18 Jathas of the original 65 belonged to the Bhangi Misl.

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 Before the reorganisation of the 65 Sikh Jathas into 11 Sikh Misls by Nawab Kapur Singh, 18 Jathas and Jathedars belonged to the Bhangis…with one of the Jathas under Sardar Lehna Singh Kahlon!


Here is the list…and you can recognise all the Bhangi Sardars…also, pay homage to these men and their mighty warriors who faced the might of the Mughal and Durrani Empires…and won!


You can see that there was a Jatha under Sardar Hari Singh Dhillon, another under his oldest son Jhanda, another under his younger son Ganda, one under Natha Singh who I think is Gujjar’s father, a Jatha under Gujjar Singh Bhangi who is one of my favourites, another under Gujjar’s brother Nirbahu Singh…to whose son Gujjar assigned Ferozepur and surrounding districts, our Lehna Singh which I assume he inherited from his adopted father Sardar Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu of Village Roranwala…and you will also recognise a recurring pattern with certain villages eg Village Kanha which was mostly Sandhu Jats which also supplied Sardar Sobha Singh Kanhaiya who ruled Lahore with Lehna and Gujjar as well as Sardar Jai Singh Kanhaiya…and also some famous Sikh Martyrs such as Baba Deep Singh Shahid who sacrificed his life fighting the Afghans at the Golden Temple, Amritsar after taking a vow that he would break through the Afghan cordon.


“At that time there were 65 small Jathas under different Sardars as under: Jatha under Nawab Kapur Singh Faizullapuria, Jatha under Jassa Singh(Ahluwalia) of village Kalal, Jatha under Hari Singh Dhillon (Bhangi) village Panjwar, Jatha under Jhanda Singh (Bhangi), Jatha under Ganda Singh (Bhangi) village Panjwar, Jatha under Natha Singh (belonging to the Bhangi Misal), Jatha under Gujjar Singh Bhangi, Jatha under Garja Singh, Jatha under Nibahu Singh (brothers of Gujjar Singh Bhangi), Jatha under Lehna Singh Khallon, (Bhangi), Jatha under Mehtab Singh village Khakh, district Amritsar, Jatha under Charat Singh Kanahiya, Jatha under Diwan Singh, Jatha under Phula Singh village Panawala, Jatha under Sanwal Singh Randhawa village Wagha (Belonging to the Bhangis), Jatha under Gurbakhsh Singh village Doda (Later joined the Bhangis), Jatha under Dharam Singh village Klalwala (belonging to the Bhangi Misal), Jatha under Tara Singh village Chainpuria (belonging to the Bhangis), Jatha under Bagh Singh village Kot Syed Muhammad, Jatha under Haqiqat Singh Kanahiya, Jatha under Mehtab Singh village Wadala Sandhuan (belonging to the Bhangis), Jatha under Jai Singh village Kahna, Jatha under Jandu Singh village Kahna, Jatha under Tara Singh village Kahna, Jatha under Sobha Singh village Kahna, Jatha under Bhim Singh village Kahna, Jatha under Amar Singh village Wagha, Jatha under Sobha Singh village Bhika, Jatha under Baghel Singh village Jhabal, Jatha under Gulab Singh village Dallewal, Jatha under Hari Singh village Dallewal, Jatha under Naudh Singh Sukerchakia, Jatha under Gulab Singh village Majitha, Jatha under Mehtab Singh village Julka, Jatha under Karora Singh village Pangarh, Jatha under Hara Singh, Jatha under Lajja Singh, Jatha under Nand Singh village Sanghna, Jatha under Kapur Singh village Surianwala (belonging to the Bhangis), Jatha under Amar Singh village Kingra ( latter joined with the Bhangis), Jatha under Jiwan Singh village Qila Jiwan Singh (belonging to the Bhangi Misal), Jatha under Sahib Singh of Sialkot (latter joined with the Bhangis), Jatha under Deep Singh Shahid , Jatha under Natha Singh Shahid, Jatha under Madan Singh, Jatha under Mohan Singh village Ranian, Jatha under Bagh Singh Hallowal (belonging to the Bhangs), Jatha under Jhanda Singh village Sultan Vind ( near Amritsar), Jatha under Mirja Singh Tarkhan, Jatha under Sham Singh Mann village Bulqichak, Jatha under Mala Singh, Jatha under Bahal Singh Village Shekupura, Jatha under Amar Singh, Jatha under Hira Singh, Jatha under Ganga Singh, Jatha under Lal Singh, Jatha under Tara Singh Mann village Mannawala district Amritsar ( latter joined with the Bhangis), Jatha under Mehtab Singh village Lalpur (Tarn Taran), Jatha under Roop Singh, Jatha under Anoop Singh Nakai, Jatha under Dasunda Singh, Jatha under Tara Singh Gheba of Dallewal, Jatha under Dharam Singh Khatri (Amritsar), Jatha under Sukha Singh village Mari Kamboke, Jatha under Jassa Singh Ramgarhia.”


“After the departure of Ahmed Shah Abdali all the Sikhs Sardars with their followers assembled at Amritsar in large numbers for the Baisakhi celebration on March 29th, 1748 and discussed the Panthic agenda. Nawab Kapur Singh moved the resolution that the Panth needed solidarity and should have one strong organization and one leader and Jathedar, who was to be elected by the entire Panth. To take a collective action against the Mughals and Ahmad Shah Abdali, they reconstituted their small Jathas and gave them a more cohesive shape by combining all their fighting units and reorganizing themselves into one strong organization which was given the name Dal Khalsa - the entire fighting body of the Sikhs. Jassa Singh Ahluwalia was unanimously appointed the supreme commander of the Dal Khalsa.123”

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