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'''Sardar Mangal Singh'''(d.1864), was the son of Lal Singh, a Sandhu Jatt of Siranwali village in Sialkot District of Punjab. Mangal Singh was a Sikh Sardar during the Sikh times, , who managed the estates of Prince Kharak Singh (1801-1840), the eldest son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Sher-e-Panjab (1780-1839). Sardar Mangal Singh's grandfather Dargah Singh had converted to Sikhism, in the 1780s, and had served under the Kanhaiya Misl, as a horseman. And later his son Lal Singh was promoted to command 100 horse. | '''Sardar Mangal Singh''' (d.1864), was the son of Lal Singh, a Sandhu Jatt of Siranwali village in Sialkot District of Punjab. Mangal Singh was a Sikh Sardar during the Sikh times, , who managed the estates of Prince Kharak Singh (1801-1840), the eldest son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Sher-e-Panjab (1780-1839). Sardar Mangal Singh's grandfather Dargah Singh had converted to Sikhism, in the 1780s, and had served under the Kanhaiya Misl, as a horseman. And later his son Lal Singh was promoted to command 100 horse. | ||
The eldest sister of Sardar Mangal Singh, Rani Ishar Kaur (d.1840), was married to Prince Kharak Singh, in 1815, at the Holy city of Amritsar. This brought the brother favours from the court. A jagir of the value of Rs 5,000 was conferred upon Sardar Mangal Singh and he was given charge of the Chunian tract in present day Kasur district of Punjab. Kharak Singh was so pleased with his management that he entrusted him in 1820 with the charge of all his affairs, civil and military, and gave him an enhanced Jagir of Rs 19,000 with the title of Sardar. | The eldest sister of Sardar Mangal Singh, Rani Ishar Kaur (d.1840), was married to Prince Kharak Singh, in 1815, at the Holy city of Amritsar. This brought the brother favours from the court. A jagir of the value of Rs 5,000 was conferred upon Sardar Mangal Singh and he was given charge of the Chunian tract in present day Kasur district of Punjab. Kharak Singh was so pleased with his management that he entrusted him in 1820 with the charge of all his affairs, civil and military, and gave him an enhanced Jagir of Rs 19,000 with the title of Sardar. | ||
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Sardar Mangal Singh (d.1864), was the son of Lal Singh, a Sandhu Jatt of Siranwali village in Sialkot District of Punjab. Mangal Singh was a Sikh Sardar during the Sikh times, , who managed the estates of Prince Kharak Singh (1801-1840), the eldest son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Sher-e-Panjab (1780-1839). Sardar Mangal Singh's grandfather Dargah Singh had converted to Sikhism, in the 1780s, and had served under the Kanhaiya Misl, as a horseman. And later his son Lal Singh was promoted to command 100 horse.
The eldest sister of Sardar Mangal Singh, Rani Ishar Kaur (d.1840), was married to Prince Kharak Singh, in 1815, at the Holy city of Amritsar. This brought the brother favours from the court. A jagir of the value of Rs 5,000 was conferred upon Sardar Mangal Singh and he was given charge of the Chunian tract in present day Kasur district of Punjab. Kharak Singh was so pleased with his management that he entrusted him in 1820 with the charge of all his affairs, civil and military, and gave him an enhanced Jagir of Rs 19,000 with the title of Sardar.
Sardar Mangal Singh also secured the possession of his old family village of Siranwali, which was then held by Sardar Sham Singh Attariwala (d.1846). He retained the favour of his master, though the management of princely estates was in 1834 transferred to Sardar Chet Singh Bajwa (d.1839). Maharaja Sher Singh (1807-1843) resumed most of Mangal Singh`s original estates but granted him new ones of the value of over a lakh of rupees which he retained until 1846, when Raja Lal Singh seized them leaving him a much reduced jagir. The younger sister of Sardar Mangal Singh, was married to Sardar Jamiyat Singh Randhawa. Sardar Mangal Singh, had a Son named Sardar Rachpal Singh Sandhu, who in 1864, became the Sardar of Siranwali.
After the annexation of the Punjab Sikh Kingdom in 1849, by the British East India Company, Sardar Mangal Singh was appointed Adalati or judicial officer of the Rachna Doab region of Punjab which lay between Ravi and Chenab by the British Resident, Major Lawrence. Sardar Mangal Singh died in June 1864.
