The Punjab Chiefs - Volume 2

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1322 INTRODUCTION TO

2son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who had really been murdered

3at Attock by Fateh Khan Tawana and Sardar Chatar Singh

4Atariwala in 1845. The outbreak was promptly quelled by

5the district authorities.

6In 1857 a conspiracy against the British Government

7was formed by the -tribes inhabiting the Murree hills. It

8spread far into Hazara and nearly down to Rawalpindi, and

9culminated in an attack on the station of Murree by three

10hundred men of the Dhund tribe on the 2nd September. The

11attack was successfully repulsed. The rest of the district

12remained loyal.

13This brief historical account will, it is hoped, help to

14explain the course of events in which the principal men

15of the district have taken part. An analysis of the list

16will show the different tribes and interests represented in it.

17The Sikhs may be said to be represented by six names, viz.,

18Baba Khem Singh, C.1.E., their spiritual head in this part of

19the Panjab; Sardar Amrik Singh, son of Sardar Nahal Singh

20Chachi, who was conspicuous for his loyal devotion to the

21British Government; Sardar Sujan Singh, a successful man

22of business, of Rawalpindi; Baba Narotam Singh, a descendant

23of one of the Sikh Gurus; Sardar Tara Singh, the pioneer of

24trade with Yarkand ; and Bhagat Hiranand, the descendant of

25a religious teacher and physician, whose family has marched

26with the times.

27The representatives of the Chiefs who ruled the country

28before the Sikhs number thirteen, vie., Sardar Fateh Khan,

29Gheba; Fakir Mahomed Khan, Sagri Pathan; Malik Aulia

30Khan and Malik Nawab Khan, Jodhras; Sardar Kale

31Khan and Nawab Khan of Dhrek, the Kazi of Gondal,

32and Mahomed Hayat Khan, C.8.J. (all Khatars); Malik

33Roshan Din, Awan; Raja Karamdad Khan, Gakhar; Chaudhri

34Ahmad Khan, Alpial; Fateh Khan, Malal ; and the Dhund

35tribe.