Portrait of Sardar Gujjar Singh Bhangi.

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There is a portrait of Sardar Gujjar Singh Bhangi available at this link :

https://jatchiefs.com/sirdar-gujjar-singh-bhangi-of-lahore/?fbclid=IwAR2rSUAh0kfv4OEWIq7oaEgjZArzlHVwoZomafzCKVsl3QysjKwnszLyYV0

Please note that he was not a Sandhu but a Dhillon (not that it matters to us Sikhs but for historical accuracy - his nephew descended through his brother is a Dhillon so he is a Dhillon - see my previous post on Ferozepur). His maternal grandfather was Sardar Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu of Village Roranwala who adopted Sardar Lehna Singh Kahlon - I believe his mother Mai Lakshmi married Chaudhary Nathu Dhillon. 

I think that Gujjars descendents can be found in Village Rangarh near Amritsar.

Gujjar is one of my favourite Sikh warriors having conquered so much territory for the Sikh Quam from Ferozepur to Attock.

Maharaja Ranjit Singh is reported to have said that he was “blessed to be one-eyed” like the great Sardar Gujjar Singh Bhangi, by his court historian Sohan Lal Puri in the Umdat Ut-Twarikh Lahore Court Records.

Maharaja Ranjit Singh also so admired Sardar Gujjar Singh that he arranged for the wedding of his eldest son Prince Kharak Singh with the granddaughter of Sardar Gujjar Singh Bhangi Bibi Khem Kaur, daughter of Sardar Jodh Singh son-in-law of Sardar Sahib Singh Bhangi, Gujjars middle son who was married to Ranjit’s aunt Raj Kaur.

In fact, Gujjar Singh was best friends with Ranjit’s grandfather Sardar Charat Singh Sukarchakia and the two had embarked on a conquest of the North West Punjab together, though Gujjar Singh had done most of the campaigning over the twelve long years it took to subdue the fierce tribes in that area.

Gujjar’s story is both that of a conqueror on a world scale and also tragic, as I shall reveal in another post.



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