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2 chief of Katoch, who had been disappointed at the hands of Jay Singh ana secures the
3 in the Kot Kangré affair, was easily secured. In the meantime, the Maho- cL Ran a ae
4 medan subjects of Batala had suffered hardships and indignities under Jay the Kanhias. ~
5 Singh, who oppressed them, and burnt the houses of many leading Mussal-
6 mans. Among the rest, Gholam Ghous was imprisoned, but he effected his
7 escape, and was on his way to Kabul, when he was brought back by Mahé
8 Singh, who promised to re-establish him in Batdla. Jay Singh called to
9 his aid Gurbaksh Singh, Déia, and sent him, at the head of a force, in the
10 direction of the Sutlej, to prevent Jassa Singh entering the Panjab.
11 Gurbaksh Singh crossed the Sutlej and engaged Jassa Singh near Patials,
12 when the latter was victorious. Gurbaksh Singh was killed in the battle
13 and his army routed. Various skirmishes took place outside the walls of
14 Amritsar between the Kanhias and Mahd Singh, assisted by his allies, ... setween Jay
15 without any decisive result, At length the allied forces met the enemy at Singh, Kanhia, and
16 Achal, about eight miles from Batdla, and a severe fight took place between araiie uene Batela,
17 them and the Kanhias, headed by Gurbaksh Singh, son of Jay Singh. 1”*
18 Gurbaksh greatly distinguished himself in this battle, but his army gave
19 way before superior numbers, and Mahd Singh and Jassa Sing carried the
20 day. The death of Gurbaksh Singh, from an arrow wound in _ gurvaksh, son of Jay
21 the breast, disheartened his followers, who fled in all directions. When Sigh. is Mltedin the
22 Jay Singh saw that his gallant son had fallen in the engagement, after a
23 hand-to-hand combat with his adversaries, he burst into tears, emptied his
24 quiver of its arrows, and, dismounting from his horse, exposed himself to
25 the enemy’s fire. Such was the respect for the old veteran that none
26 dared approach him in his grief, and all quietly withdrew. The victorious Fallof Batila ana
27 troops then advanced to Ridrki and seized it. Meus a
28 Thus was the old sardar, Jay Singh, effectually humbled, by this double
29 sorrow, arising from the signal defeat sustained, and the loss of his gallant
30 son. He erected a monument over the remains of his son to the
31 north of the city of Batdla, From the fall of Batala may be reckoned the
32 beginning of the decline of the Kauhia confederacy. Pressed by the
33 Ramgarhias, Jay Singh fled to Pathankot, with Jeymal Singh and Tara
34 Singh. His daughter-in-law, Sad&é Kour, the widow of Gurbaksh Singh,
35 who had remained behind, had also to effect her escape barefooted through
36 fear of the enemy, and went to Saiydn, The city was taken possession of Jn finely Tae na
37 by Jassa Singh, Ramgarhia, who put Bagh Singh and Hakikat Singh, bis Singb, Suserchakia,
38 lieutenants in charge of it, expelling Dharam Singh, the chief police Batam.
39 officer of Jay Singh, who narrowly escaped by climbing over a wall. The
40 Ramgarhia chief, Jassa Singh, had his possessions restored to him.
41 Kangré, still remained tributary to Jay Singh, and, as Sansar Chand
42 had always hankered after its possession, he made war against the former .,Warbetwem Tay
43 chief to secure this much-coveted territory. He, therefore, fell on Hajipur, Sansar Chand of
44 and seized the whole country between that town and the hills, including ““°™
45 Mukeria. The fort of Atalgarh was gallantly defended by a slave girl of
46 the Kanhia sardar, named Dasser, who, for four months, successfully repulsed
47 the attacks of the enemy, and held the place for her master. This heroine ,,Jnstanee ofa
48 obliged Sansar Chand to raise the siege. War between Sansar Chand and
49 Jay Singh was carried on for a period of three years, when Sadé Kour, the
50 widow of Gurbaksh Singh, who was a shrewd and enterprising lady, devised
51 a plan for securing the alliance of the now rising Sukerchakia chief by a mar-
52 riage tie, Accordingly, she betrothed her daughter, Mahtdéb Kour, to Ranjit aniance by marrings
53 Singh, son of Mahd Singh, the leader of the Sukerchakia mvisl. She proceeded between the Kanhia
54 to Jawald Mukhi, and the negotiations between her and Raj Kour, wife of iamitics.
55 Mahd Singh, were there brought to a conclusion, Sansar Chand, however,
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