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...he [[Dal Khalsa]] in 1748, he was proclaimed the leader of the Nishanavali misl. ...ack by Jahan Khan and Zabita Khan and was succeeded in the headship of the misl by his younger brother, Sangat Singh.

The '''Dallewalia''' [[Misl]], was first led by Sardar Gulab Singh Rathore Dallewalia it had a strength ...anak on the left bank of River Ravi, 50 km northeast of Amritsar. The Misl ruled in the Manjke Region of Punjab Rahon, Phillaur, Bilga, Nakodar areas.

'''Karora Singh''' (D. 1761) was the founder of the Karorsinghia Misl. A Dhaliwal Jatt, He belonged to the village of Barki, In lahore district [[category:Misl Sardars]]

'''Gulab Singh Dallevalia''' was the founder of the Dallevalia Misl (D. 1759). Was born the son of [[Shardha Ram]] at the village of Dalleval, ...the head of the Dallevalia misl. Later the Dallevalia and the [[Nishanvali misl]]s were stationed at [[Amritsar]] to protect the holy city.

...of the Dal Khalsa in 1748, he was proclaimed the leader of the Nishanavali misl. ...ack by Jahan Khan and Zabita Khan and was succeeded to the headship of the misl by his younger brother, Sarigat Singh.

...1722 AD. He took the reins of his Misl, forged an alliance with many Sikh Sardars of Punjab and laid the foundation of a big Sikh State. His son Sardar Ranji

'''Mahan Singh''' son of Charhat Singh of the Sukkarchakkia misl, was young in years when his father died. During his minority, his mother, Mahan Singh's next target was the Bhangi misl. He picked a quarrel with his brother-in-law, Sahib Singh Bhangi, after the

'''Sardar Hira Singh''' (c. 1706-1767), founder of the [[Nakai misl]] (warrior clan), was a Sandhu Jatt of the village of Bahirval, near Chunia [[Category:Misl Sardars]]

...a Singh. Ishar Singh was mortally wounded in an action in which the Shahid sardars had also participated. As he lay dying, he entrusted his two infant sons to [[category:Misl Sardars]]

...who later got married to Sardar Sahib Singh Dhillon (d. 1811), of [[Bhangi Misl]]. ...en created an alliance with Jassa Singh Ramgarhia and defeated the Kanheya Misl at the Battle of Batala. During the Battle of Batala Jai Singh Kanheya's so

...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

...waqt Rai, Jai Singh died in 1793 at the age of 81. Control of the Kanhaiya misl passed into the hands of his daughter-in-law, Sada Kaur, his son, Gurbakhsh [[Category:Misl Sardars]]

'''Bhai Tara Singh Ghaiba''' (1717 - 1807), a later chief of the Dallevalia misl, which was named after the village of Dalleval founded by the father of [[G On the death of Gulab Singh, Tara Singh succeeded to the leadership of the misl. Within a short time, his intrepidity and lust for war and conquest made th

Sikhs acquired a new sirname called "Sardars" meaning leaders at that time. Forster who travelled through lndia at the t ...cant event, however took place next year. Baghel Singh Dhaliwal of Karoria Misl established his camp near Red Fort in Delhi and raised Gurdwaras at the his

...rrani. After the death of his father, he broke away from the Faizullapuria Misl, determined to acquire territory for himself. He left his ancestral village ...surprised the besiegers by his night sallies. In the meantime, other Sikh sardars, under the leadership of [[Jassa Singh Ahluwalia]], came to his rescue.

...lled Bhangi because of their use of Bhang. (They were also called Dhillon Sardars) :Stories about the Dhillon Sardars. During his eighth invasion of India Ahmad Shah Abdali was forced to retrea

...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.

The [[Dallevalia Misl]] derived its name from the village of Dalleval, near [[Dera Baba Nanak]] o ...gh, his trusted associate, Tara Singh Ghaiba, succeeded him as head of the misl. Tara Singh proved to be an able leader of men and a fearless fighter. One

...walia|Jassa Singh Ahluvalia]], leader of the [[Ahluwalia Misl|Ahluvalia misl]] and of the [[Dal Khalsa]], who in 1758 proclaimed the sovereignty of t [[Category:Misl Sardars]]

In 1763, along with the Kanhaiya Misl and Ramgarhia Misl, he sacked the Pathan stronghold of Kasur, a City which was fortified very [[Category:Misl Sardars]]

...nd him. Eventually, he and his band of followers joined the Faizullapuria misl and won the admiration of its chief, [[Nawab Kapur Singh]], by their bol There are at least two well known legends on how the name of the Sukarkakia misl came about.

