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The Sikh Empire was a regional power based in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. [7] It existed from 1799, when Maharaja Ranjit Singh captured Lahore, to 1849, when it was defeated and conquered by the British East India Company following the Second Anglo-Sikh War.
It is said that Ishar Singh was not the biological son of Mehtab Kaur and Ranjit Singh, but only procured by Mehtab Kaur and presented to Ranjit Singh who accepted him as his son. [134] Tara Singh and Sher Singh had similar rumours, it is said that Sher Singh was the son of a chintz weaver, Nahala and Tara Singh was the son of Manki, a servant ...
Lahore City and Fort, circa 1825 The young Maharaja Duleep Singh, the last Sikh ruler of the Punjab. The Sikh period in Lahore initiated from the conquest and rule of the Sikh Misls and extended till the Sikh Empire of Ranjit Singh (also known as Punjab, the Sikh Raj, Sarkar Khālsā Rāj, and Sarkar Khalsaji) [1] which ended in 1849. [2]
Sadho Singh Ahluwalia [16] Kapurthala: Jassa Singh: 3,000 10,000 Jalandhar district, Kapurthala district, Kana Dhillon, Nurmahal, Talwandi, Phagwara. Raja Fateh Singh would be allied with the Sikh Empire under Maharaja Ranjit Singh and later became the princely state of Kapurthala after the second Anglo-Sikh war [17] Bhangi (ਭੰਗੀ Bhangī)
Hamir Singh Faridkot [19]: 1395 Kalsia State: 1809 1948 Gurbaksh Singh Chhachhrauli [19]: 1396 Manimajra State: 1764 1875 Gharib Das Manimajra [26]: 158–160 [27] Kaithal State: 1767 1843 Desu Singh Kaithal [28] [29] Kapurthala State: 1774 [note 1] 20 August 1948 Nihal Singh Kapurthala [19]: 1396 [30] Sikh Empire: 1799 1849 Ranjit Singh
In 1807 Gyan Singh died and his son, Kahan Singh succeeded him. Before having his estate seized by Ranjit Singh in 1810, Sardar Kahan Singh conquered Pakpattan. [12] After Ranjit Singh had declared himself the Maharaja of Punjab in 1801, he continued consolidating the majority of the Misls.
The Sikh Empire (1799 – 1849 CE) was established by Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Throughout its history, it fought various adversaries including the Durrani Empire of Afghanistan and the British East India Company .
Statue of Maharaja Suraj Mal founder of the Bharatpur State Portrait of Maharaja Ranjit Singh founder of the Sikh Empire List Following is the list of those ruling Jat dynasties which are primarily located on the Indian Subcontinent: