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...itish administrators who controlled the Sikh community with the support of Sikh collaborators.

..., Zain Khan, who was killed in the action. Since none of the participating sardars was willing to accept possession of the town of Sirhind accurst from its as 2. Sital, Sohan Singh, Sikh Misalan. Ludhiana, 1952

...1759).<ref>History of the Sikhs: The Sikh commonwealth or Rise and fall of Sikh misls by Hari Ram Gupta; Published in 1978 by Munshiram Manoharlal; page 52 ...ith other Sikh Sardars he Sacked Kasur city of Pathans and Joined the Sikh Sardars in the sack of Sirhind City in 1764. in 1807 after the death of Tara Singh

...alliance with many Sikh Sardars of Punjab and laid the foundation of a big Sikh State. His son Sardar Ranjit Singh expanded this state and became the ruler

[[Anglo Sikh War I]] (1845-46), resulting in the partial subjugation of the Sikh kingdom, was the outcome of British expansionism and the near anarchical co ...rs of the Punjab Kingdom to finally overcome the resistance of some of the sardars who chafed at the defeat in the first.

...h Kingdoms were merged with [[India]]n state. This anthem was used in the Sikh Kingdom until 1948. ...nal anthem of Patiala State. This national anthem had been sung in all the Sikh States until 1948. Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha, too, has mentioned it in his mag

...alled Sirdar. Gurbani do not believe in temporal people calling themselves Sardars, and have no knowledge what hukam is. ...sion of the fighting force of the Sikhs under the misls the number of Sikh sardars multiplied. During the reign of [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] and his successor

...s, I frequently wished for the power of migrating into the body of Sicque (Sikh) for a few weeks - so well did these cavaliers fare. Islo sooner had they a ...and raised Gurdwaras at the historical sites associated with the lives of Sikh Gunus. One was erected at Sisganj where Guru Tegh Bahadur had been martyred

...t of it by Ala Singh, founder of the Patiala dynasty, and other Sikh sardars at Sanaur and Malerkotla. In May 1757, Taimur was appointed viceroy of the ...empire, but all he could do was to hold on to Kashmir and eject the Bhangi sardars from Multan.

...o Amritsar, waited upon [[Nawab Kapur Singh]], and volunteered to become a Sikh. Turned away, he was advised to grow long hair, practise horsemanship, arch ...rain. At the fords of Ravi and Chenab, Gulab Singh with several other Sikh sardars captured a large number of Afghan horses. Commanding a jatha of 400 men, Gu

...mmu, held sway in the tract between Sheikhupura and Miralivala as the Sikh sardars started acquiring territory in the Punjab in the latter half of the eightee

...the Nihangs to this day, and is said to have been an adept in kirtan, the Sikh devotional music. In a gurdwara at Bharpurgarh, a village near Amloh in Pat [[category:Misl Sardars]]

...erence | Author=Ramgarhia, Sundar Singh| Title=The Annals of the Ramgarhia Sardars| Publisher=Amritsar| Year=1902| ID=ISBN}} *{{Book reference | Author=Macauliffe, M.A | Title=The Sikh Religion: Its Gurus Sacred Writings and Authors| Publisher=Low Price Public

...e Khalsa initiatory rites at the hands of Diwan Darbara Singh, a prominent Sikh leader of the post Banda Singh period. By 1734, Dasaundha Singh was a leadi [[category:Misl Sardars]]

...able means to successfully accomplish his vision. The Bhangi and Ramgariha Sardars (Rulers) were his strongest opposition. Ranjit Singh wanted to badly crush ...s nighfall and Maharaja was reviewing the battle status with his Generals (Sardars) : Sardar Hari Singh Naluya, Sardar Nihal Singh Attariwalla and a few other

...part in the raids and expeditions led by his father. He also fought in the Sikh's skirmishes with the Afghan invader [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]]. After the deat ...surprised the besiegers by his night sallies. In the mean time, other Sikh sardars, under the leadership of [[Jassa Singh Ahluwalia]], came to his rescue. Uba

...jit Singh]], was the eldest of the four sons of Sardar Naudh Singh, a jatt Sikh of [[Sandhawalia]] clan. He took to arms while still very young and started ...surprised the besiegers by his night sallies. In the meantime, other Sikh sardars, under the leadership of [[Jassa Singh Ahluwalia]], came to his rescue.

