Naudh Singh, also spelt as Nodh Singh (died 1752), was a Sikh leader and founder of the

Sukerchakia Misl The Sukerchakia Misl was one of twelve Sikh Sikh Confederacy, misls in Punjab region, Punjab during the 18th century, concentrated in Gujranwala and Hafizabad districts in western Punjab region, Punjab (in modern-Pakistan) and ruled from (1752 ...

Biography

Naudh Singh inherited a territory consisting of a few villages and surrounding areas paying '' rakhi'' tribute from his father, Budh Singh, after his father's death in 1718. ''

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'' Naudh Singh was the landlord of

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area that he renamed as Shukar Chak (meaning: "thanks for the land"). Naudh Singh fortified the village of Sukerchak and raised a ''

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'' (militia) who came to be known as the '' Sukerchakias''. The very beginning and earliest traces of the Sukerchakia Misl can be traced to Nodha Singh constructing a minor fortress in his native village of Sukerchak, along with gathering a small ''

'' of 30 horsemen to protect his locality from invading Afghans. He and his group of horsemen would later join the Faizalpuria Misl of

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in 1730. He became wealthy by pillaging the caravans of the invading Afghans and established himself as the local chieftain of Sukerchak. During his time, the jatha joined forces with the militias of other ''misls'' against the Afghan forces of Ahmad Shah Abdali. When the Afghans withdrew, the Sukerchakias came to possess tracts of land between the

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and

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rivers. At the annual

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meeting of the

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in Amritsar in 1748, a ''

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'' was passed that reorganized the various scattered and numerous jathas into eleven organized ''Misls'', with the Sukerchakia Misl forming out of this judgement.

Death

Nodh Singh died in 1752 in a skirmish after enemy soldiers set fire to a cave he was in. When Naudh died in 1752, he had four sons who survived him named Charat Singh, Dal Singh, Chet Singh, and Mangi Singh. He was succeeded by his son

Charat Singh Sardar Charat Singh (1721–1770 or 1733–1774), also romanised as Charhat Singh, was the founder of Sukerchakia Misl, father of Mahan Singh, and the grandfather of Ranjit Singh, the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire. He distinguished hims ...

. However, other sources state that he was severely wounded in 1747 during a fight with Afghans after being shot in the head.

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