...Under the command of [[Jassa Singh Ahluwalia]], he fought from Shaheedan Misl in [[Battle of Sirhind (1764)]] against Mughal Faujdar of Sirhind, [[Zain ...to conquer Muslim province of Sirhind so seven misls including Shaheedan misl from this area were united under the leadership of Jassa Singh Ahluwalia

The [[Bhangi Misl]] is one of the twelve [[misl]]s of the eighteenth century of the Sikh principalities. It acquired its na ...'tribe' [[jatha]] of the Khalsa came to be called the Bhangi Misl. This [[misl]] was the largest in size and controled the largest area of the Panjab.

...i]]. After the death of his father, he broke away from the [[Faizullapuria Misl]] determined to acquire territory for himself. He left his ancestral villag ...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

...hs and in the light of chivalrous Sikh tradition of not harming women. The Sardars averred that besides sparing the life of her husband one more wish of the B

...strict of Punjab (Pakistan), 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

...his religious education under Bhai Mani Singh. He later joined the Shahid misl under Baba Deep Singh and, after the latter's death in 1757, organized his [[category:Misl Sardars]]

'''Baba Ala Singh''' (1691-1765), Sikh [[misl]] leader who became the first ruling chief of [[Patiala]], was born in 1691 [[Category:Raja & Maharaja]][[Category:Misl Sardars]]

...381; page 3 [http://books.google.com/books?id=kxtEFA5qqR8C&pg=PA3&dq=nakai+misl&as_brr=1&cd=1#v=onepage&q=nakai%20misl&f=false books.google.com]</ref> ..., was a minor, so his nephew, Nahar Singh succeeded him as leader of the [[Misl]].

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...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

...was a Sikh army general and a well-known [[Jagir|jagirdar]] in [[Phulkian Misl|Phulkian riyasat]]. <ref name = "Surjit Singh Nanua">Saini jagata utapati a ...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

...ara was constructed. It gained importance when the sardars of the [[Bhangi Misl]] captured [[Lahore]]. Shere-i-Punjab, [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] would visi

...f Sikh pilgrimage. These were primarily the houses built by the conquering sardars and chiefs in Sikh times or by Sikh schoolmen and sectaries. Amritsar house ...at, around their place of worship amidst the sarovar at Amritsar, the Sikh sardars had erected many mansions which they called bungas.

* [[Bhangi Misl]] or Bhuma Misl first led by Sardar [[Hari Singh Dhillon]] - (Strength - 20,000 regular hor * Nakai Misl, first led by Sardar Hira Singh Nakai [[Sandhu]]-(Strength - 7,000 regular

...and the Holy city of [[Amritsar]] in 1802 from [[Mai Sukhan]] of [[Bhangi Misl]].

[[Image:Zamzama.jpg|thumb|300px|right|{{cs|The gun belonging to the Bhangi misl, known as Zamzama}}]] '''BHANGIAN DI TOPH ''' or the gun belonging to the [[Bhangi Misl]], known as '''Zamzama''', is a massive, heavyweight gun, an 80 pounder, 14

...dministered and new Sikh barons came to the fore and the number of large [[misl|misls]] eventually increased to 12 (~70000 Cavalry). ...d with each other. The name used to describe the military structure is the Misl system. However, (the political system) how each Sikh confederate Kingdom i

...aja Ranjit Singh]] put an end to all these older institutions—[[jatha]], [[misl]], Dal Khalsa, Sarbatt Khalsa and [[gurmata]].

...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 ...ther Sardars for help in case of any great danger, each of the six great [[Misl]]s gave also one man to serve in the temple. The present priest (Pujaris) a

...rdars of Moron, Sikh Sardars of Thamanval, Sikh Sardars of Dhandoval, Sikh Sardars of Paddi Jagir, etc. ...northern areas of Jalandhar District, from the Afghans, And the Ramgarhia Misl also controlled, northern areas of Jalandhar. while the Southern parts of t

...of Karora Singh, Bhai Baghel Singh succeeded as a leader of Karora Singhia misl in 1765. He is celebrated in [[Sikh history]] as the vanquisher of [[Mughal ...[[misl]]s and broadly allocated their areas of operation. Whereas these [[misl]s operated independently in their own areas under the respective [[misldar]

..., ruled over area surrounding Batala in the Punjab. He was defeated by the Sardars of Kanhiya, Shukarchakia and Ahluwalia misls and had to flee to Hansi, far ...o get back his lost territory if he helped him defeat chief of the Kanhiya misl. Jassa Singh Ramgarhia grasped this golden opportunity to get back the lost

