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Jhanda Singh Dhillon
''Maharaja'' Jhanda Singh Dhillon (died 1774) was a Jat Sikh warrior of the late 18th century. Moreover, he was Maharaja of Amritsar, Lahore, Multan, Chiniot, Jhang, Bhera, Rawalpindi, Hasan Abdal, Sialkot and Gujrat. Under Jhanda Singh's leadership and statesmanship he increased the army's strength by 40% from 12000 to 20000 regular horsemen and accompanied by a huge increase in territory. Under his leadership the Dhillon family became the dominant de facto ruling power of Punjab. His father was Hari Singh Dhillon, one of the most powerful Sikh warriors of the time. He also had a warrior brother Ganda Singh Dhillon. Jhanda Singh appointed his younger brother Ganda Singh as the commander in chief of the forces. Jassa Singh Ramgarhia was one of the closest friends of Jhanda Singh. See also * Sikh Confederacy * Misl The Misls (derived from an Arabic word wikt:مثل#Etymology_3, مِثْل meaning 'equal') were the twelve sovereign states of the Sikh Confederacy, wh ...
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Jhanda Bunga, Built By Jhanda Singh Dhillon Of The Bhangi Misl
Jhanda is a town and Union Council in Swabi District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa .... It is located at 34°9'0N 72°35'0E with an altitude of 391 metres (1286 feet). Jhanda is a town in the Swabi District, its history dates back to the early 1800s, its people are commonly from the Yusufzai clan which is from the 1600s. Jhanda is a town which has passed down seven generations. Has green dusty mountains, and agriculture everywhere. Its story starts when Maiz Ullah Khan a Pashtun from the ''Yusufzai'' clan distributes the land of Swabi amongst his sons, since he had a lot of land to govern (Mardan, Swat and Swabi). His son, Fateh Khan got a large piece of land to rule over, when he was handed the governship of the land, he planted his flag and n ...
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Hari Singh Dhillon
Sardar Hari Singh Dhillon (died 1765) was an 18th century Jat Sikh warrior and the chief of Bhangi Misl. During the formation of the Dal Khalsa (Sikh army) he was acknowledged as leader of Taruna Dal, he was made chief of Bhangi Misl, the most powerful of all Misls. Early life Hari Singh Dhillon was the nephew and the adopted son of Bhuma Singh Dhillon, the founder of the Bhangi Misl, his father Bhup Singhwas Zamindar of Patoh near Wadni. After the death of Bhuma Singh he succeeded him as a chief of the Bhangi Misl. Military career He set up his headquarters in Gilwali, a village in Amritsar district. In 1762 after the Battle of Kup he attacked Kot Khwaja Saeed, the Governor of Lahore seizing a large amount of arms and ammunition from Saeed. In 1763 he sacked Kasur, along with Jassa Singh Ramgarhia and Jai Singh Kanhaiya.Singha,Bhagata (1993). A History of the Sikh Misals. Patiala, India:Publication Bureau, Punjabi University. In 1764 he advanced towards Multan. At first he sa ...
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Jat Rulers
The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory, northeastern Rajputana, and the western Gangetic Plain in the 17th and 18th centuries. Quote: "Hiuen Tsang gave the following account of a numerous pastoral-nomadic population in seventh-century Sin-ti (Sind): 'By the side of the river.. f Sind along the flat marshy lowlands for some thousand li, there are several hundreds of thousands very great manyfamilies ..hichgive themselves exclusively to tending cattle and from this derive their livelihood. They have no masters, and whether men or women, have neither rich nor poor.' While they were left unnamed by the Chinese pilgrim, these same people of lower Sind were called Jats' or 'Jats of the wastes' by the Arab geographers. The Jats, as 'dromedary men.' we ...
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Indian Sikhs
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1774 Deaths
Events January–March * January 21 – Mustafa III, List of Ottoman Sultans, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid I. * January 27 ** An angry crowd in Boston, Massachusetts seizes, tars, and feathers British customs collector and John Malcolm (Loyalist), Loyalist John Malcolm, for striking a boy and a shoemaker, George Robert Twelves Hewes, George Hewes, with his cane. ** British industrialist John Wilkinson (industrialist), John Wilkinson patents a method for Boring (manufacturing), boring cannon from the solid, subsequently utilised for accurate boring of steam engine cylinders. * February 3 – The Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Privy Council of Great Britain, as advisors to King George III, votes for the King's abolition of free land grants of North American lands. Henceforward, land is to be sold at auction to the highest bidder. * February 6 – France's Parliament votes a sentence of civil degradation, depriving P ...
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Year Of Birth Missing
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year (the mea ...
