Sardar Gujjar Singh Bhangi (died early 1790) was a Sikh warrior and one of the triumvirates who ruled over Lahore prior to the leadership of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

Biography

Bhangi hailed from a village near Khemkaran, India. His father Natha Singh was a cultivator. He established a fortress, Qila Gujar Singh, just east of present-day Lahore, and also completed the construction of a mosque.

Gujjar Singh Bhangi

Gujjar Singh's maternal grandfather was Sardar Gurbaksh Singh of village Roranwala in Amritsar (near the Wagah border) and his mother daughter of Gurbaksh, one of the greatest Sikh warriors under the Bhangi Misl then led by Sardar Hari Singh Bhangi.

Gujjar Singh Bhangi

Sardar Gurbaksh Singh had adopted as his son a young runaway, Sardar Lehna Singh Bhangi of village Mustfapur, near Kartarpur, Jalandhar (Sir Leppel Griffin, the Panjab Chiefs). The young man grew up to be a great fighter and military commander of the Bhangi Misl.

Gujjar Singh Bhangi

See also

Sikh period in Lahore

Notes

References

Further reading

History of Sikhism

People from the Sikh Empire