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	During the siege of [[Sodhra]], which was being occupied by the [[Bhangi Misl]], he contracted dysentery and died in April 1790.<ref name=eos/>		During the siege of [[Sodhra]], which was being occupied by the [[Bhangi Misl]], he contracted dysentery and died in April 1790.<ref name=eos/>
			== References ==
			{{Reflist}}
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	{{succession box\|title=Leader of the [[Sukerchakia Misl]]\|before=[[Charat Singh]]\|after=[[Ranjit Singh]]		{{succession box\|title=Leader of the [[Sukerchakia Misl]]\|before=[[Charat Singh]]\|after=[[Ranjit Singh]]
	\|years=1770 –1792}}		\|years=1770 –1792}}
	{{s-end}}		{{s-end}}

	~~== References ==~~
	~~{{Reflist}}~~

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Maha}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Maha}}

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{{use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox royalty
| succession = Chief of [[Sukerchakia Misl]]
| image = Tomb of Maha Singh or Mahan Singh.jpg
| alt = Tomb of Maha Singh or Mahan Singh in [[Gujaranwala]]
| caption = Tomb of Maha Singh or Mahan Singh
| predecessor = [[Charat Singh]]
| successor = [[Ranjit Singh]]
| father = [[Charat Singh]]
| mother = [[Desan Kaur]]
| spouse= [[Mananwala| Mai Man Kaur]] <br>
[[Raj Kaur| Mai Malwain]]
| issue = [[Ranjit Singh]]
| royal house = [[Sandhawalia]]
| religion = [[Sikhism]]
|birth_date=1756|death_date=April 1792}}

'''Maha Singh''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]: ਮਹਾਂ ਸਿੰਘ) (alternatively '''Mahan Singh''')(1756– April 1792)<ref name=eos>{{cite web |url=http://www.learnpunjabi.org/eos/index.aspx
|title=MAHAN SINGH |last=Khurana |first=J.S.
|website=Encyclopaedia of Sikhism
|publisher=Punjabi University Patiala
|access-date=10 March 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="KakshiPathak2007">{{cite book|last1=Kakshi|first1=S.R.|last2=Pathak|first2=Rashmi|last3=Pathak|first3=S.R.Bakshi R.|title=Punjab Through the Ages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K_FRF3a5y2EC|accessdate=12 June 2010|date=2007-01-01|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-738-1|pages=272–274}}</ref> was the misaldar of the [[Sukerchakia Misl]]. Upon the death of his father, [[Charat Singh]], he succeeded to the leadership of the Sukerchakia Misl. His son [[Ranjit Singh]] succeeded him and established the [[Sikh Empire]]. He is known for his alliance with [[Jassa Singh Ramgarhia]] and for reducing the power of the [[Kanheya Misl]]. Maha Singh married firstly [[Sardar| Sardarni]] [[Mananwala| Mai Man Kaur]], daughter of Sardar Jai Singh Mann of [[Mogalchak]]-[[Mananwala]], and secondly [[Sardar| Sardarni]] [[Raj Kaur]], daughter of Raja Gajpat Singh of [[Jind]].

==Leadership of the Sukerchakia Misl==
As the new leader of the [[Sukerchakia Misl]] he captured the [[Rohtas Fort]] from [[Nur ud-Din Bamezai]], a general of [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]]. With the help of [[Jai Singh Kanheya]] he laid a four-month siege to [[Rasool Nagar]] and captured the city from Pir Mohammed, its [[Chattha]] leader. The reputation he gained as a result of the siege led to Sardars loyal to the [[Bhangi Misl]] defecting to him<ref>{{Cite book
| last = Kakshi
| first = S.R.
|author2=Rashmi Pathak |author3=S.R.Bakshi |author4=R. Pathak
| title = Punjab Through the Ages
| publisher = Sarup and Son
| year = 2007
| location = New Delhi
| pages = 16–17
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=kxtEFA5qqR8C&q=charat%20singh&pg=PA16
| isbn = 978-81-7625-738-1}}</ref> He continued to expand his territory and captured [[Pindi Bhattian]], [[Sahiwal]], [[Isakhel]], [[Kotli Loharan (disambiguation)|Kotli Loharan]], and [[Jhang]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/sikh-political-figures/mahan-singh-2.html |title=Mahan Singh, The Sikh Encyclopedia |access-date=3 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214040711/http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/sikh-political-figures/mahan-singh-2.html |archive-date=14 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1784–5, He used a feud between rulers to raid [[Jammu]], but because he gained a great degree of wealth without sharing or informing his partner [[Jai Singh Kanheya]], Jai Singh refused his attempts to reconcile.<ref>{{cite book |title=A history of the Sikhs, from the origin of the nation to the battles of the Sutlej |last=Cunningham |first=Joseph Davey |year=1918|publisher=Oxford University Press |location=London, New York |page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31113/page/n176 118] |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31113|quote=a history of the sikhs cunningham. }}</ref> Maha Singh then created an alliance with [[Jassa Singh Ramgarhia]] and defeated the [[Kanheya Misl]] at the [[Battle of Batala]]. During the battle, [[Jai Singh Kanheya]]'s son and successor, [[Gurbaksh Singh Kanhaiya|Gurbaksh Singh Kanheya]], was killed. His widow, [[Sada Kaur]] betrothed her daughter to [[Ranjit Singh]], Singh's Son. [[Sada Kaur]] would later succeed to the leadership of the [[Kanheya Misl]] and aided [[Ranjit Singh]] in his early victories.

During the siege of [[Sodhra]], which was being occupied by the [[Bhangi Misl]], he contracted dysentery and died in April 1790.<ref name=eos/>

{{s-start}}
{{succession box|title=Leader of the [[Sukerchakia Misl]]|before=[[Charat Singh]]|after=[[Ranjit Singh]]
|years=1770 –1792}}
{{s-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Maha}}
[[Category:Indian Sikhs]]
[[Category:Sikh warriors]]
[[Category:1792 deaths]]
[[Category:Year of birth unknown]]
[[Category:Ranjit Singh]]

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