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'''Sham Singh Attariwala''' (1790 - 10 February 1846) was a general of the [[Sikh Empire]]. He was born in the 1790s in the house of well known Sikh farmers in the town of Attari (a few kilometres from the border of Indian and Pakistan Punjab in India), [[Amritsar]], in the [[Majha]] region of Panjab, India. As a child he was educated in Gurmukhi and Persian. When Ranjit singh became the Maharaja of Punjab, he got Attariwala's services at his disposal. Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]] knowing his qualities and fighting abilities made him a 'Jathedar' of 5000 horsemen. He participated actively in many campaigns, notably like the campaign of Multan, campaign of Kashmir, campaign of the Frontier Province etc.<br />
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Sham Singh Attariwala is also famous for his last stand at the [[Battle of Sobraon]]. He joined the Sikh military in 1817 and during the [[Afghan–Sikh Wars]] participated in the [[Battle of Attock]], [[Battle of Multan]], [[Battle of Peshawar (1834)|Battle of Peshawar]], and the [[1819 Kashmir expedition]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/sikh-political-figures/sham-singh-atarlvala|title=The Sikh Encyclopedia(ਸਿੱਖ ਵਿਸ਼ਵਕੋਸ਼) - Sham Singh Atarivala|accessdate=4 July 2018}}</ref> His daughter was married to [[Prince Nau Nihal Singh]] and he served on the [[council of regency]] for [[Duleep Singh|Maharajah Dalip Singh]].<br />
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Upon his death, his wife Mai Dasi committed [[sati (practice)|sati]] (self-immolation) in her bridal dress.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q7uHAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA179|editor1=Jan Bremmer|editor2=Lourens Van Den Bosch|title=Between Poverty and the Pyre: Moments in the History of Widowhood|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=1995|page=179|isbn=0-415-08370-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Ranjit Singh's Khalsa Raj and Attariwala Sardars |isbn = 9788171161652|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oFFuAAAAMAAJ|last1 = Sidhu|first1 = Kuldip Singh|year = 1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G421AAAAIAAJ&q=sham+singh+attari+wife|author=Vishwanath Datta|author-link=Vishwanath Datta|title=Sati: a historical, social and philosophical enquiry into the Hindu rite of widow burning|year=1988|pages=279|isbn=9780913215319}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K2ulKHNUktYC&pg=PA67|author=Lepel Henry Griffin|author-link=Lepel Griffin|title=Ranjit Singh and the Sikh Barrier Between Our Growing Empire and Central Asia|year=1905|page=67|isbn=9788120619180}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*{{cite book|author1=Ahluwalia, M.L.|author2=Singh, Kirpal|title=Punjab Pioneer Freedom Fighters|year=1963|publisher=Orient Longmans|location=New Delhi}}<br />
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