...slam during the time of Nawab [[Zakariya Khan]]. He, however, rejoined the Sikh faith receiving the rites of initiation at the hands of Diwan Darbara Singh [[category:Misl Sardars]]

...Guru Granth Sahib, amidst it. Mahant Pritam Das enlisted the help of some Sikh chiefs who were attending the fair and got the Bairagis suitably punished.

...longwith her family, were respectfully escorted to Behlolpur by a posse of sikh horsemen. The Begum was extremely beholden to the sikhs and it is believed

...an), the founder of the Sikh principality of Nakai Misl, one of the twelve Sikh Confederacies that ruled from (1748-1810). Sardar Ishar Singh Sandhu, was one of the many children of the Nakai Sikh Sardars of Baherwal Kalan. During the late 1800s, Before the Ghadar Lehr, and the A

...who lived at Vadala Viram, near Amritsar. He identifies himself with the Sikh elan and ascendancy and recalls with pride the glorious days of Ranjit Sing ...places. He describes with admiration the deeds of heroism and sacrifice of sardars such as Sham Singh Atarivala and Ranjodh Singh. The historical framework th

...Singh was the prologue to a longdrawn drama of intrigue and murder at the Sikh court.

...defensive alliance but which succeeded in obtaining information about the Sikh kingdom, its military resources, and the character of its ...t SinghMinto correspondence and Ochterlony's proclamation to the cisSutlej Sardars, dated 3 May 1809; and miscellaneous despatches connected with early Britis

'''JODH SINGH RAMGARHIA''' (d. 1815), soldier and feudatory chief in Sikh times, was the eldest son of [[Jassa Singh Ramgarhia]], the celebrated Ramg ...co.uk/postgurus/ramgarhia2/ram%20Jassa%20Singh.htm Annals of the Ramgarhia Sardars]| Publisher=Amritsar| Year=1902| ID=ISBN}}

...Wazir Dhian Singh. In 1839, he served under Kanvar Nau Nihal Singh in the Sikh army sent to Peshawar to assist Colonel Claude Wade in Shahzada Taimur's ex ...and saved his jagirs and command. He continued thereafter to serve in the Sikh army, retaining his influence at the court.

...gh felt irked when British troops were stationed at Lahore after the Anglo-Sikh war of 1845-46. ...(21 February 1849). He surrendered to the British along with the Atarivala sardars at Rawalpindi in March 1849.

...WITH JATS OF BHARATPUR'''. Hindu Jats, who have ethnic affinity with the Sikh Jatts of the Punjab, had emerged, like the Sikhs, as a new political po ...of about 10,0 Sikh sardars. The meeting began with ardas, the supplicatory Sikh prayer, in which they pleaded, "Jawahar Singh, son of Suraj Mall and a devo

...ought in the battles against Ahmad Shah Abdali in collaboration with other Sardars. ...leaving Lahore. On the 15th January 1767, Ahmad Shah wrote letters to the Sardars, including Khushal Singh, to the effect that if they were desirous of enter

...y engagements concerning the relations of Gulab Singh of Jammu with the Sikh kingdom are also provided. The author, well versed in literature, history, ...ce of five years, rulers, princes, ministers, their relatives and numerous sardars fell victims, one after another, to conspiracy and murder. The only survivo

...e Khalsa initiatory rites at the hands of Diwan Darbara Singh, a prominent Sikh leader of the post Banda Singh period. By 1734, Dasaundha Singh was a leadi 2. Seetal, Sohan Singh, The Sikh Misals and the Panjab. Ludhiana, n.d.

...Rai Singh, after the fall of the Sikh Kingdom in 1849, were made the Sikh Sardars, of some villages, and given Jagirs, by the British. ...ory of the Sikh rise to the power in Punjab and the complete legitimacy of Sikh domination. He was requested by Captain Murray, Agent to the Governor-Gener

The Sikh sardars had occupied large portions of the Punjab by 1780, but some Muslim chiefs, ...undary with Sardar Mahan Singh, and were always a source of trouble to the Sikh chieftain. Quite frequently they raided his territory and looted and plunde

...After Ahmad Shah Abdali's retirement from the Punjab in 1763, the Kanaihva Sardars, allied with Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, Hari Singh Bhangi and Jassa Singh Ramga ...ided to sack the ruler of Kasur and teach a lesson to the guilty. The Sikh Sardars besieged the kot (fortress) of Abdul Rahim Khan and occupied it shortly. Fo

