Arjan Singh Chahal

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Sardar Bahadur Arjan Singh Chahal CIE (1839–1908) was a Sikh Chahal Jat of Chahal village in Amritsar in what is now the Indian state of Punjab. He was only seven when his father Sardar Javala Singh, died in 1846.^[1] He held large Jagirs in Tarn Taran Sahib tehsil, and in the Lyallpur District in the present day Punjab Province of Pakistan.^[2]

From 1890 to 1896 Arjan Singh was manager of the Golden Temple, Amritsar He was appointed president of the 11-member lighting committee set up in 1896 to arrange the installation of electricity in the Golden Temple.^[1]

He received the title of Sardar Bahadur in 1894,^[1] and was made a Companion of the Indian Empire in 1906.^[2] Arjan Singh died at the age of 69 in January 1908.^[1]

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "Arjan Singh Chahal". The Sikh Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Nijjar, B. S. (10 December 2007). Origins and History of Jats and Other Allied Nomadic Tribes of India. Atlantic Publishers and Distributors. p. 400. ISBN 978-81-269-0908-7.

[Sikh_Encyclopedia.com_-_Arjan_Singh_Chahal-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "Arjan Singh Chahal". The Sikh Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 27 December 2011.

[Origins_and_History_of_Jats_and_Other_Allied_Nomadic_Tribes_of_India_p_87-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Nijjar, B. S. (10 December 2007). Origins and History of Jats and Other Allied Nomadic Tribes of India. Atlantic Publishers and Distributors. p. 400. ISBN 978-81-269-0908-7.

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