Maharaja Ranjit Singh

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Sikh ruler founder of state human monarch

Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the 19th-century founder and ruler of the Sikh Empire, renowned for unifying much of northwestern India, including Punjab, and governing through a relatively secular and tolerant administration.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Ranjit Singh 3
Maharaja of the Sikh Empire 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sikh ruler ⓘ
founder of state ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lion of Punjab ⓘ
Sher-e-Punjab ⓘ
birthName Budh Singh ⓘ
burialPlace Samadhi of Ranjit Singh, Lahore ⓘ
capitalOfRealm Lahore ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
child Duleep Singh ⓘ
Kharak Singh ⓘ
Sher Singh ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Sikh Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1780-11-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1839-06-27 ⓘ
dynasty Sandhawalia Sukerchakia misl ⓘ
endOfReign 1839 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Punjabi language ⓘ
surface form: Punjabi
father Maha Singh ⓘ
founded Sikh Empire ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
inceptionOfReign 1801 ⓘ
knownFor founding the Sikh Empire ⓘ
modernizing Sikh Khalsa army ⓘ
secular and tolerant administration ⓘ
unifying much of northwestern India ⓘ
languageSpoken Punjabi ⓘ
militaryConflict Anglo-Sikh Wars ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-Sikh relations

campaigns in Kashmir ⓘ
campaigns in Peshawar ⓘ
mother Raj Kaur ⓘ
name Maharaja Ranjit Singh self-link ⓘ
notableWork patronage of Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Gujranwala ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
surface form: Punjab region
placeOfDeath Lahore ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
surface form: Punjab region
policy inclusion of Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs in administration ⓘ
religious tolerance ⓘ
positionHeld Maharaja Ranjit Singh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Maharaja of the Sikh Empire

ruler of Punjab ⓘ
religion Sikhism ⓘ
spouse Mehtab Kaur ⓘ
surface form: Datar Kaur

Maharani Jind Kaur ⓘ
Mehtab Kaur ⓘ
territoryRuled Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
surface form: Kashmir

Multan ⓘ
Peshawar ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hari Singh Nalwa → allegiance → Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
Hari Singh Nalwa → associatedWith → Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
Punjab → associatedWith → Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
Duleep Singh → father → Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ranjit Singh
Sikh Empire → founder → Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
Sikh people → historicalLeader → Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
Sikh rupee → issuedUnder → Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
Maharaja Ranjit Singh → name → Maharaja Ranjit Singh self-link ⓘ
Ranjit Sagar Dam → namedAfter → Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ranjit Singh
Thein Dam → namedAfter → Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ranjit Singh
Akali Phula Singh → notableCommander → Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
Sikh Empire → notableRuler → Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
Maharaja Ranjit Singh → positionHeld → Maharaja Ranjit Singh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maharaja of the Sikh Empire
Akali Phula Singh → servedUnder → Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