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He received Sikh initiatory rites at the hands of the revered Shaheed Bhai Mani Singh (1670-1737) at Amritsar Sahib, in the time of Nawab Zakariya Khan of Lahore. As a mark of mutual friendliness, he exchanged turbans with Sardar Karora Singh Virk (d. 1761), of the Karora Singha misl chief, and participated in several expeditions of the Dal Khalsa At the time of the conquest of Sirhind in January 1764, he seized the parganah of Chhachhrauli, now in Jagadhari tehsil of Haryana, comprising 114 villages, and founded an independent principality called Kalsia after the name of his native village. | He received Sikh initiatory rites at the hands of the revered Shaheed Bhai Mani Singh (1670-1737) at Amritsar Sahib, in the time of Nawab Zakariya Khan of Lahore. As a mark of mutual friendliness, he exchanged turbans with Sardar Karora Singh Virk (d. 1761), of the Karora Singha misl chief, and participated in several expeditions of the Dal Khalsa At the time of the conquest of Sirhind in January 1764, he seized the parganah of Chhachhrauli, now in Jagadhari tehsil of Haryana, comprising 114 villages, and founded an independent principality called Kalsia after the name of his native village. | ||
He captured Bambeli parganah in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab. He collected immense wealth from different places in Haryana and Rajasthan. Some of his villages had been seized by Maharajah Amar Singh of Patiala Dynasty, which he later recovered. Along with several other Sikh chieftains, he attempted to form an alliance with the English against | He captured Bambeli parganah in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab. He collected immense wealth from different places in Haryana and Rajasthan. Some of his villages had been seized by Maharajah Amar Singh of Patiala Dynasty, which he later recovered. Along with several other Sikh chieftains, he attempted to form an alliance with the English against Mahadaji Scindia of Maratha Empire in 1785. Gurbakhsh Singh died in 1785. After his death the family, became more powerful then before, marrying in to the Royal Sikh families of Patiala, and Jind etc. | ||
Revision as of 04:39, 12 March 2012
Gurbakhsh Singh Kalsia (d. 1785), a leading figure in the Karora Singha misl of the Sikhs, was a Sandhu Jatt, belonging to the village of Kalsia in Lahore district of Punjab.
He received Sikh initiatory rites at the hands of the revered Shaheed Bhai Mani Singh (1670-1737) at Amritsar Sahib, in the time of Nawab Zakariya Khan of Lahore. As a mark of mutual friendliness, he exchanged turbans with Sardar Karora Singh Virk (d. 1761), of the Karora Singha misl chief, and participated in several expeditions of the Dal Khalsa At the time of the conquest of Sirhind in January 1764, he seized the parganah of Chhachhrauli, now in Jagadhari tehsil of Haryana, comprising 114 villages, and founded an independent principality called Kalsia after the name of his native village.
He captured Bambeli parganah in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab. He collected immense wealth from different places in Haryana and Rajasthan. Some of his villages had been seized by Maharajah Amar Singh of Patiala Dynasty, which he later recovered. Along with several other Sikh chieftains, he attempted to form an alliance with the English against Mahadaji Scindia of Maratha Empire in 1785. Gurbakhsh Singh died in 1785. After his death the family, became more powerful then before, marrying in to the Royal Sikh families of Patiala, and Jind etc.
