The Panjab Chiefs Vol-ii

Griffin Lepel H. · 1890 · Public domain (published pre-1930) · archive.org ↗

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2THE PANJAB CHIEFS,

3against a large body of Afghans. When the Maharaja, who

4was not far off, heard of Sultan Singh’s crippled state, he had

5him conveyed to camp in his own palanquin and presented him

6with a pair of gold bracelets, which are still in possession of

7the family. Sultan Singh died in 1842. His jagirs were

8resumed at annexation. His son Bishan Singh also received

9pay in the Gthoroharas from his early childhood. In Maharaja

10Sher Singh’s time he was placed in charge qf the Artillery-

11park at Lahore ; and when the Province was annexed he joined

12the 2nd Panjab Irregular Cavalry, raised in 1849, and received

13the rank of Easaldar, taking part with his regiment in many

14expeditions along the Frontier. In 1857 he marched to

15Dehli with a squadron commanded by Sir Heighten Probyn,

16and served with the greatest distinction throughout the

17Mutiny. General Probyn writes of him : “ He must have

18been in fifty fights ; a braver man I never saw. He knew not

19what fear was, and delighted in danger. He was conspicuous

20for his gallantry on many occasions.” For his Mutiny services

21Sardar Bishan Singh received the Orders of Merit and of

22British India; and he was shortly afterwards appointed

23Rasaldar-Major of his regiment. He died in 1868. The

24Sardar had been in receipt of a salary of Es. 4,800 per annum.

25He held a small jagir in Mauza Samu, Gujrat, and a mafi of

26Es. 125 in Kariala, Jhilam.

27• Sardar Bishan Singh’s post of Easaldar-Major in the 2nd

28Panjab Cavalry was given to his son Jawahir Singh, whose

29gallant conduct fully justified the particular distinction which

30had been shown to the family. He commenced service in

311856 as Jamadar, and was present with his regiment in the

32Bozdar Expedition of 1857. Then he marched to Lucknow,

33and fought at the Eehef and in the several general actions

34which resulted in the pacification of the Oudh Provinces. He

35was next engaged in the Kabul Khel Expedition of 1859, and

36later onf in the Jawaki Campaign of 1877 and the Afghan