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The Sikh Empire, officially known as Sarkār-i-Khālsa and Khālasa Rāj, [citation needed] was a regional power based in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. [7] It existed from 1799, when Maharaja Ranjit Singh captured Lahore, to 1849, when it was defeated and conquered by the British East India Company in the Second Anglo-Sikh War.
The Rakhi system was the payment-for-protection tributary protectorate scheme practiced by the Dal Khalsa of the Sikh Confederacy in the 18th century. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] It was a large source of income to the Sikh Misls.
Khaira Majha is a village in Punjab, India.It is situated midway between the two cities of Kapurthala and Jalandhar.It has a population of approximately 3,000 residents and was founded in the 18th century.
[1] [2] The founder of this Misl was Sardar Gulab Singh [3] [4] resident of the village of Dallewal near Dera Baba Nanak, in Doaba Bist Jalandhar. [5] [6] [7] He took Pahul and became an active member of the Dal Khalsa in 1726 A.D and launched upon a career of chivalry, fighting against the tyrannical government of the Punjab. One day at the ...
The 18th century saw upheaval in Jalandhar amidst an anarchy caused by the disintegration of the Mughals and power struggles involving Persians, Afghans and Sikhs. It was captured by the Faizullahpuria Misl in 1766, and in 1811 Maharaja Ranjit Singh incorporated it within the Sikh Empire. [8]
Sketch map of the country of the Sikhs (Sikh Confederacy), by Lt. Rind, 1789. The various doabs of the Punjab are shown. Adina Beg, the last Mughal governor of the Punjab, had paid the Rakhi tax, in an amount of 1.25 lakh (125,000) rupees for the Jalandhar Doab , as a reward to the Sikhs for helping him earlier. [ 8 ]
A dargah of famous Sufi saint of 18th century Baba Deviye Shah and Wajire Shah located here. Parmar from Rajput community and Manhas from Rajput community are known as the founders of the village called Virk / Birka / Virka. Newly elected sarpanch of the village is Sumit Laddi Basra, who is the youngest sarpanch of the village in history.
In later stages of 18th century Mahilpur again recovered lost areas and Taluqdar/Chaudhary of mahilpur at that time was Chaudhary Gulab Rai Bains who was under the faujdar of jalandhar and Subahdar of lahore later in 1757 Sikh Misls Defeated the former imperial forces, Because Mahilpur's Jagirdar Chaudhary Gulab Rai was Imperial Chaudhary Sikhs ...