...to the writings of some historians, about two and a half lakhs (250,000) [[Sikh]] families—men, women and children of all ages were martyred at this site ...reward for the head of any Sikh. Rewards were even offered for info on any Sikh's whereabouts. Hundreds of Sikhs were thus brought daily to Lahore where, r

...collected 4,00,000 rupees as his share of the booty. He joined other Sikh sardars in laying siege to [[Sirhind]] in January 1764 and razed it to the ground a [[Category:Great Sikh Warriors]]

...civil and military administrator, and one of the principal sardars of the Sikh court. Of all the Majithias associated with the ruling family of Lahore, ...c and designer of ordnance. He cast shrapnel shells made of pewter for the Sikh artillery. He invented gun shell that would explode at a fixed place and ti

...en Sikh Bands before Maharaja Ranjit Singh, @ Sikh History.com [http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/events/misls.html] ...lled Bhangi because of their use of Bhang. (They were also called Dhillon Sardars)

...broadly followed the pattern of Mughal awards and titles, although in the Sikh nobility there was no specific classifications of hierarchy as seen in the ...to have been '''Rajai Rajgan''' held only by one person in the history of Sikh rule, Dhian Singh Dogra who was also titled '''Raja Kalan'''. He had, even,

...ly by several aristocratic families such as the Sodhis ofKartarpur and the Sardars ofDhammomajra.

...the houses built by the conquering sardars and chiefs in Sikh times or by Sikh schoolmen and sectaries. Amritsar housed the largest complex of such buildi ...at, around their place of worship amidst the sarovar at Amritsar, the Sikh sardars had erected many mansions which they called bungas.

...the battle of Gujrat were the Sikh army was decisively defeated, that the Sikh army finally laid down their arms, Rawalpindi was occupied and became a per [[category:Misl Sardars]]

...s army, from Afghan attacks is still remembered with much affection by the Sikh community today. His army became the most popular to join due to his tirele ...idered to be one of the greatest honors given, in the 18th century, to any Sikh.

...ns. From 1843 to 1846, he was resident in Nepal. In 1846, after the first Sikh war, Lord Hardingc appointed him agent at Lahore and, after the treaty o ...ent policy. His civil administration was run by a council of eight leading sardars, six of them Sikhs, one Hindu and one Muhammadan, each with specific portfo

...mber 1840) was the eldest son of [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]]. Raised in the Sikh martial tradition he was , even as a child barely six years old, given the ...f Kharak Singh's friend, his former tutor, [[Chet Singh]] Bajwa, a trusted Sikh courtier. The Dogra brothers, Dhian and Gulab Singh Dogra were Rajputs, Hi

...Majitha village in the present Amritsar district- Gulab Singh, a baptised Sikh of Majitha, married his daughter Lali to Naudh Singh in 1730, on the condit ...capaciated and he lingered on for a few years without participating in the Sikh movement in the Punjab and died in 1792.

...iq''', a collection of miscellaneous letters, in Persian script, mostly of Sikh chiefs of the Punjab addressed to one another on subjects relating to priva ...f the death of Mahan Singh Sukkarchakkia (f.10). In all these letters, the Sikh chiefs address each other Singh Sahib, Bhai Sahib, or KhalsaJio.

...ut court intrigues, murders of princes and sardars and of the power of the Sikh army after the Maharaja's death, received prominent display. At times impor

...Dhanna Singh's father, who was the first in the family to be initiated a Sikh, left his village about 1760 and entered the service of Charhat Singh Su Dhanna Singh enjoyed great esteem in the Maharaja's court. There were few sardars whose influence was greater or whose advice was better regarded. He was sen

...li was a prominent general of [[Shaheedan Misl]] and a close relative of Sikh warriors [[Baba Deep Singh]] and [[Rai Singh Bhangi]] <ref> Roper Lethbrid ...Singh Ahluwalia and attacked Sirhind. <ref>{History And Philosophy Of The Sikh Religion by K.Singh, 1914, p.280. </ref>

...the door of the fort and challenged Ali Beg. In the ensuing battle, three Sikh soldiers died while Ali Beg was injured and many of his soldiers were kille ...and society changed the life of the young girls. They adopted the dress of Sikh girls and their food habits. They served in the common kitchen, prayed with

