Singhpuria Misl

Singhpuria Misl was founded by the Sikh warrior Nawab Kapur Singh, a Virk Jat who was born in 1697 and later became a prominent Khalsa leader.[1] The misl took its original name from a village Faizullapur in Amritsar and then changed the name of the village to Singhpura, with the misl eventually following.

Singhpuria Misl
ਸਿੰਘਪੁਰੀਆ ਮਿਸਲ
Singhpurī'ā Misal
1733–1816
CapitalJalandhar
Common languagePunjabi
Religion
Misldar 
• 1733–1753
Kapur Singh
• 1753–1795
Khushal Singh
• 1795–1816
Buddh Singh
Historical eraEarly modern period
• Established
1733
• Disestablished
1816
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Mughal Empire
Durrani Empire
Sikh Empire
Cis-Sutlej states (British India)
Today part ofPakistan
India
Misls of the Sikh Confederacy
A 1780 map of the Punjab Region shows the relative positions of the Sikh Misls and other states.

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Shaheedan Misl

Following are its heads:

Events

Nawab Kapur Singh fought many battles. The Battle of Sirhind (1764) was a turning point of Singhpuria Misl. After the fall of Sirhind a considerable portion of present-day Rupnagar 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 in Doaba, 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.[2]

References
  1. Singha, Dr H. S. (2005). Sikh Studies. Hemkunt Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-81-7010-258-8.
  2. Markovits, Claude (1 January 2002). A History of Modern India, 1480-1950. Prabhat Prakashan. ISBN 978-93-5266-745-1.
  3. Punjab (India) (1987). Punjab District Gazetteers: Rupnagar. Controller of Print. and Stationery. p. 77.
Preceded by:
Baba Darbara Singh
 Nawab Kapur Singh Followed by:
Jassa Singh Ahluwalia
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