as a Misl, derived from the Arabic word مِثْل meaning 'equal'; sometimes spelt as Misal) which rose during the 18th century in the Punjab region in the n ...

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region in present-day India and Pakistan. The misl's name is derived from Ahlu, the ancestral village of the misl leaders. The Ahluwalia misl was one of the 12 major Sikh misls, and held land to the north of

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History

Different scholars variously name the misl's founder as Sadho Singh, his descendant Bagh Singh, or Bagh Singh's nephew

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 Mi ...

. The misl rose to prominence under Jassa Singh, who was the first person to use the name "Ahluwalia". Originally known as Jassa Singh Kalal, he styled himself as Ahluwalia after his ancestral village of Ahlu. Even after other misls lost their territories to

Ranjit Singh Ranjit Singh (13 November 1780 – 27 June 1839) was the founder and first maharaja of the Sikh Empire, in the northwest Indian subcontinent, ruling from 1801 until his death in 1839. Born to Maha Singh, the leader of the Sukerchakia M ...

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, the maharaja permitted the descendants of Jassa Singh to retain their estates. After the

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took over the Sikh territories in 1846, Jassa Singh's descendants became the ruling family of the

Kapurthala State Kapurthala State, was a kingdom and later princely state of the Punjab Province (1849–1947), Punjab Province of British India. Ruled by Ahluwalia Sikh rulers, spread across . According to the 1901 census the state had a population of 314,341 a ...

Dynasty

Sardars

* Jassa Singh (1777 – 20 October 1783) (b. 1718 – d. 1783) * Bhag Singh Ahluwalia (20 October 1783 – 10 July 1801) (b. 1747 – d. 1801)

Rajas

* Fateh Singh Ahluwalia (10 July 1801 – 20 October 1837) (b. 1784 – d. 1837) * Nihal Singh (20 October 1837 – 13 September 1852) (b. 1817 – d. 1852) * Randhir Singh (13 September 1852 – 12 March 1861) (b. 1831 – d. 1870)

Raja-i Rajgan

* Randhir Singh (12 March 1861 – 2 April 1870) (b. 1831 – d. 1870) * Kharak Singh (2 April 1870 – 3 September 1877) (b. 1850 – d. 1877) * Jagatjit Singh (3 September 1877 – 12 December 1911) (b. 1872 – d. 1949)

Maharajas

* Jagatjit Singh (12 December 1911 – 15 August 1947) (b. 1872 – d. 1949) *Paramjit Singh (b. 1892 - d. 1955) *

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Sukhjit Singh MVC(b. 1934)

Crown Prince

* Tikka Raja Shatrujit Singh (b. 1961)

Gallery

File:Equestrian painting of Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, Punjab Plains, circa 1859.jpg, Equestrian painting of Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, Punjab Plains, circa 1850 File:Bhag Singh Ahluwalia.jpg, Miniature painting of Bhag Singh Ahluwalia, ca.1785 File:Painting of Raja Fateh Singh Ahluwalia of Kapurthala State.jpg, Painting of Raja Fateh Singh Ahluwalia File:Fateh Singh Ahluwalia.png, Raja Fateh Singh Ahluwalia, CIE File:Photograph of Jassa Singh Ahluwalia's haveli.jpg, Photograph of Jassa Singh Ahluwalia's haveli

References

{{Sikh Empire Sikh Confederacy * Princely states of Punjab History of Lahore