...ANDHAR (inside). During British occupation in 1846, after the first Anglo Sikh Wars it was called Jullundur. ...the time of fifth Sikh Guru, Sixth Sikh Guru, seventh Sikh Guru, and Ninth Sikh Guru. Some Jatts of Jalandhar, worshiped, Sakhi Sarwar, a Mystical Saint, b

...ck. In 1831, he had under his command twentytwo battalions of the regular Sikh army. In 1839, he was sent to Peshawar with other army generals to help Col ...k the road to Lahore. At Sabhraon (10 Feburary 1846), he advised the brave Sikh general, Sham Singh Atarivala, to leave the battlefield. The latter continu

...As the Sikh Army (Dal Khalsa) grew new regions where administered and new Sikh barons came to the fore and the number of large [[misl|misls]] eventually i ...kh Confederacy would eventually in the 19th century be superseded by the [[Sikh Empire]] but its influence would still remain strong throughout the Empire'

...]] in the [[Majha]] region. He later joined the troops of the Sukkarchakia Sikh chiefs, of Gujranwala, [[Charat Singh Sukkarchakia]] (d. 1770) and [[Mahan ...of the capture of the city of [[Lahore]] in 1799 from the Bhangi [[Misl]] Sardars and the Holy city of [[Amritsar]] in 1802 from [[Mai Sukhan]] of [[Bhangi M

...g a herd, flock, group, multitude, troop, band or host, signifies in the [[Sikh]] tradition a ''''group of volunteers''' coming forth to carry out a specif ...he had to be a good horseman, because in guerrilla warfare, such as the [[Sikh]]s had to resort to against the superior might of the State, speed and mobi

...ssal from the army after he came under the influence of Baba Bhag Singh, a Sikh saint belonging to Kuri, in Rawalpindi district. Bir Singh took to preachin ...en asylum at Bir Singh's dera. Bir Singh's camp had become the centre of a Sikh revolt against the Dogra dominance over the Punjab.

...lliances he made with the rulers of Nahan and Bikaner and with the Misldar sardars, Amar Singh had made Patiala the most powerful state between the Yamuna and

...ritsar district. According to an old manuscript which was preserved in the Sikh Reference Library, Amritsar, until it perished in the Army action in 1984, [[category:Misl Sardars]]

...e Khalsa College, Amritsar. Diwan Ajudhia Parshad (d.,1870) had served the Sikh State both as soldier and civilian since the days of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. ...East India Company strengthening the frontier with additional troops, the Sikh soldiers apprehended danger. They also suspected that those at the helm of

...all the confiscated Sandhanvalia chiefs. Ajit Singh and other Sandhanvalia sardars, however, nursed feelings of malice in secret and waited for their opportun

...th, to Ranjit Singh in 1780, at Gujranwala, who was destined to become the Sikh ruler of the Punjab, in 1799. Bibi Mai Kaur, also gave birth to a Son, he b ...s Chattha leader. The reputation he gained as a result of the siege led to Sardars loyal to the Bhangi Misl defecting to him He continued to expand his territ

...ngi Misl]] is one of the twelve [[misl]]s of the eighteenth century of the Sikh principalities. It acquired its name from the heavy indulgence of its membe ...sls were Jats (Hindu caste), there were substantial numbers of converted [[Sikh]]s from other lower [[Hindu]] castes.

...as rebuilt by the [[Sikh]]s. When it was demolished the last time, and the Sardars of the 12 Misls assembled at the Akal Bunga (situated in the front of the t ...es as the guardians of the temple. They were directed to call on the other Sardars for help in case of any great danger, each of the six great [[Misl]]s gave

'''Baba Ala Singh''' (1691-1765), Sikh [[misl]] leader who became the first ruling chief of [[Patiala]], was born [[Category:Great Sikh Warriors]]

'''Sikh / Maratha Relations''' over half a century from 1758 to 1806 alternated be ...was besieged and on 21 March the town fell and was sacked thoroughly. The Sikh / Maratha coalition was soon strained over the distribution of spoils. The

...Majitha village in the present Amritsar district. Gulab Singh, a baptised Sikh of Majitha, married his daughter Lali to Naudh Singh in 1730, on the condit ...incapaciated and he lingered on for 43 years without participating in the Sikh movement in the Punjab and died in 1792.

