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This Burj in village #Ghungrana of #Ludhiana is the remnant of a #fortress which existed at the spot. This tower marks the spot where #Metcalf was given the first audience by #MaharajaRanjitSingh in 1804.ย The fortress was destroyed by the #English, somewhere in 1849-50,#Punjab
As per Lepel H. Griffin
#MaharajahRanjitSingh marched by way of Ambala to Naraingarh, a strong fort held by Kour Kishan Singh, which he invested.For nearly three weeks it held out, and in one of the assaults, Sirdar Fatah Singh,Kalianwala, one of Ranjit Singh's bravest Generals๐Ÿ‘‡
was mortally wounded. After the capture of the place, it was conferred with its surrounding villages on
Sirdar Fatah Singh Ahluwalia, the estate being valued at Rs. 12,580 a year.
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NEPAL - SIKH War

The #NepalSikhWar was a large scale military conflict in 1809 between the forces of
The #KingdomofNepal under
Amar Singh Thapa and
The #SikhEmpire under
General Dewan Mokham Chand of
Maharajah Ranjit Singh Ji

Pic 1 Dewan M Chand
Pic 2 AS Thapa
Nepal-Sikh War
Date:March 1809 โ€“ August 1809
Location:#KangraFort
Result: #Sikh victory
โ€ขNepalese retreat to the Arki Fort

in Pic Kangra Fort

by Charles Stewart Hardinge
leaders
#SikhEmpire
Maharaja RanjitSingh*
MokhamChand
#KingdomofNepal
Amar Singh Thapa
Bahadur Shah
Bhimsen Thapa*
Nain Singh Thapa
โ€”Strength
10,000 Sikh imperialists of
The #SikhKhalsaArmy
16,000 #Gurkha warriors
โ€”losses
1,000 #Sikh soldiers killed
12,000 #Gurkha soldiers killed
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The population of #SikhEmpire during the time ofย Ranjit Singhโ€™s rule was estimated to be around 12 million people.
There were
8.4 millionย Muslims,
2.88 millionย Hindusย and 722,000ย Sikhs.
#Islam (70%)
#Hinduism (24%)
#Sikhism (6%)
Total Area in 1839 was
520,000 km2 (200,000 sq mi) Sikh Kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ji
Capital was
#Gujranwala (1799โ€“1802)
#Lahore LahoreFort(1802โ€“1849)

Court language
#Persian
Spoken #languages in #SikhKingdom #SikhEmpire

Punjabi (dynastic)Punjabi dialects (Saraiki, Hindko, Pahari-Pothwari),Kangri,Dogri,
Pashto,Kashmiri,Gojri
KundalShahi,Balti,Shina,Wakhi,
Burushaski,Khowar,Domaki,Ladakhi,Purgi,Bhadarwahi,Shina,Bateri,
Kohistani,Kalash
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