...plundered wealth of Delhi to Lahore, Ala Singh in concert with other Sikh sardars barred his path at Sanaur, near Patiala, and robbed him of his treasures, a ...ming from the side of Multan. During April-June 1764, the Bhangi and Nakai sardars captured the Lamma country lying between Lahore and Multan, and Charhat Sin

...[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]], whose son, Naudh Singh founded the [[Sukerchakia Misl]])- before putting it on. ==The Singhpuria Misl==

...isl, Dallewalia Misl, Karora Singha Misl, Jhamba, Bagrian, Ladhran, Bhangi Misl, and Dharam Singh Wala. The Malvais, as recorded in History followed the re ...ting against the Afghan Muslim army. Proclaimed a Sikh Victory by the Sikh Sardars at that time in the battle, the battle took place in the village of Kup Rah

...[[1801]]. The period is also sometimes described as the [[Misl|Age of the Misl]]s. He was the also the fourth jathedar (leader) of [[Buddha Dal]]. ...of the Sikh Confederacy in addition to being Baron of the Ahluwalia Army (misl). Nawab Kapur Singh appointed him as his successor on the eve of his death

...|Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluvalia]]. The 65 bands were merged into 11 units, [[misl]]s, each under a prominent leader and having a separate name and banner. Th ...nd protection. After the conquest of [[Sirhind]] in January 1764 when Sikh sardars started occupying territory, the misldan system came into operation. Peace

...Sikh Empire]] in [[1801]]. The period is also sometimes described as the [[Misl|Age of the Misls]]. ...ere prominent [[Misldar]]s of separate powerful Sikh army groups, called [[Misl]]s. Ramgarhia's father was called Giani Bhagwan Singh.

...t the [[Akal Takhat]] of the possessions of each group in a separate file (misl). A [[gurmata]] in 1753 formally endorsed the system of Rakhi introduced b ...esuetude. The last semblance of a [[gurmata]] was an assembly of [[Sikh]] sardars called by [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] in 1805 to discuss the situation arisin

Baghel Singh's Karor Singhia Misl was operating in south-east Punjab. He was a very able leader, a good polit ...men. The combined strength under Baghel Singh, including soldiers of a few sardars who joined him, was well over 40,000.

...by Guru Hargobind and Guru Har Rai, collectively known as the [[Phulkiari misl]], carved out territories over which they ruled as independent or semi-inde

...isldars comprising the Taruna Dal. At Sirhind, Ala Singh of the Phulk Tari misl met the Afghan king. The Shah received him with cordial respect and bestowe ...r of the Sikhs and gives account of the territorial possessions of various sardars.

...t honoured martyrs in [[Sikh history]]. He was the founder of the Shahid [[Misl]] (group). He was the first head of the [[Damdami Taksal]] (Damdama school ...he Shaheedi misl, he achieved numerous victories for the Sikhs. The Shahid misl had its sphere of influence south of the River Sutlej and Baba Deep Singh's

...d to a poor Dhalival Jatt family succeeded him as head of the Karorsinghia Misl . He was born in village Jhabhal situated 30 kms from Amritsar. He was tall ...e Sikhs in 1764 and death of Zain Khan, Governor of [[Sirhind]], the Sikh Sardars divided his territories. Baghel Singh occupied Chhalondi, Jamaitgarh, Khurd

Patronage from Sikh nobles, especially the rulers of the [[Phulkian sardars|Phulkian states]], helped the Nirmalas become a prominent religious order.< Sardar Ganda Singh of [[Bhangi Misl]] offered 13 villages to Jai Singh Nirmala. In 1796, Maharaja [[Ranjit Sing

...[[Hari Singh Bhangi|Sardar Hari Singh]] of the [[Bhangi Misl]]. Different sardars or chiefs constructed their own bungas or residential houses around the pri Now again with all misl chiefs having their bungas there, it became the common capital of the [[Kha

...838), the daughter of [[Sardar Ran Singh Nakai]] (d. 1781), of the [[Nakai Misl]]. ...bling. Sindhanwalias of Raja Sansi were Chanda Singh's descendants, The Sardars of Sukarchakia Missal or Sukarchakias , the immediate family of Maharaja Ra

[[Image:Sardars.jpg|thumb|100px|right|{{cs|'''Sardarji joke'''}}]] *....that the '''[[12 O'clock joke]]''' is not a slam against Sardars; just read the following story '''[[12 O'clock joke|here]]''' and [[12 o cl

...he [[Punjab]] was the underpinning on which the [[Dal Khalsa]], the Sikh [[Misl]]s and [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] built the edifice which finally culminated ...for pardon. <br><br>The jailors next turned their attention to the 20 odd sardars, including Baaj Singh, Fateh Singh, Ahli Singh and Gulab Singh (of Lohgarh