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<p>149.86.88.228: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Sardar]] '''Raja''' '''Mahan Singh Mirpuri''' '''Bali''' (born in [[Mirpur, Pakistan|Mirpur]], Azad Kashmir) was a famous general in the [[Sikh Khalsa Army]], and was the second-in-command general to General Sardar [[Hari Singh Nalwa]].&lt;ref&gt;The history of the Muhiyals: The militant Brahman race of India&lt;nowiki&gt;''&lt;/nowiki&gt; (English,1911) by T.P. Russell Stracey&lt;/ref&gt; He was conferred by Maharaja Ranjit Singh the title of [[Raja]] for his conquests of [[Haripur, Pakistan|Haripur]], [[Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Nowshera]] and [[Peshawar]]. The town of [[Mansehra]] derives its name from him.<br /> <br /> ==Early life==<br /> <br /> Mahan Singh was born in [[Mirpur, Pakistan|Mirpur]] to a [[Hindu]] [[Mohyal Brahmin]] family of the [[Bali clan]]. He was the grandson of Himmat Singh Bali, and his father Daata Ram was a counselor to Sultan Raja Muqqarab Khan, the [[Gakhars|Gakhar]] Subedar of [[Gujrat, Pakistan|Gujrat]], [[Jhelum]], and [[Rawalpindi]]. Mahan Singh Mirpuri, born a [[Brahmin]] [[Hindu]], took amrit and became a [[Khalsa]] (Protector of Sanatan Dharma).&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;''Mohyal History''&lt;/nowiki&gt; (Urdu, 1940) Chuni Lal Dutt&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Military career and later Life==<br /> <br /> While in [[Lahore]] in search of a job, he happened to participate in a hunting expedition of [[Ranjit Singh|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]], in which he caught the notice of the Maharaja by single-handedly killing a leopard with his sword. Impressed by his valor, the Maharaja had him inducted into the army under the famous General [[Hari Singh Nalwa]]. <br /> <br /> Mahan Singh Mirpuri played a key role in the battles of [[Battle of Peshawar (1834)|Peshawar]] and [[Battle of Shopian|Kashmir]], and in the 1818 siege of Multan, where he was seriously wounded two times. He went on to become second-in-command to [[Hari Singh Nalwa]]. In April 1837, he was the main defender of the [[Jamrud Fort]], holding out against an invasion by the [[Afghan|Afghans]]. In the [[Battle of Jamrud]], [[Hari Singh Nalwa]] was killed but Mahan Singh maintained the news secret until reinforcements arrived from [[Lahore]]. <br /> <br /> Mai Desan, the widow of [[Hari Singh Nalwa]], adopted Mahan Singh as her son and solemnized his marriage into a [[Mohan (clan)|Mohan]] family of [[Gujranwala]] according to [[Mohyal Brahmin|Mohyal]] traditions.<br /> <br /> Mahan Singh had four sons, named Chhattar Singh, Himmat Singh, Sham Singh and Wadhawa Singh.<br /> <br /> == Death ==<br /> <br /> Sardar Raja Mahan Singh was murdered by his own soldiers in 1844, when mutiny broke out in the [[Sikh Khalsa Army]].<br /> <br /> His death at the hands of mutinying soldiers was avenged by Chhattar Singh (His Son), who was himself killed soon after.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Generals]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Mirpuri, Mahan Singh}}<br /> [[Category:Indian generals]]<br /> [[Category:People from Mansehra District]]<br /> [[Category:Punjabi people]]<br /> [[Category:Indian Sikhs]]<br /> [[Category:1844 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:People of the Sikh Empire]]<br /> [[Category:Year of birth missing]]<br /> [[Category:Assassinated Indian people]]<br /> [[Category:Assassinated military personnel]]</div>

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