NAWAB KAPUR SINGH.. He is considered as one of the major figures in sikh history. Under his leadership the community traversed one of the darkest period of its history. He organized sikh confideracy and the dal khalsa and is considered as a leader and general par excellence. he succeeded darbara singh in 1737 and was succeeded by jassa singh Ahluwalia. he fought against forces and policies of zakharia khan the mughal governor of lahore who put a price for every sikhs head as bounty. Finally the governor came to terms. He was granted title nawab with a jagir of consisting of three parghanas. he wore robes of honor and regal attire sent by the Mughals. he organised the jathas as buddha dal and and taruna dal as army of veterans and the other as of young. Under his leadership ,slowly misls evolved as strength grew. in 1739 when nadir shah was returning from delhi with plunder, sikhs attacked rear guard of nadir shah at Akhnur near today's jammu and recovered lot of loot and saved many girls from captivity. The girls were escorted to their homes . sikhs again had to fight suppression of zakharia khan and they killed samad khan who murdered bhai mani singh earlier. Their effort to capture zakharia khan did not succeed. Zakharia khan continued his persecution and with large force a battle was fought at kahnuwan and sikhs lost and nearly 7000 we're taken captives and they were be headed at lahore and this was known as chota ghalughara. Kapur singh owing to old age requested to get relieved and jassa singh succeeded him. he passed away on 9 oct 1753 at Amritsar.
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