Gujjar Singh Bhangi
Sardar Gujjar Singh Bhangi (died early 1790)[1] was a Sikh warrior and one of the triumvirates who ruled over Lahore prior to the leadership of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
Biography
Bhangi hailed from a village near Khemkaran, India. His father Natha Singh was a cultivator. He established a fortress, Qila Gujar Singh, just east of present-day Lahore, and also completed the construction of a mosque.
Gujjar Singh's maternal grandfather was Sardar Gurbaksh Singh of village Roranwala in Amritsar (near the Wagah border) and his mother daughter of Gurbaksh, one of the greatest Sikh warriors under the Bhangi Misl then led by Sardar Hari Singh Bhangi.
Sardar Gurbaksh Singh had adopted as his son a young runaway, Sardar Lehna Singh Bhangi[2] of village Mustfapur, near Kartarpur, Jalandhar (Sir Leppel Griffin, the Panjab Chiefs). The young man grew up to be a great fighter and military commander of the Bhangi Misl.
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References
- Gupta, Hari Ram. History of Sikhs – Vol. IV, The Sikh Commonwealth or Rise and Fall of Sikh Misls.
- Singh, Bhagat (1993). A History of the Sikh Misals. Publication Bureau, Patiala Punjabi University. p. 67.
Further reading
- Gupta, Hari Ram (2001) [1982]. History of the Sikhs. Vol. IV: The Sikh Commonwealth or Rise and Fall of Sikh Misls. Munshiram Manoharlal. pp. 224–234. ISBN 978-81-215-0165-1.
- Singh, Bhagat (1993). A History of the Sikh Misals. Punjabi University. pp. 102–108. OCLC 622730722.
- Bhāṭīā, S.S. (2011). "GUJJAR SIṄGH BHAṄGĪ". In Singh, Harbans (ed.). The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism. Vol. II (3rd ed.). Punjabi University. p. 116. ISBN 978-81-7380-204-1. OCLC 881709311.