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The institute conducts an entrance test in January every year. It includes grade 10 Math and English as syllabus. A merit list is prepared on the performance of written test and 150 names are short listed for the interview. After the test, a 1-day interview is conducted. The basic aim of the interview is to choose the best out of the good.
As he was heading to join the Maharaja with 7,000 troops, Nawla was challenged by 25,000 Pashtun and Hazara tribesmen and their leader, Mohammad Khan Tarain, who opposed the Sikh's passage from the area. [9] This led to the Battle of Mangal in which Nalwa defeated the tribesmen and continued towards Ranjit Singh until meeting him at Mitha Tiwana.
Schools for girls were also opened in many places. Near the end of his rule in the 1830s, Ranjit Singh also started to encourage the learning of English, for which a Christian teacher was hired in a school in Lahore. [1] The first printing press in Punjab using Gurmukhi script was established in Ludhiana in 1835 by a Christian mission.
Maharaja Ranjit Singh's funeral. ca. 1840 The Samadhi of Ranjit Singh is located in Lahore, Pakistan, adjacent to the iconic Badshahi Mosque. In the 1830s, Ranjit Singh suffered from numerous health complications as well as a stroke, which some historical records attribute to alcoholism and a failing liver.
Only two museums were kept in public hand. Numerous attractions have been added to make Qila Gobindgarh a live museum, along with exhibitions of Sikh martial history and the treasury of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Sher e Punjab, main entrance. Sher e Punjab - A 7D show based on the life of Maharaja Ranjit Singh that transports back to the 19th century.
After the death of Ranjit Singh, the Sikh Empire witnessed the murders of Ranjit Singh's sons, one after another, organised by the Dogras. Then the Dogras urged the army to make the Lahore Durbar declare war on the East India Company. They did so, and the Dogra-led Sikh Army was betrayed by its commanders who revealed battle plans to the ...
On 6 May 1835, Ranjit Singh reached the suburbs of Peshawar. Sultan Mohammad Khan, the brother of Dost Mohammad. Sultan Mohammad met the Maharaja and gave him gifts, and Ranjt Singh gave him a letter for Dost Mohammad Khan to make peace. On 7 May, the Ranjit Singh viewed Dost Mohammad's camp from a distance with a telescope.
Before the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh the armies in Punjab, were purely cavalry. [1] [2] After Ranjit Singh became the Sardar of the Sukerchakia Misl, he unified the Misls through diplomacy, strategic marital alliances and conquest. [1] Punjab under Maharaja Ranjit Singh stretched from Kashmir to the Khyber Pass.