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Ajit Singh Sandhawalia was a Sikh chieftain from the
Ajit Singh was the son of Basava Singh Sandhawalia, a sardar from Rajasansi.
After the assassination of
Ajit Singh killed Sher Singh after asking him to inspect a new shotgun. Ajit Singh then pulled the trigger and then killed the wounded Sher Singh with his sword by cutting off his head.
After assassinating Sher Singh, Ajit Singh and his uncle, Lahina Singh, escaped and went on to assassinate
Ajit Singh Sandhwalia - Jatchiefs.com
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Sandhawalia
Sandhawalia or Sandhanwalia is a Jat clan of present-day India and Pakistan.
History
The members of one particular Sandhanwalia Jat Sikh family occupied important positions in the Sikh Confederacy. The progenitor of this family was Choudhary Ch ...
Jat clan who assassinated Sher Singh, the ruler of the Sikh Empire, on 15 September 1843.
Biography
Ajit Singh was the son of Basava Singh Sandhawalia, a sardar from Rajasansi.
After the assassination of Nau Nihal Singh
Kunwar Nau Nihal Singh (9 March 1821 – 5 November 1840) was the third Maharaja of the Sikh Empire. He was the only son of Maharaja Kharak Singh and his consort, Maharani Chand Kaur. He was known as Yuvraj Kunwar Nau Nihal Singh. He was also kn ...
, the Sandhawalia clan supported Chand Kaur to become the ruler. But, when Sher Singh forced Chand Kaur to abdicate the throne, Sandhawalias felt cheated and refused to accept his rule. Sandhawalias were banished from the Khalsa empire and they fled to Calcutta in British India.
British civil servant George Russell Clerk
Sir George Russell Clerk (pronounced ''Clark''; – 25 July 1889) was a British civil servant in British India.
Life
Clerk was born at Worting House in Mortimer West End, Hampshire,''1851 England Census'' the son of John Clerk of Glouces ...
convinced Sher Singh to let the Sandhawalias enter the empire again. Sher Singh welcomed Ajit Singh back with open arms.
Sher Singh's assassination
Ajit Singh killed Sher Singh after asking him to inspect a new shotgun. Ajit Singh then pulled the trigger and then killed the wounded Sher Singh with his sword by cutting off his head.
After assassinating Sher Singh, Ajit Singh and his uncle, Lahina Singh, escaped and went on to assassinate Dhian Singh
Raja Dhian Singh (22 August 1796 – 15 September 1843) was the longest serving wazir of the Sikh Empire, during the reign of Maharajah Ranjit Singh, and four of his successors. He held the office for twenty five years, from 1818 up till his death ...
, the wazir of Sikh empire.
References
External links
Ajit Singh Sandhwalia - Jatchiefs.com
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