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...the Air Force in January, 2002 (the highest rank ever given in the history of the Indian Air force).

...ed to Sikhism, during the late 1500s. Gurcharan Singh Virk joined the army of Maharaja Ranjit Singh as a trooper in 1833 and served the Sikh State up to ...having visited Kabul several times. He possessed a strong physique capable of undertaking long and arduous journeys.

...espouse Kuka or [[Namdhari]] patriotism and reform during the latter part of the nineteenth century. ...his property and, accompanied by his two daughters, took to the preaching of Kuka tenets.

...ol the administration of the State of Lahore with a new council of regency of eight members. ...as to terminate on 4 September 1854 when the Maharaja would attain the age of sixteen.

...into existence in 1904 as Lyallpur District. Prior to that it was a Tehsil of Jhang District. ...ea was located between [[river Ravi]] and [[River Chenab]] and formed part of Rachna Doab.

...irect the publication of the subjoined letter from the Adjutant-General in India, submitting despatches from Major-General A. G. Yeatman-Biggs, C.B., Comman ...his appreciation of the conduct of these operations, and of the behaviour of the troops engaged.

...("[[The Lion of Punjab]]") was the [[Sikh]] ruler of the sovereign country of [[Punjab]] and the [[Sikh Empire]] from about 1799. Maharaja was born on [[ ...ters at [[Gujranwala]]. Ranjit Singh succeeded his father at the young age of 12.

...ab" ("The Lion of Punjab") was the [[Sikh]] ruler of the sovereign country of [[Punjab]] and the [[Sikh Empire]] from about [[1799]]. His {{w|Samadhi}} ( ...ern day [[Pakistan]], into the Sansi-Sandhawalia family. At the time, much of [[Punjab]] was ruled by the [[Sikhs]], who had divided the territory among

...5 – 24 September 1856) was a British field marshal and Governor-general of India. ...]]'s division to advance.<ref name=odnb/> He was wounded again at [[Battle of Vitoria]] in 1813.<ref name=odnb/>

...rge Cross was awarded in four classes and only for extreme bravery in face of the enemy."'' World War I: Encyclopedia, pp 768, Spencer Tucker, Priscilla == Award of the Indian Order of Merit: Lieutenant-Governor's Citation ==

...itical Agency. As Resident at Delhi, he implemented the broad principles of Lord Wellesley's earlier policy towards [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] and the ...luence in the cisSutlej region. The Report enunciated the broad principles of paramountcy and protection offered to protected chiefs.

...Wazir Khan. The 328-ft tower is dedicated to establishing the Sikh rule in India in 1711.

{{aowh|[[Battle of Sirhind]]}} ...sahibzada]] of [[Guru Gobind Singh]] in 1704. [[Wazir Khan]], the Governor of Sirhind, had vowed to finish off the [[Sikh]]s root and branch.

...Jhang district, now in [[Pakistan]]. Little is known about the early life of Kaura Mall. ...defeated, captured and executed. Zakariya Khan appointed Kaura Mall diwan of Multan.

|populated_states=[[Punjab (India)]] ...stern India. They are named after Jassa Singh Ramgarhia who was the leader of the Ramgarhia Misl.

...h roots going back to the earlier languages of Persia, India and the land of the five rivers. ...litical unrest in Gilgit-Baltistan'', the word miri is defined as “…a type of feudal system”.

...lsa College ([[Amritsar]]) and in the Punjab Historical Studies Department of Punjabi University ([[Patiala]]). ...storical information it contains appears to be based on personal knowledge of the author and is on the whole correct and useful.

...nment College Chandigarh, where he was a ''Gold Medalist'' in the subject of History. ...ad the peaceful struggle in [[Punjab]] to achieve a “buffer state” between India and Pakistan.

|populated_states=[[Punjab (India)]] ...stern India. They are named after Jassa Singh Ramgarhia who was the leader of the Ramgarhia Misl. The Sub Caste Lohar, also related to Vishwakarma God

...and entreated that he be appointed governor of the Punjab for a tribute of 5, 00, 000 rupees annually which proposition was not acceptable to the Shah ...st Nizam ud'Din under Fateh Singh Kalianvala, who laid siege to the town of Kasur.