Jathedar Prahlad Singh (d. 1865) was a

Nihang The Nihang or Akali (lit. "the immortals") is an armed Sikh warrior order originating in the Indian subcontinent. Nihang are believed to have originated either from Fateh Singh and the attire he wore or from the "Akali" (lit. Army of the Immort ...

Sikh and 8th

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of Shiromani Panth Akali

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Life

He became

of Budha Dal in 1846. He fought in the first and second Anglo-Sikh Wars against the British and raided cantonments outside of the area in 1850 alongside Bhai Maharaj Singh. Afterwards in 1858 he sent Mith Jathedar Nihang Faqir Singh to Ayodhya as Hindus pleaded to liberate the Babri Masjid which he did. Afterwards from 1858 he had good relations with the British until 1865 when the Patiala State supported the Nirmalas, which was when he led multiple small scale revolts against the Patiala State by Nihangs, who populated about 300 at the time. When the Nihang Singhs moved out of

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after fighting with

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Ruler and the

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, they started moving towards Nanded. Ala Singh who was under the Patiala State after a series of battles was a Hazur Sahib Pujari (priest) and attacked Prahlad Singh with a battalion of the Royal Maharaja's Patiala State Armed Forces. Prahlad Singh attained martyrdom while fighting with Major Ala Singh of Hazoor Sahib and Ala Singh was also killed in the same battle, although the Nihangs won in the end.Misl Shaheddan Website
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