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Singhpuria Misl ਸਿੰਘਪੁਰੀਆ ਮਿਸਲ Singhpurī'ā Misal | |||||||||||||
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1733–1816 | |||||||||||||
Capital | Jalandhar | ||||||||||||
Common language | Punjabi | ||||||||||||
Religion | |||||||||||||
Misldar | |||||||||||||
• 1733–1753 | Kapur Singh | ||||||||||||
• 1753–1795 | Khushal Singh | ||||||||||||
• 1795–1816 | Buddh Singh | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Early modern period | ||||||||||||
• Established | 1733 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1816 | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Pakistan India |
Misls of theSikh Confederacy |
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Singhpuria Misl, also known as theFaizulpuria Misl[1], was founded by the Sikh warriorNawab Kapur Singh, who was born in 1697 and later became a prominentDal Khalsa leader.[2] The misl took its original name from a villageFaizullapur inAmritsar and then changed the name of the village to Singhpura, with the misl eventually following.[citation needed]
Nawab Kapur Singh fought many battles. TheBattle of Sirhind (1764) was a turning point of Singhpuria Misl. After the fall of Sirhind a considerable portion of present-dayRupnagar District came under the Singhpuria Misl.[3]
By 1769, the Singpuria Misl had the following territories in its possession:- Some parts of the districts of Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur inDoaba, Kharparkheri and Singhpura in Bari-Doab and Abhar, Adampur, Chhat, Banoor, Manauli Ghanauli, Bharatgarh,Kandhola, Chooni, Machhli Bhareli, Banga, Bela, Attal Garh and some other places in the province of Sirhind.[4]
No. | Name | Portrait | References |
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1 | Nawab Kapur Singh | ![]() | [4] |
2 | Khushal Singh | ![]() | |
3 | Budh Singh |