1 THE KARORA SINGHI MISL. ~ 323
2 was held was so’ great, that initiation into the Péhal of the Guru with bis
3 hands was considered: a great distinction. He used to pride himself upon
4 having killed 500°: Mahomedans with his‘own hand, and, as he had fulfilled
5 the commands of Govind, who enjoined on all true disciples the necessity
6 of revenge upon Mahomedans; he consoled himself with the idea that his
7 heavenly reward would be very great for so meritorious a deed. He had
8 under his control 2,500 armed retainers, and this force, though small, was
9 the fiercest and most dreaded of all the Sikh soldiers for its bigotry. Ka-
10 ptr Singh: scoured the country up to the walls of Delhi, and his possessions
11 extended east and west of the Sutlej. He was certainly the most illustri-
12 ous and most dreaded. of the Sikh sardars before the days of Jassa Singh,
13 Ahluwalia, and Ala Singh of Patidlé. Nawdb Kapar Singh died ‘at Am-
14 ritsar in' 1753, bequeathing the honours which he enjoyed in the Khdlsdé
15 army, to the Ahluwalia sardar. He called Jassa Singh to him on his death-
16 bed, and, making over to him the steel mace* of Govind, the last great
17 Guru, hailed him as the future leader of the Khdlsdé, and as his successor
18 to the influence which he exercised over the community of the Sikhs. —
19 On the death of Nawab Kapur Singh, his territory descended to his
20 nephew, Khushél Singh, .who equalled his uncle in wisdom and bravery,
21 and extended his conquests on both sides of the Sutlej. His possessions
22 included Jalandar, Nurpur, Bahrampdr, Bharatgarh, and Patti, and he
23 wrested Banor from the Patidldé chief. Like his illustrious predecessor,
24 he made a great number of converts, and Ala Singh, the rdjé of Patidld, had
25 the honour of initiation into the Péhal by him. His hatred of the Maho-
26 medans was equalled only by his undaunted courage, and the cavalry man
27 who shot dead Nawdb Zen Khan, the Mahomedan subadar of Sirhind, in
28 1763, was his own follower. He seized Ludhidnd, but had subsequently to
29 give half of the district of Banor to Patidld.
30 Khushd] Singh was, on his death, in 1795, succeeded by his son, Budh
31 Singh; but the confederacy fell before the rising power of Ranjit Singh,
32 who seized the whole of the Jalandar territory, and the sardar was _com-
33 pelled to take up his residence to the north-west of Ambala, between Kirat-
34 pur and: Machiwara, under British protection. Budh Singh died in 1816.7
35 9.—THE KARORA. SINGHI JS.
36 This misZ is also called Panjgarhia, from the village of their first
37 chief, one Karori Mal, a Jdt, who, on initiation into the Péhal, changed
38 his name into. Karora Singh, and became a robber like the rest. He founded
39 the misl with two companions, Mastén Singh and Karam Singh. Karora
40 Singh left no heir, and was succeeded by Bhagel Singh, who, after the assas-
41 sination of Zen Khan, subadar of Sirhind, became the most formidable
42 , of the Sikh leaders. :
43 Jagddhri road, his head-quarters, and extended his conquests to the banks
44 of the Sutlej, on the east, and the Jalandar Dodb. He had under his
45 control 12,000 fighting men.
46 The Sikhs having risen against Mulla Ahmad Dad, the Moghal Faujdar
47 of Sirhind, defeated and slew him, in the year 1778. They had also con-
48 quered the Mdlwa country from the Mahomedans. On receipt of this
49 intelligence, Shah Alam, the Delhi emperor, deputed Abdul Ahad Khan,
50 surnamed Nawdb Majad-ud-doula, with an army, under the command of Prince
51 Jawdn Bakht (known also as Farkhunda Bakht and Akbar), to chastise the
52 *1n the Ak&l Bunga, at Amritsar, this weapon of much historical interest is yet to be
53 en,
54 +The family is now represented by Sardar Jai Singh, of Manoli, who is in receipt of a
55 jagir from the British Government.
56 Sri Satguru J agjit Singh Ji eLibrary
57 He made Chiloundi, 20 miles from Karnd4l, on the 4
58 His zeal for his
59 religion.
60 His military
61 strength
62 And possessions.
63 His death, 1753.
64 Khushal Singh
65 succeeds.
66 His conquests.
67 His death, 1795.
68 Budh Singh succecds.
69 Ranjit Singh seizes
70 on the mis?7.
71 Karora Singh founds
72 the misi.
73 Bhagel Singh
74 succeeds him on his
75 eath.
76 His conquests.
77 He aids the Imperial
78 troops of Delhi against
79 the rebel Sikhs.
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