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The Kanhaiya Misl was one of the twelve misls of the Sikh Confederacy. It had been founded by Sandhu Jats.[1]
History
Jai Singh Sandhu (son of Khushal Singh) of the village Kanha (district Lahore) was the founder of this Misl; hence the misl came to known as Kanhaiya Misl; another founder leader of this Misl was Amar Singh of Kingra village.[2] Jai Singh and his brother Jhanda Singh had got initiation from the jatha of (Nawab) Kapur Singh; when all the Sikh Jathas were organised into 11 Misls, Jai Singh’s jatha was named as Kanhaiya Misl.[3]
Haqiqat Singh Kanhaiya, Jeewan Singh, Tara Singh and Mehtab Singh (all four from village Julka, about 6 km from village Kanha) too were senior generals of this Misl.
In the battle of 1754, Jhanda Singh (brother of Jai Singh) died; after this Jai Singh married the widow of Jhanda Singh. Jai Singh was an adventurous general; he attacked areas around Pathankot and captured a lot of territory including Pathankot, Hajipur, Datarpur, Sujanpur and Mukerian; in 1770, he captured a large tract of Jammu State from its Hindu Dogra rulers.
Sobha Singh, one of the triumvirates who ruled over Lahore in the late 18th century prior to the leadership of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, was from the Kanhaiya Misl.[4]
Gallery
Painting of possibly Amar Singh Kingra with attendant, mid-late eighteenth century
Painting of Jai Singh Kanhaiya receiving Raja Raj Singh and other hill princes with canopy overhead, ca.1774
Miniature painting of Gurbaksh Singh Kanhaiya with a fly-whisk attendant. Family atelier of Purkhu of Kangra, ca.1785
References
- ↑ "Kanhaiya misl of Sandhu Jats". Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ↑ Singha, H. S. (2000). The encyclopedia of Sikhism (over 1000 entries). New Delhi: Hemkunt Publishers. p. 119. ISBN 81-7010-301-0. OCLC 243621542.
- ↑ Gupta, Hari Ram (1999–2001). History of the Sikhs. Vol. IV - The Sikh Commonwealth or Rise and Fall of Sikh Misls. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. pp. 256–268. ISBN 81-215-0540-2. OCLC 123308032.
- ↑ Sheikh, Majid (28 June 2015). "HARKING BACK: Amazing genius of Gujjar Singh and his Lahore 'qila'". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
Further reading
- Gupta, Hari Ram (2011). "KANHAIYĀ MISL". In Singh, Harbans (ed.). The encyclopaedia of Sikhism: Volume III (3rd ed.). Punjabi University. pp. 102–103. ISBN 978-8-17-380349-9. OCLC 888565644.
- Siṅgha, Bhagata (1993). "The Kanaihya Misal". A History of the Sikh Misals. Punjabi University. pp. 149–174. OCLC 622730722.