Ranjit Singh
1780 CE–1839 CE · Lahore
Ranjit Singh (1780-1839), known as the 'Lion of Punjab,' was the founder and first maharaja of the Sikh Empire in the northwestern subcontinent. He unified the rival Sikh misls (confederacies) and captured Lahore in 1799, proclaiming himself maharaja in 1801. He built a powerful modernized army, extended his rule over Punjab, Kashmir, and Peshawar, and governed a state whose subjects and officials included Sikhs, Hindus, and Muslims. His empire endured until it fell to the British a decade after his death.
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