Sher Singh

E90202

Maharaja Sikh prince historical figure ruler

Sher Singh was a 19th-century Maharaja of the Sikh Empire who briefly ruled Punjab during the turbulent period following Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s death.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sher Singh Attariwalla	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Maharaja ⓘ Sikh prince ⓘ historical figure ⓘ ruler ⓘ
associatedWith	Khalsa Sarkar ⓘ surface form: Khalsa army Lahore Darbar ⓘ
causeOfEndOfReign	assassination ⓘ
centuryActive	19th century ⓘ
conflict	Sikh Empire succession disputes ⓘ
countryRuled	Punjab ⓘ Sikh Empire ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Sikh people ⓘ surface form: Sikh
father	Maharaja Sher Singh ⓘ surface form: Ranjit Singh
follows	Kharak Singh ⓘ Nau Nihal Singh ⓘ
fullName	Maharaja Sher Singh ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late Sikh Empire era ⓘ
languageContext	Punjabi language ⓘ surface form: Punjabi
memberOfDynasty	Sandhawalia branch of the Sukerchakia dynasty ⓘ
monarchOf	Lahore NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother	Mehtab Kaur ⓘ
notableEvent	accession during turbulent period after Ranjit Singh’s death ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the last major Sikh rulers before British annexation of Punjab ⓘ brief rule of the Sikh Empire ⓘ struggle for succession after Ranjit Singh’s death ⓘ
politicalContext	post-Ranjit Singh fragmentation of the Sikh Empire ⓘ
positionHeld	Maharaja Sher Singh ⓘ surface form: Maharaja of Punjab Maharaja Sher Singh ⓘ surface form: Maharaja of the Sikh Empire
powerBase	Punjab nobility ⓘ
predecessor	Kharak Singh ⓘ surface form: Maharaja Kharak Singh Maharaja Nau Nihal Singh ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Lahore NERFINISHED ⓘ Punjab ⓘ
relative	Chand Kaur ⓘ Duleep Singh ⓘ Kharak Singh ⓘ Nau Nihal Singh ⓘ
religion	Sikhism ⓘ
successor	Duleep Singh ⓘ surface form: Maharaja Duleep Singh
successorStateContext	British expansion in North India ⓘ
title	Maharaja Sher Singh ⓘ surface form: Maharaja of Lahore

Referenced by (4)

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

Maharaja Ranjit Singh → child → Sher Singh ⓘ

Anglo-Sikh Wars → notableCommander → Sher Singh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sher Singh Attariwalla

Sikh Empire → notableRuler → Sher Singh ⓘ

Duleep Singh → predecessor → Sher Singh ⓘ