Sher-e-Punjab

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Sher-e-Punjab is the honorific title of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the famed 19th-century Sikh ruler who unified much of the Punjab region into a powerful empire.

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Sher-e-Punjab canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific title
associatedWithCapital Lahore
associatedWithEmpire Sikh Empire
associatedWithHistoricalFigureBirthYear 1780
associatedWithHistoricalFigureDeathYear 1839
associatedWithHistoricalFigureReignEnd 1839
associatedWithHistoricalFigureReignStart 1801
associatedWithRegion Punjab
associatedWithReligion Sikhism
category Indian honorific titles
Punjabi-language honorifics
Sikh royal titles
countryContext India
Pakistan
culturalContext Punjabi culture
honorificFor Maharaja Ranjit Singh
surface form: Maharaja of the Sikh Empire

Sikh ruler
unifier of much of Punjab
languageOfOrigin Persian language
surface form: Persian
meaning Lion of Punjab
notableBearer Maharaja Ranjit Singh
refersTo Maharaja Ranjit Singh
timePeriodOfProminence 19th century
titleType heroic epithet
royal epithet
usedFor Maharaja Ranjit Singh
usedIn Punjabi popular culture
Sikh historical literature
South Asian historiography

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Maharaja Ranjit Singh alsoKnownAs Sher-e-Punjab
Lion of Punjab alsoKnownAs Sher-e-Punjab