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Write a character sketch on Maharaja Ranjit Singh or Mirabai
about three pages {300 words}

Answer 1

Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ruled the first Sikh Kindom from what is now known as Afganistan all across to Pakistan, North India and over to just before China. He was the biggest thorn in the British Empire. The British had to wait until he died before they could take over the whole of India. Much feared was he that the British did not dare to battle with the North West Province of India until his death. 

Much feared was his blood line that it was sperated and exiled from India. Mahraja Daleep Singh was brought to England to stop any uprisings... 

Wherever he went there was freedom of Religon. He restored and built many Churches, Mosques, Mandirs and Gurdwaras. 

Maharaja Ranjit Singh Biography

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12 April 1801 27 June 1839

12 April 1801

Ranjit Singh

Sher-e-Punjab (Lion of Punjab)

Maharaja of Lahore

Sarkar Khalsaji (Head of State)

Napoleon of East

Lord of Five Rivers

13 November 1780

Gujranwala

20 June 1839

Kharak Singh

Mahan Singh

Raj Kaur

Ranjit Singh belonged to a Sikh clan of Northern India. He was born in Gujranwala, now in modern-day Pakistan, according to some historians, into a Jatt Sikh family and some that he was born into a Sansi Sikh family who were Sukerchakia misldars. As a child he suffered from smallpox which resulted in the loss of one eye. At the time, much of Punjab was ruled by the Sikhs under a Confederate Sarbat Khalsa system, who had divided the territory among factions known as misls. Ranjit Singh's father Mahan Singh was the Commander of the Sukerchakia misl and controlled a territory in the west Punjab based around his headquarters at Gujranwala. After his father's death he was raised under the protection of Sada Kaur of the Kanheya Misl. Ranjit Singh succeeded his father at the age of 18. After several campaigns, he conquered the other misls and created the Sikh Empire.



The Maharaja

Ranjit Singh was crowned on 12 April 1801 (to coincide with Baisakhi). Sahib Singh Bedi, a descendant of Guru Nanak Dev, conducted the coronation. Gujranwala served as his capital from 1799. In 1802 he shifted his capital to Lahore. Ranjit Singh rose to power in a very short period, from a leader of a single Sikh misl to finally becoming the Maharaja (Emperor) of Punjab.

He then spent the following years fighting the Afghans, driving them out of the Punjab. He also captured Pashtun territory including Peshawar (now referred to as North West Frontier Province and the Tribal Areas). This was the first time that Peshawari Pashtuns were ruled by Punjabis. He captured the province of Multan which encompassed the southern parts of Punjab, Peshawar (1818), Jammu and Kashmir (1819). Thus Ranjit Singh put an end to more than a Hundred years of Muslim rule in Multan Area. He also conquered the hill states north of Anandpur Sahib, the largest of which was Kangra.

When the Foreign Minister of the Ranjit Singh's court, Fakir Azizuddin, met the British Governor-General of India, Lord Auckland, in Simla, Lord Auckland asked Fakir Azizuddin which of the Maharaja's eyes was missing, Azizuddin replied: "The Maharaja is like the sun and sun has only one eye. The splendor and luminosity of his single eye is so much that I have never dared to look at his other eye." The Governor General was so pleased with this reply that he gave his gold watch to Azizuddin.

Ranjit Singh's Empire was secular, none of the subjects were discriminated against on account of their religions. The Maharaja never forced Sikhism on his subjects.

Secular Sikh Rule



The empire of the Sikhs was most exceptional in that it allowed men from religions other than their own to rise to commanding positions of authority. Besides the Singh (Sikh), the Khan (Muslim) and the Misr (Hindu Brahmin) feature as prominent administrators. The Christians formed a part of the militia of the Sikhs. In 1831, Ranjit Singh deputed his mission to Simla to confer with the British Governor General, Lord William Bentinck. Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa, Fakir Aziz-ud-din and Diwan Moti Ram ― a Sikh, a Muslim and a Hindu representative ― were nominated at its head.

The spire and ceilings of Kashi Vishwanath Temple (rebuilt in 1780) in Varanasi were plated with 820 Kilograms of Gold gifted by Ranjit Singh in 1839.

Answer 2

Maharaja Ranjit Singh who was the founder of Sikh empire was also known as the one eyed king. He had lost his eye to smallpox when he was kid, but that doesn’t made him weak. He was later known as the king with one eye who can sea everyone equally.

He was also known as Paras which literally means the philosopher’s stone just because of his philanthropic nature. It was said to be that he was hailed as paras after he provided an innocent old woman with lots of money and utensils to live happily.

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