Sukerchakia Misl

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The '''Sukerchakia''' [[Misl]] was one of 12 Sikh Misls in [[Punjab region|Punjab]] during the 18th century concentrated in [[Gujranwala]] and [[Hafizabad]] district in Western [[Punjab region|Punjab]] (in modern-[[Pakistan]]) and ruled from (1752-1801). Misl was founded by [[Charat Singh]] a [[jat]] of [[Sandhawalia]] and grandfather of Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sukerchakia Misl|url=https://www.sukerchakia.com/sukerchakia-misl/}}</ref> The Sukerchakia last Misldar (commander of the Misl) was Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]]. Towards the end of the eighteenth century, Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]] united all the [[Misl]]s and established an independent [[Sikh Empire]].

== History ==
[[File:Maharaja Ranjit Singh family.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Maharaja Ranjit Singh's family genealogy.]]
Sardar Naudh Singh was the landlord chaudhary of [[Gujranwala]] area that he renamed as Shukar Chak i.e. Thanks for the land. Sardar [[Charat Singh]] was the eldest son of Sardar Naudh Singh, the father of Maha Singh, and the grandfather of Ranjit Singh. Charat Singh created the Sukerchakia Misl.<ref>{{cite book |last=Khushwant Singh |title=Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of the Punjab |publisher=Penguin Books, India |date=2008 |pages=1–3 |chapter=Chapter 1: Ranjit Singh's Ancestors, Birth and the Years of Tutelage |isbn=9780143065432 }}</ref><ref>http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/warriors/charat.html</ref>
He distinguished himself at an early age in campaigns against [[Ahmad Shah Abdali]] and split from the Singhpuria Misl to establish The Sukerchakia Misl in [[Gujranwala]].<ref name="Jean-Marie Lafont 2002">Lafont, Jean-Marie (2002) ''Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Lord of the Five Rivers''. Oxford: Oxford University Press</ref><ref>See:
* "Two, Ranjit Singh who seemingly got "total ascendancy" in Punjab was not a Jat but a Sansi...", Sangat Singh, ''McLeod and Fenech as Scholars on Sikhism and Martyrdom''; presented in International Sikh conferences 2000, www.globalsikhstudies.net
* Singh, Sher (1965) ''The Sansis of Punjab: a Gypsy and denotified tribe of Rajput origin''; Maharaja Ranjit Singh: the most glorious Sansi, p. 13. Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal
* Singh, Sangat (1995) ''The Sikhs in History''; 2nd ed. New York: S. Singh {{ISBN|0-9647555-0-5}}; p. 92
* Singh, Fauja (1981) ''Some Aspects of State and Society Under Ranjit Singh''. New Delhi: Master Publishers; p. 5
* Sandhawalia, Preminder Singh (1999) ''Noblemen and Kinsmen: history of a Sikh family''. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal {{ISBN|81-215-0914-9}}</ref><ref>This claim arose when "a Sansi Jat t clan was also recorded in early imperial censuses, which were rather crude and inaccurate. But the numbers of this "Jatt" clan were extremely small , indicating it, at best, as a very recent accretion into... a functional category , composed of diverse farming identities". See {{cite web | url =http://www.sikhcastes.com/sikh-caste-names/sansi-sikh-subcastes/family-tree-of-maharaja-ranjit-singh | title =Family Tree of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Great Sansi | date =11 August 2012 | website =www.sikhcastes.com | access-date =19 November 2015}}</ref> He married Sardarni Desan Kaur the daughter of Sardar Amir Singh of Gujranwala, an older but still powerful sardar, and moved his headquarters there. He extended his rule in [[Rohtas, Pakistan|Rohtas]], [[Chakwal]], Pind Dadan Khan which Stood in Pothohar Region of Northern Punjab and took [[Wazirabad]] under his control. Then came Sardar Maha Singh (d.1792) who also expanded the Misl further. After the decline of the [[Mughals]], Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]] united all the [[misls]] and shaped a powerful kingdom in [[Punjab region|Punjab]].

"[[Charat Singh]] strengthened his position by matrimonial alliances.
* Dal Singh Kalianwala of Alipur renamed Akālgarh was married to the sister of Charat Singh.
* Sohel Singh [[Bhangi Misl|Bhangi]] was married to the daughter of Charat Singh.
* Sahib Singh Bhangi, son of Gujar Singh, was married to another daughter, Raj Kaur.
* Charat's Singh's son [[Mahan Singh]] was married to the daughter of Jai Singh Mann of [[Mogalchak]]-[[Mananwala]].
To establish a prominent place for himself among the Sikhs Charat Singh built a fort at Amritsar to the north of the city." - '''[[Hari Ram Gupta]]'''<ref>{{cite book
|last = Gupta
|first = Hari Ram
|title = History of the Sikhs. Vol. IV: Sikh Commonwealth or Rise and Fall of the Misls
|publisher = Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1982
|isbn = 978-8121501651
|pages = 304}}</ref>

==Battles fought by Sukerchakia Misl==
* [[Battle of Lahore, (1759)]]
* [[Battle of Sialkot (1761)]]
* [[Battle of Gujranwala (1761)]].<ref name="sarsa">{{cite book|url=http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges|page=419|author=Jacques, Tony|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-33536-5|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626120848/http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0|archive-date=2015-06-26}}</ref><ref name="Raj Pal Singh 2004 116">{{cite book|title= The Sikhs : Their Journey Of Five Hundred Years|author= Raj Pal Singh|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ra19YSPDliQC&q=hargobind+jahangir&pg=PA21|publisher= Pentagon Press|year= 2004|isbn= 9788186505465|page= 116}}</ref>
* [[Sikh Occupation of Lahore]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Grewal |first=J.S. |date=1990 |title=The Sikhs of the Punjab |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2_nryFANsoYC&q=%22jamadar+khushal+singh%22&pg=PA91 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=91 |isbn=0-521-63764-3 |access-date=15 April 2014 }}</ref>
* [[Battle of Sialkot (1763)]].<ref name="sarsa"/>
* [[Battle of Amritsar (1797)]]
* [[Battle of Gujrat (1797)]]
* [[Battle of Amritsar (1798)]]<ref>Bhagat Singh, ''A History of Sikh Misals''</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4udb8LsF3-oC&q=Phulkian+Misl&pg=PA46|title=Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Last to Lay Arms|last=Duggal|first=K. S.|publisher=Abhinav Publications|year=2001|isbn=9788170174103|pages=46}}</ref>

==References==
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