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Battle of Jammu (1808)

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Battle of Jammu
Part of Afghan-Sikh Wars
Date1808
Location
Result

Sikh victory[2][page needed]

  • Capture of Jammu City.
Belligerents
Sikh Empire
  • Dogra Rajputs
Commanders and leaders
  • Hari Singh Nalwa
  • Hukam Singh Chimni[3][page needed]
  • Mian Dido Jamwal
  • Ajit Singh
  • Mian Mota
  • The Battle of Jammu was fought between Sikhs and the Dogra Rajputs in 1808. The Dogras lost Jammu and Hukam Singh Chimni captured the Jammu city. This was a great success for the Sikhs as now their route to Kashmir was open. Kashmir was later on conquered by Sikhs under Misr Diwan Chand the Army chief of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1819. In 1820, the Sikhs had to install Gulab Singh as the Raja of Jammu and as a vassal to Ranjit Singh because of the growing revolt (led by Mian Dido Jamwal and Chib Rajputs) of the Dogra Rajputs against the Sikhs. Gulab Singh would go on to establish the Dogra dynasty.[4][5][page needed]

    Further reading

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    • Sun, Sohan Lal, ` Umdat-ut- Twdnkh. Lahore, 1885–89
    • Prein Singh, Baba, Khalsa Raj de Usrayye, vol. II. Hoti Mardan,1944
    • Griffin, Lepel, and C.F. Massy, Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab. Lahore, 1909
    • Khushwant Singh, Ranjit Singh: Maharajah of the Punjab. Bombay, 1962
    • Panikkar, Gulab Singh 1930

    References

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    1. ^ Sandhu, Autar Singh (1935), General Hari Singh Nalwa, Lahore: Cunningham Historical Society
    2. ^ Sandhu, Autar Singh (1935), General Hari Singh Nalwa, Lahore: Cunningham Historical Society
    3. ^ Panikkar, K. M. (1930), Gulab Singh, London: Martin Hopkinson Ltd
    4. ^ K. Jagjit Singh. "GULAB SINGH (1792-1857)". Encyclopaedia of Sikhism. Punjabi University Patiala. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
    5. ^ Panikkar, K. M. (1930), Gulab Singh, London: Martin Hopkinson Ltd