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...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