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'''[[Shah#Shahzada|Shahzada]] Tara Singh [[Bahadur (title)|Bahadur]]''' (4 December 1807 – 1859) was the fourth son of [[Ranjit Singh]], Maharaja of [[Sikh Empire]] and younger twin brother [[Sher Singh]]. His mother was Maharani [[Mahtab Kaur]], family of Sandhawaila Jatt prince. but it is said that his actual mother was Manki, a Muslim slave-girl of Mai Sada Kaur. Dhaliwal{{cn|date=June 2020}} After the Sikh war, he died in 1859.
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| birth_date  = 4 December 1807
| birth_place  = [[Batala]], [[Sikh Empire]], now [[Gurdaspur district]], [[Punjab, India]]
| death_date  = 1859
| death_place  = [[Dasuya]], [[Hoshiarpur]]
| spouse      = Dharam Kaur Randhawa
| house        = [[Sukerchakia]]
| father      = [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]]
| mother      = [[Mehtab Kaur|Maharani Mehtab Kaur Kanhaiyā]]
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'''Kunwar Tara Singh''' (4 December 1807 – 1859), sometimes styled as ''Shahzada'' was the younger of the twins of [[Maharaja Ranjeet Singh|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]], founder of [[Sikh Empire]] and his first wife [[Mehtab Kaur|Maharani Mehtab Kaur]]. His elder twin brother, [[Sher Singh|Maharaja Sher Singh]], who briefly became the ruler of the [[Sikh Empire]] from 1841 until his death in 1843.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Griffin|first=Lepel Henry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z1UoAAAAYAAJ&q=nakai|title=The Panjab Chiefs: Historical and Biographical Notices of the Principal Families in the Lahore and Rawalpindi Divisions of the Panjab|date=1890|publisher=Civil and Military Gazette Press|language=en}}</ref>
 
It is said that his actual mother was Manki, a Muslim servant in the household of [[Sada Kaur]] He died in 1859, after the Sikh war.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Griffin|first=Lepel Henry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z1UoAAAAYAAJ&q=nakai|title=The Panjab Chiefs: Historical and Biographical Notices of the Principal Families in the Lahore and Rawalpindi Divisions of the Panjab|date=1890|publisher=Civil and Military Gazette Press|language=en}}</ref>


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Tara Singh
Born4 December 1807
Batala, Sikh Empire, now Gurdaspur district, Punjab, India
Died1859
Dasuya, Hoshiarpur
SpouseDharam Kaur Randhawa
HouseSukerchakia
FatherMaharaja Ranjit Singh
MotherMaharani Mehtab Kaur Kanhaiyā

Kunwar Tara Singh (4 December 1807 – 1859), sometimes styled as Shahzada was the younger of the twins of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, founder of Sikh Empire and his first wife Maharani Mehtab Kaur. His elder twin brother, Maharaja Sher Singh, who briefly became the ruler of the Sikh Empire from 1841 until his death in 1843.[1]

It is said that his actual mother was Manki, a Muslim servant in the household of Sada Kaur He died in 1859, after the Sikh war.[2]

Note[edit | edit source]

  1. Griffin, Lepel Henry (1890). The Panjab Chiefs: Historical and Biographical Notices of the Principal Families in the Lahore and Rawalpindi Divisions of the Panjab. Civil and Military Gazette Press.
  2. Griffin, Lepel Henry (1890). The Panjab Chiefs: Historical and Biographical Notices of the Principal Families in the Lahore and Rawalpindi Divisions of the Panjab. Civil and Military Gazette Press.