Maharaja Ranjit Singh Birthday
Maharaja Ranjit Singh (13/11/1780 – 27/06/1839),was the leader of the Sikh Empire, which ruled the northwest Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. He survived smallpox in infancy but lost sight in his left eye. He fought his first battle alongside his father at age 10. After his father died, he fought several wars to expel the Afghans in his teenage years, and was proclaimed a....
Maharaja Ranjit Singh (13/11/1780 – 27/06/1839),was the leader of the Sikh Empire, which ruled the northwest Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. He survived smallpox in infancy but lost sight in his left eye. He fought his first battle alongside his father at age 10. After his father died, he fought several wars to expel the Afghans in his teenage years, and was proclaimed as the “Maharaja of Punjab” at age 21.His empire grew in the Punjab region under his leadership through 1839.
Prior to his rise, the Punjab region had numerous warring misls (confederacies), twelve of which were under Sikh rulers and one Muslim.Ranjit Singh successfully absorbed and united the Sikh misls and took over other local kingdoms to create the Sikh Empire. He repeatedly defeated invasions by Muslim armies, particularly those arriving from Afghanistan, and established friendly relations with the British.
Ranjit Singh’s reign introduced reforms, modernisation, investment into infrastructure, and general prosperity.His Khalsa army and government included Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims and Europeans. His legacy includes a period of Sikh cultural and artistic renaissance, including the rebuilding of the Harimandir Sahib in Amritsar as well as other major gurudwaras, including Takht Sri Patna Sahib, Bihar and Hazur Sahib Nanded, Maharashtra under his sponsorship. He was popularly known as Sher-i-Punjab, or “Lion of Punjab”.
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Dabwali Rd, Lal Singh Nagar, Bathinda, Punjab 151001
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The nearest airport is AMRITSAR,
which is 185 KMs away.
The nearest convenient railway station is Bathinda,
which is 2 KMs away.
The nearest major city is Bathinda,
which is 1KMs away.