Rajas of the punjab

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5T H E R A J A S OF T H E P U N JA B ,

6Ranjit Singh had no generosity, and preferred despoil ing

7a widow to attacking a Chief who was better able to

8resist. From the plunder of this family Raja Bhag *

9Singh received the districts of Ludhiana, J handala, Kot,

10Jagraon, and Bari a, including 54 villages, of air annual

11rent of . Es. 23,260 ; Sirdar Gurdit Singh of Ladwa,

12the districts of Baddowal, with portions of Jagraon, 32

13villages, worth Es, 23,540 ; Raja Jaswant Singh of

14Nablia, portions of Kot Basin. Taiwandi, and Jagraon,

1531 villages, Worth Rs. 26,690; Sirdar Fatah Singh Ahlu-

16walia, portions of Dhaka, Kot, Basin, Jagraon, and

17Taiwandi, 106 villages, worth Rs. 40,505 ; Divvan Mok-

18ham Chand, portions of Ghilla, Kot, Jagraon, and Tai

19wandi, 71 villages, worth Rs. 33,945 ; Sirdar Bassawa

20Singh, 10 villages, in Kot and Jagraon, worth Rs. 5714 ;

21and Sirdar Bhanga Singh, one village in Taiwandi, worth

22Es. 400. The only other conquest of Ran jit Singh,

23during this campaign, was the district of Ghumgrana

24from Gujar Singh, Jat Singh, and Kabil Khan, which

25he divided between Sirdar Gurdit Singh Ladwa and

26Eaja Jaswant Singh, the former taking 5 villages, worth

27Rs. 23,550, and the latter 7, worth Es. 33a0.’

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29The departure of the Raja of Lahore was the signal for

30a renewal of the conflict between Sahib Singh and Rani

31Aus Kour, The confusion into which the administration

32fell was inconceivable ; the officials taking one side or the

33other as they fancied their own fortunes would be better

34furthered, and perpetual fights and bloodshed being the

35result, It became unsafe for strangers to enter the ter

36ritory; and Lieutenant White, employed by the British 1

371 Vide .Appendix A.-*-Statoment oL' the conquests ot Maharaja Eanjit

38Singh during the years 1806, 1807, 1808, and History of Diwau Mokliam.

39Chiinrf in “ Prajah Chiefs,” p,.' 552;