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The Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute, also known as the Maharaja Ranjit Singh AFPI or the MRSAFPI, [1] is an institute that trains young boys from Punjab for permanent commission through the National Defence Academy into the armed forces. [2]
Under Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Sikh ruler of Punjab, a large variety of soldiers served as generals of the Sikh Khalsa Army. Though many of these generals were Sikhs , many others hailed from a diversity of clans, castes, and regions.
Maharaja Ranjit Singh by Jewan Ram, an artist from Delhi, accompanied the Governor General to Ropar. The Ropar Meeting in October 1831 was between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Lord William Bentinck , Governor-General of the East India Company , on the banks of the river Satluj , in a town of the same name. [ 1 ]
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 ...
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.
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.
The decisive moment came in 1790, when Ranjit Singh of Sukerchakia Misl became Misldar. He started uniting Misls and finally took Lahore in 1799. His coronation on 12 April 1801 marked the beginning of the Sikh Empire, which went on to conquer the whole Punjab, Kangra, parts of Kashmir and briefly, the city of Peshawar.
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.