Khalsa Army

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army military force

The Khalsa Army was the formidable military force of the Sikh Empire in the early 19th century, renowned for its disciplined organization and successful campaigns under leaders like Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

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Label Occurrences
Khalsa Army canonical 9
Khalsa army 3
Sikh Khalsa army 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
military force ⓘ
activePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
allegiance Maharaja Ranjit Singh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sikh Empire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fauj-i-Khas ⓘ
Khalsa Army ⓘ
surface form: Khalsa Fauj
capitalOfRulingState Lahore ⓘ
commander Maharaja Ranjit Singh NERFINISHED ⓘ
component Akali Nihang units ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
irregular forces ⓘ
country Sikh Empire ⓘ
disestablished 1849 ⓘ
disestablishedFollowing annexation of the Sikh Empire by the British ⓘ
engagedInConflict Anglo-Sikh Wars ⓘ
Battle of Peshawar ⓘ
surface form: Peshawar campaigns

annexation of Kashmir ⓘ
campaigns against Afghan forces ⓘ
conquest of Multan ⓘ
founder Maharaja Ranjit Singh NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquarters Lahore ⓘ
historicalRegion Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
inception 1801 ⓘ
influencedBy European military tactics ⓘ
Napoleonic drill and organization ⓘ
knownFor discipline ⓘ
modernization ⓘ
successful military campaigns ⓘ
languageOfCommand Persian ⓘ
Punjabi ⓘ
namedAfter Khalsa ⓘ
notableCommander Akali Phula Singh ⓘ
Claude Auguste Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hari Singh Nalwa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Ventura ⓘ
Jean-François Allard NERFINISHED ⓘ
Misr Diwan Chand ⓘ
Paolo Avitabile NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Sikh Empire ⓘ
primaryTheaterOfOperations Afghan frontier ⓘ
northwestern India ⓘ
surface form: North-Western India

Punjab ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Sikhism ⓘ
role defense of the Sikh Empire ⓘ
expansion of the Sikh Empire ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

Hari Singh Nalwa → militaryBranch → Khalsa Army ⓘ
Hari Singh Nalwa → associatedWith → Khalsa Army ⓘ
Kharak Singh → associatedWith → Khalsa Army ⓘ
Sandhawalia Sukerchakia misl → associatedWith → Khalsa Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khalsa army
Battle of Chillianwala → belligerent → Khalsa Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sikh Khalsa army
Battle of Chillianwala → belligerent → Khalsa Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sikh Empire forces
Battle of Chillianwala → combatant2 → Khalsa Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sikh Khalsa army of Sher Singh
Battle of Gujrat → opponent → Khalsa Army ⓘ
Tej Singh → politicalEntity → Khalsa Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khalsa army of the Sikh Empire
Second Anglo-Sikh War → combatantStrength → Khalsa Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khalsa Sikh forces
Lal Singh → militaryBranch → Khalsa Army ⓘ
Lal Singh → associatedWith → Khalsa Army ⓘ
Sukerchakia misl → militaryTradition → Khalsa Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Sukerchakia Misl
this entity surface form: Khalsa army
House of Sukerchakia → associatedWith → Khalsa Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khalsa army
Battle of Nowshera → involved → Khalsa Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sikh Khalsa army
Khalsa Sarkar → militaryForce → Khalsa Army ⓘ
Maharaja Sher Singh → associatedWith → Khalsa Army ⓘ
Khalsa Army → alsoKnownAs → Khalsa Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khalsa Fauj
Battle of Attock → belligerent → Khalsa Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sikh Khalsa forces
Sikh conquest of Peshawar → hasParticipant → Khalsa Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sikh Khalsa Army
Sikh conquest of Peshawar → uses → Khalsa Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khalsa Army infantry
Battle of Multan → combatant → Khalsa Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sikh forces
Battle of Peshawar → involvedMilitaryUnit → Khalsa Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Peshawar (1834)