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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>