Thursday, 24 June 2021


  RANI SADA   KAUR. . She was the  wife of   Gurbaksh singh kanhaiah son of Jai singh kanhaiah chief of misl kanhiah in Punjab.Sikhs were organised as misls with a chief and after Ahmed shah Durrani left. India , attacks on India reduced very much. Sikhs always were united when fighting a foreign enemy. But when there was no external threat, quarreled among them selves. The misles fought each other frequently. Rani   sada kaur   was widowed when her husband died in a fight along with jai singh with another misl Superchakia to which Ranjit  singh was the chief, who later became maharaja of Punjab. She cleverly got her daughter married to Ranjit singh. She along with her 10,000 cavalry helped Ranjit singh to establish himself and both entered Lahore together as co rulers. she knew that Ranjit wielded great influence over sikh misles and got him coronated as king of Punjab.and helped him on his connquests at  Amritsar  Chinot, Kadur, Attock and Hazara. But,she later developed differences when Ranjit singh wanted to remarry leaving his wife who was her daughter. She started parleys with senior British officers to 8under mine interests of Ranjit singh and Ranjit Singh  kept Sada kaur under watch. She died  in 1832 seven years before Ranjit singh.

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