Maharaja Ranjit Singh: Sher-e-Punjab
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The one eyed young Sikh was going to become a sworn enemy of the Durrani leaders in the following years.
Ranjit Singh started preparing his own army. It did not take him a very long time to conquer the other misls of Punjab. Now Ranjit Singh was the force to reckon with. The entire Sikh Community recognized him as their leader.
Ranjit Singh ascended the throne of Punjab on 12 April 1801; he was the first Sikh ruler to be called the Maharaja of Punjab. At the time of his coronation, Maharaja Ranjit Singh was only 20 years old. The coronation ceremony was conducted by Sahib Singh Bedi, a descendant of Guru Nanak Dev. He declared Gujranwala his capital in the year 1799. After about three years, in 1802, the capital was shifted to Lahore.
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Chapter One: Introduction
Maharaja Ranjit Singh, also known as Sher-e-Punjab, was one of the most powerful Sikh rulers in the history of the Sikh Empire. The Sikh Empire came to power in the Indian subcontinent in the first half of the 19th century. Ranjit Singh was the first ruler of the Sikh Empire.
The Sikh Empire existed from 1799 to 1849 in the Punjab region. Sikhism was the foundation stone of the Empire and Khalsa was the name given to the pure Sikhs. Maharaja Ranjit Singh succeeded in collecting autonomous Punjabi Misls under the umbrella of the Empire. After the demise of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, his son Kharak Singh ascended the throne.
Maharaja Ranjit Singh was born on 13th of November in 1780 in the Gujranwala, now a flourishing town in Pakistan. He was born in a Sikh family, and his Sikh clan was from Northern India.
About his family there are different views. Some historians claim that Ranjit Singh was born in a Jatt Sikh family while