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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Massa Ranghar''', formally '''Ranghar''', was the [[choudhary]] of [[Mandiala]]. In 1738, Qazi Abdul Razzaq was killed in an encounter with the [[Sikhs]]. The Governor of Delhi [[Zakariya Khan Bahadur]], appointed Massa Ranghar as the commandant of [[Amritsar]]. He used the precincts of the [[Golden Temple]] for amusement with dancing girls.<ref name="Dict">{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=xajcAwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA128&pg=PA202#v=onepage&f=false |accessdate=16 June 2018 |title= Historical Dictionary of Sikhism |contribution= Massa Ranghar |page=202 |author= Fenech, E. Louis |author2= Mcleod, H.W. |publisher= Rowman & Littlefield |isbn= 978-1-4422-3601-1 |date= 2014-06-11}}</ref><br />
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The news of this sacrilegious use of the temple spread to the remote areas. Two Sikhs, [[Sukha Singh]] and [[Mehtab Singh Bhangu|Mehtab Singh]], decided to kill Massa Ranghar.<ref name=Dict/><ref>{{citation |first=H.S. |last= Singha |title= Sikh Studies, Book 6 |date=1 January 2005 |publisher= Hemkunt Press |isbn= 978-81-7010-258-8 |ref={{harvid|Singha}} }}</ref> They disguised themselves as tax collectors, entered the temple and beheaded Massa Rangar while he was enjoying the dance.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=xajcAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA128 |title= Historical Dictionary of Sikhism |page=128 |author= Fenech, E. Louis |author2= Mcleod, H. W. |publisher= Rowman & Littlefield |isbn= 978-1-4422-3601-1 |date=2014-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=xajcAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA64&q=%22Sukha+Singh%22 |title= Historical Dictionary of Sikhism |contribution= Sukha Singh |page=xxvi |author= Fenech, E. Louis |author2=Mcleod, H. W. |publisher= Rowman & Littlefield |isbn= 978-1-4422-3601-1 |date=2014-06-11 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fa6B20l9AeQC&pg=PA32&dq=kasur+arabic+punjab&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQ5vXF09nYAhUU8WMKHU-mAcc4ChDoAQg-MAY#v=onepage&q=kasur%20arabic%20punjab&f=false|title=Sikh Studies|last=Singha|first=Dr H. S.|date=2005|publisher=Hemkunt Press|isbn=9788170102588|language=en}}</ref><br />
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