...erhaps the largest specimen of Indian cannon casting, and is celebrated in Sikh historical annals more as a marvel of ordnance than for its efficiency in t ...r almost nothing. A jizyah or capitation cess was imposed on the Hindu and Sikh families of Lahore in 1760 by Shah Wali Khan requiring them each to contrib

...recite faultlessly, interpret and expound the Guru Granth Sahib and other Sikh religious texts. Sampradai denotes a sectarian system or school of thought ...ai Mani singh made a practice of performing katha, i.e. discoursing on the Sikh teaching expounding a give sabda with illustration form the lives of the Gu

...e Sikhs were wont to seek shelter in times of stress. He laid siege to the Sikh fort of Ram Rauni at Amritsar. Before the Sikhs rallied to confront him, Ad 3. Bhagat Singh, Sikh Polity. Delhi, 1978

...]] (1469 - 1539) and later his son, [[Baba Sri Chand]], had preached the Sikh tenets in the hill tract east of the [[Punjab]] proper. Under the order o ...y occupied by the Kanhaiyas in 1783. In 180304, Sansar Chand twice invaded Sikh territories in the region ofHoshiarpur and Bijvara but was pushed back by M

...as qouted in the British Parliament by Lord Finlay that he had been made a Sikh. ...offered his political mentorship during his the early days of contemporary Sikh politics.

'''Hira Singh Dogra''' (1816-1844), prime minister of the Sikh kingdom of [[Lahore]] from 17 September 1843 to 21 December 1844, was bo ...p Singh and Raja Dhian Singh. Hira Singh had Bhai Gurmukh Singh, a revered Sikh divine, and Misr Beli Ram murdered for their having opposed his father's pr

...experience in democratic principles. According to the Dabistan, whenever a Sikh had a wish to be fulfilled he made a request to the assembly and then it wa ...depending on autocratic leadership. The gurmata played a vital role in the Sikh struggle for independence.

'''Lahore Darbar''', the Sikh Court at Lahore, denoted the government of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and ...y personalized, the Lahore Darbar was a creation of the Maharaja, a devout Sikh; he in theory at least publicly proclaimed that he was "the drum of the Kha

...acted as the plenipotentiary of Ranjit Singh and signed the first Anglo-Sikh treaty with Lord Lake at the time when the Maratha chief, [[Jasvant Rao Ho [[Category:Misl Sardars]]

...ored the jagirs and fiefs that Hira had assumed, returned to the feudatory sardars. The pay of the soldiery was also improved. The Council also quelled the r After the first Anglo-Sikh war, under article 5 of the Agreement concluded between tlie British govern

...hs made the immediate reformation of a similar force impossible, yet the Sikh warriors in small groups continued to challenge the State's might. ...akhi]] and [[Diwali|Divali]]. Divan Darbara Singh (d. 1734), an elderly Sikh, acted on such occasions as the common leader of the entire congregation.

'''SIKHS AND THE SIKH WARS : THE RISE, CONQUEST, AND ANNEXATION OF THE PUNJAB STATE''', by Gen ...e interests of the British empire required that they be subjugated and the Sikh dynasty,destroyed.

...in the name of the Guru'''. It is a counsel or resolution adopted by the [[Sikh]]s at an assembly of theirs held in the name of the Guru concerning any rel ...sa]] in [[1699]], the [[Guru]] said that all members of the [[Panth]], the Sikh commonwealth, were equal, he (the Guru) being one of them; all previous div

'''Sardar Nanu Singh [[Saini]]''' was a Sikh army general and a well-known [[Jagir|jagirdar]] in [[Phulkian Misl|Phulkia ...ir which was spread in Patiala, Jind and Ambala regions. Along with Chahal Sardars of Patiala, this [[Saini]] family's estates in Patiala were the largest ter

...nized and well planned attack, the entire village was burnt along with its Sikh population and their Gurudwara. ...on November 03 1984. It is now estimated fron the ruins that the 60 to 70 Sikh men, women and children who once lived in the village, died on the fateful

...dent (entrusted with matters connected with defence and relations with the sardars); his brother John Lawrence who was put in charge of land settlement and Ch ...jobs for such of the local people as had filled offices of trust under the Sikh Darbar. The lowest grade gazetted officer was the tahsildar. These officers

