The Punjab Chiefs - Volume 2

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1GUJRANWALA DISTRICT. 289

2Sardar Jhanda Singh’s chief services were on the frontier,

3in Chach, Peshawar, Yusufzai and Hazara. He was a man

4of energy and ability, and the Maharaja showed his apprecia-

5tion of his character by giving him charge, under Sardar

6Hari Singh Nalwa, of the most unruly part of the country.

7His services here were numerous and important, and are

8detailed in a Sanad of 1834 under the seal of Nao Nahal

9Singh, by which the villages of Botala and Pahladpur are

10granted to Jhanda Singh and his heirs in perpetuity. In

111836 Jhanda Singh accompanied Prince Nao Nahal Singh

12in his Derajat expedition. During part of the Kabul Campaign

13he was Governor of fort Attock, and was able to give

14assistance to the British army in the way of supplies and

15ca :

16The fortunes of Sardar Jhanda Singh were not much

17disturbed by the many revolutions which occurred after the

18great Maharaja’s death. When Sher Singh ascended the

19throne, his affection for Ganda Singh, cousin of Jhanda

20Singh, caused the latter to become influential at Court, though

21Sher Singh only added Rs. 600, which he soon afterwards

22resumed, to his jagirs. By Sardar Jawahir Singh he was

23made Adalati, or Chief Justice of Lahore, in conjunction

24with Diwan Hakim Rai, and held office till the close of the

25Satlaj Campaign.

26In 1847 he was sent to Hazara as Naib Nazim, or

27Deputy Governor, under Sardar Charat Singh Atariwala

28and Captain Abbott, and in November of the same year he

29received, at the suggestion of the Resident, the honorary

30title of Bahadar with the affix Ujal Didar, nirmal budh,-

31meaning ‘open countenance and pure mind.’ In May 1848,

32soon after the outbreak at Multan, it was determined to send

33a Sikh force down the Sind-Sagar Doab to aid in drawing

34acordon round the city to prevent the spread of rebellion,

35gnd Jhanda Singh was selected to command the force. His