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The '''Dallewalia''' [[misl]] was a [[Sikh]] state in 18th century India. The founder of this Misl was [[Sardar Gulab Singh Rathore]] aka Gulaba<ref>Singh, Surinder Pal (2009). ''History Of Sikh Misls''. p.&nbsp;149</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Dhavan, Purnima.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/695560144|title=When sparrows became hawks : the making of the Sikh warrior tradition, 1699-1799|date=2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-975655-1|location=New York|oclc=695560144}}</ref> resident of the village of [[Dalewal|Dallewal]] near Dera Baba Nanak, in Doaba Bist [[Jalandhar]]. <ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Surinder Pal|title=History Of Sikh Misls|publisher=|year=2009|isbn=|location=|pages=149}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite book|last=Dhawan|first=Purnima|title=When Sparrows Became Hawks, The Making of the Sikh Warrior Tradition, 1699–1799|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0-19-975655-1|location=|pages=}}</ref> <ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Gupta|first=Hari Ram|title=History of the Sikhs: The Sikh commonwealth or Rise and fall of Sikh misls|publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishing|year=1978|isbn=|location=|pages=52}}</ref>  He took [[Pahul]] and became an active member of the [[Dal Khalsa (Sikh Army)|Dal Khalsa]] in 1726 A.D and launched upon a career of chivalry, fighting against the tyrannical government of the Punjab. One day at the head of 150 comrades, he attacked Jalandhar and having obtained a rich booty all of them returned to their camp in the jungle safely. The Sikhs began to call him "Gulab Singh [[Rathore]]".<ref>{{Cite book|last=www.DiscoverSikhism.com|url=http://archive.org/details/HistoryOfTheSikhsVol.IvTheSikhCommonwealthOrRiseAndFallOfSikh|title=History Of The Sikhs Vol. IV The Sikh Commonwealth Or Rise And Fall Of Sikh Misls|language=English}}</ref>

Gulab Singh, with his two brothers, Dayal Singh and Gurdyal Singh and two sons, Jaipal Singh and Hardyal Singh, actively participated in the chhota ghallughara in June 1746. In 1748, Gulab Singh was declared to be the head of the Dallewalias with Gurdyal Singh and [[Sardar Tara Singh Ghaiba|Tara Singh Ghaiba]] as his deputies <ref name=":0" />

* [[Sardar Gulab Singh]]