Also see [[Sikh]] ...i for nearly five decades. He had a brilliant knowledge of Gurbani and the Sikh History. He was a well-travelled missionary and had preached in all corners

'''Sham Singh Attariwala''' was born in 1790's in the house of well known Sikh farmers in the town of Attari (Few kms from the border of Indian and Pakist ...dings which brought about the demolition of Sikh power. At the time of the Sikh ruler's death. Dhian singh was prime minister of Punjab to Maharaja Kharak

...the Vairoval ferry, both in present day [[Amritsar]] district, with a [[Sikh]] [[jatha]] or fighting band under [[Jassa Singh Ahluvalia]]. While lying ...r 1751-March 1752), Kaura Mall again enlisted the help of several thousand Sikh warriors under the command of Sarigat Singh and Sukkha Singh of Mari Kambo.

...t on February 21, 1849, between British forces and the Sikhs. The depleted Sikh army, weakened by lack of supplies, was defeated by the Bengal and Bombay A ...self as betrayed rather than defeated in the first war, and several of its Sardars (Generals) plotted rebellion.

...ected four lakhs of rupees as his share of the booty. He joined other Sikh sardars in laying siege to [[Sirhind]] (January 1764) and razing it to the ground a

As governor of the Punjab, Mir Mannu proved a worse foe of the [[Sikh]]s than even his predecessors Abdul Samad Khan (1713 - 26), [[Zakariya Khan ...r of Multan. The Diwan who believed that he owed his success mainly to the Sikh soldiers, rewarded them generously.

...t the head of the decaying [[Mughal Empire]] at [[Delhi]], the powerful 12 Sikh [[misls]] had a free run in increasing their influence, from the Indus to t It was easy for the Sikh misls to cross the Yamuna and make forays towards Delhi and beyond. The mis

...a. On hearing of the retribution which soon overtook both the Sandhanvalia sardars, he hastily fled to Thanesar before a column of troops sent by Hira Singh c A Sikh force 20,000 strong under Miari Labh Singh and General Gulab Singh crossed

...re completely defeated, making this the decisive battle of the First Anglo-Sikh War. ...war began in late 1845, after a combination of increasing disorder in the Sikh kingdom following the death of Ranjit Singh in 1839 and provocations by the

...y [[Ahmed Shah Abdali]] had made the [[Mughal Empire]] fragile and weak. [[Sikh]]s had emerged as a strong and powerful force in northern India. The Sikhs ...ats and the British sought his friendship, and, above all, he was a devout Sikh; amrit prachar was his passion.

{{p|File:Sardar Baghel Singh.jpg|Bhai Baghel Singh at the head of a Sikh army, artist unknown}} ...und 1730's, he was the descendant of Chaudhary Bhai Langaha Dhillon, the [[Sikh]] chief of 84 villages in the Majha, who along with his younger brother Bha

...European interests and hobbies in the company of foreigners serving at the Sikh court. ...trict, the turbulent Sayyid Ahmad Barelavi who had started a jihad against Sikh rule. From 1831 to 1834 he acted as governor of the province of Kashmir. In

...th a preface and a brief summary in English. The work was published by the Sikh Historical Research Department, Khalsa College, Amritsar, in 1939. ...ave withdrawn. But when he reached there on 30 November 1764, not a single Sikh was to be seen. Next day, a band of 30 Sikhs sallied from a fortified house

...als]] and [[Pathans]] and The Kharals before being incorporated into the [[Sikh Empire]] of the [[Sukerchakia Misl]] by [[Ranjit Singh]].<ref>Punjab Throug In 1595, [[Guru Arjan Dev]] (1563-1606) the Fifth Sikh Prophet with some of his followers visited the village of Baherwal Kalan. B

[[Image:Sardars.jpg|thumb|150px|right|{{cs|'''Sardarji joke'''}}]] ...''' For all of you who thought of the '12 o Clock joke' as a slam against Sardars, just read the following story.

...MC) has demanded that the Centre announce the “conquest of Lal Qila by the Sikh forces in 1783 as a national event celebrated annually”. The official dem ...y personnel and Sikh Sangat participated. The event organized by the Delhi Sikh…

...the commanders at the top and not to any lack of fighting strength of the Sikh army. It marked also the fulfilment of the imperialist ambition of the new According to the peace settlement of March 1846, at the end of Anglo-Sikh war I, the British force in [[Lahore]] was to be withdrawn at the end of th