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Misl
The Misls (derived from an Arabic word wikt:مثل#Etymology_3, مِثْل meaning 'equal') were the twelve sovereign states of the Sikh Confederacy, which rose during the 18th century in the Punjab region in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent and is cited as one of the causes of the weakening of the Mughal Empire prior to Nader Shah's invasion of India in 1738–1740. The misls formed a commonwealth that was described by Swiss adventurer Antoine Polier as a natural "aristocratic republic". Although the misls were unequal in strength, and each misl attempted to expand its territory and access to resources at the expense of others, they acted in unison in relation to other states. The misls held wikt:biannual, biannual meetings of their legislature, the Sarbat Khalsa in Amritsar. History In order to withstand the persecution of Shah Jahan and other Mughal Empire, Mughal rulers, several of the later Sikh Gurus established military forces and fought the Mughal Empi ...
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Sikh Confederacy
The Misls (derived from an Arabic word مِثْل meaning 'equal') were the twelve sovereign states of the Sikh Confederacy, which rose during the 18th century in the Punjab region in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent and is cited as one of the causes of the weakening of the Mughal Empire prior to Nader Shah's invasion of India in 1738–1740. The misls formed a commonwealth that was described by Swiss adventurer Antoine Polier as a natural "aristocratic republic". Although the misls were unequal in strength, and each misl attempted to expand its territory and access to resources at the expense of others, they acted in unison in relation to other states. The misls held biannual meetings of their legislature, the Sarbat Khalsa in Amritsar. History In order to withstand the persecution of Shah Jahan and other Mughal rulers, several of the later Sikh Gurus established military forces and fought the Mughal Empire and Hindu hill chiefs in the early and middle Mu ...
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Bhangi Misl
The Bhangi Misl ( Punjabi pronunciation: ə̃˨ŋɡiː mɪsəl was a large and most powerful Sikh Misl headquartered was in Amritsar. It was founded in the early 18th century by Sardar Chhajja Singh Dhillon,Sikh History (2004)"The Bhangi Misal", ''History of the Sikhs'', 2004. Retrieved on 7 September 2016 who was baptised by Banda Singh Bahadur.Jaspreet Kaur (2000). ''Sikh Ethos: Eighteenth Century Perspective'', p.99. Vision & Venture, Patiala, 2000. Bhangi Misl were comprised orthodox Sikhs with no violations against Sikhi. It was a first misl to established a Khalsa Raj and publish Khalsa currency coins. The Bhangi Kingdom/Misl was founded by Dhillon Jats. List of Sardars (Chiefs) # Chhajja Singh Bhangi # Bhima (Bhuma) Singh # Hari Singh # Jhanda Singh # Ganda Singh # Charhat Singh Dhillon (died nearly immediately) # Desu Singh Dhillon # Gulab Singh Dhillon # Gurdit Singh Dhillon Expanse of Bhangi Misl It grew in strength and territory to cover an area from ...
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Jassa Singh Ramgarhia
Jassa Singh Ramgarhia (1723–1803) was a prominent Sikh leader during the period of the Sikh Confederacy. He was the founder of the Ramgarhia Misl, Early life Jassa Singh Ramgarhia was born into a Sikh family with surname Bhambra in 1723. According to W. H. McLeod, his birthplace was the village of Ichogil, near Lahore, whilst H. S. Singha refers only to Lahore and Purnima Dhavan mentions origins in either Guga or Sur Singh, both near Amritsar. His father was named Bhagwan Singh, who himself was the son of Hardas Singh. There is agreement among the sources that he was of Tarkhan origin and was originally named Jassa Singh Thokar (Jassa Singh the Carpenter). He had four brothers - Jai Singh, Khushal Singh, Mali Singh Ramgarhia and Tara Singh - and became head of the family when his father, Giani Bhagwan Singh, died.Warrior-diplomat: Jassa Singh Ramgarhia - Harbans Singh Virdi Jassa Singh rose to command the Sikh misl that became later known as Ramgarhia and built a fort ...
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Ganda Singh Dhillon
''Maharaja '' Ganda Singh Dhillon (died 1776) was a famous Jat Sikh warrior of the late 18th century. Moreover, he was Maharaja of Amritsar, Lahore, Multan, Chiniot, Jhang, Bhera, Rawalpindi, Hasan Abdal, Sialkot and Gujrat, Pakistan. His father was Hari Singh Dhillon, an admired Sikh warrior. He also had a famous warrior brother Jhanda Singh Dhillon. He was appointed commander in chief of the forces by his older brother Jhanda Singh and after his death he became leader and Maharaja of the principality. See also * Sikh Confederacy * Misl The Misls (derived from an Arabic word wikt:مثل#Etymology_3, مِثْل meaning 'equal') were the twelve sovereign states of the Sikh Confederacy, which rose during the 18th century in the Punjab region in the northern part of the Indian ... References *''The Sikh Commonwealth or Rise and Fall of Sikh Misls. Edition:2001.'' Indian Sikhs Jat rulers 1776 deaths People of the Sikh Empire Year of birth unknown ...
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