Khushal Singh Virk was the second chief of

Singhpuria Singhpuria Misl was founded by the Sikh warrior Nawab Kapur Singh, a Virk Jat people, Jat who was born in 1697 and later became a prominent Khalsa leader. The misl took its original name from a village Faizullapur in Amritsar and then chang ...

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 ...

from 1753 to 1795, extending its territory on both sides of the

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. His 'acquired' lands included

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, Bahrampur, Patti and Bharatgarh. Jalandhar doab and adjoining areas yielded an annual income of three

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Early life

He succeeded Nawab Kapur Singh as the chief of the

Singhpuria Misl Singhpuria Misl was founded by the Sikh warrior Nawab Kapur Singh, a Virk Jat people, Jat who was born in 1697 and later became a prominent Khalsa leader. The misl took its original name from a village Faizullapur in Amritsar and then chang ...

Military campaigns

In 1759, After the death of

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, He along with Jassa Singh Ahluwalia attacked his Diwan Bhishmbar and captured

, Mahangarwal, Lambra. He made Jalandhar his headquarters and started living there. Khushal Singh added more precincts to the territory which he had inherited from his predecessor. He captured Haibatpur and Patti from the Pathan chiefs of the Kasur In 1764, at the Sikh conquest of Sirhind, He acquired Bharatgarh, Bhareli, Chune Machhli, Ghanauli, Jhunga, Kandhaulah, and Manauli, worth one lakh and a half after that he made an joint Sikh Invasion of Ganga-Yamuna with

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. In December 1766, Khushal Singh, accompanied by Tara Singh Abbu, with 6000 horsemen, was stationed at Taragarh about 30km from the Durrani camp, They constantly harassed Durrani forces. On 15 January 1767,

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wrote letters to the Sardars, including Khushal Singh, to the effect that if they were desirous of entering his service they should come and join him, but if they had any hostile intentions they should meet him in the field and fight him. Khushal Singh and others warily accepted Durrani's proposal of joining him and told to meet him in the field of battle. He seized Chhat and

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accompanied by Amar Singh, the ruler of

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from the Nawab of

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, They were divided between themselves, Amar Singh received

and Khushal Singh received Chhat, Hari Singh of Rupar seized ten villages of Khushal Singh, three Parganahs of

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and two Parganahs of

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, These Rajas invited Khushal Singh to join them in recovering their territories, A battle was fought at Golewala and all the three recovered their lost territories, Khushal Singh constructed katra at

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, which was named after his Misal.

Death and succession

Khushal Singh died in 1795. He was succeeded by his son S. Budh Singh.

References

{{ Sikhism Misl leaders 1795 deaths Year of birth unknown