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The Kanhaiyas, who had replaced the [[Bhangi Misl|Bhangis]] as the most powerful ''[[misl]]'', disputed Ranjit Singh's father's right to plunder [[Jammu]], and in one of the many skirmishes between the two ''misl''s, Gurbaksh Singh was killed in battle against Maha Singh in February 1785.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Garrett|first1=Joseph Davey Cunningham ; edited by H.L.O.|title=A history of the Sikhs from the origin of the nation to the battles of the Sutlej|date=1994|publisher=Asian Educational Services|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788120609501|page=175}}</ref> | The Kanhaiyas, who had replaced the [[Bhangi Misl|Bhangis]] as the most powerful ''[[misl]]'', disputed Ranjit Singh's father's right to plunder [[Jammu]], and in one of the many skirmishes between the two ''misl''s, Gurbaksh Singh was killed in battle against Maha Singh in February 1785.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Garrett|first1=Joseph Davey Cunningham ; edited by H.L.O.|title=A history of the Sikhs from the origin of the nation to the battles of the Sutlej|date=1994|publisher=Asian Educational Services|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788120609501|page=175}}</ref> | ||
In the absence of any heir, Gurbaksh Singh's widowed wife, Sada Kaur (an intelligent and ambitious woman) became the chief of the Kanhaiya Misl after her father-in-law's death in 1789.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Roy|first1=Kaushik|title=Military Manpower, Armies and Warfare in South Asia|date=2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317321286|page=82|language=en}}</ref> She played an important role in Ranjit Singh's rise to power in [[Punjab]] and used to lend support of the Kanhaiya ''misl'' to Ranjit Singh till 1821, when she developed differences with him and as a consequence lost her territory to him.<ref name="Singha" /> | In the absence of any heir, Gurbaksh Singh's widowed wife, [[Sada Kaur]] (an intelligent and ambitious woman) became the chief of the Kanhaiya Misl after her father-in-law's death in 1789.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Roy|first1=Kaushik|title=Military Manpower, Armies and Warfare in South Asia|date=2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317321286|page=82|language=en}}</ref> She played an important role in Ranjit Singh's rise to power in [[Punjab]] and used to lend support of the Kanhaiya ''misl'' to Ranjit Singh till 1821, when she developed differences with him and as a consequence lost her territory to him.<ref name="Singha" /> | ||
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