Rani Chand Kaur

Rani Chand Kaur (d. 1840), daughter of Jai Singh of the village of Chainpur in Amritsar district, was married to Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1815 by the rite of chadar andazi, i.e. covering the head with a piece of cloth (chadar=sheet or coverlet + andazi = throwing around or enfolding or covering), a rite having sanction under customary law to facilitate marriage with a widow who is accepted into nuptials by unfurling a chadar or sheet of cloth over the head.

No religious ceremony is required. Local gentry, kins and friends will be present. Covering the widow's head symbolizes that the man has vowed to take her under his care. Rani Chand Kaur died in 1840.