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|battles= [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Mutiny]]<br/>[[Second Opium War]]<br/>[[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] | |battles= [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Mutiny]]<br/>[[Second Opium War]]<br/>[[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] | ||
* [[Battle of Kandahar]] | * [[Battle of Kandahar (1880)|Battle of Kandahar]] | ||
|awards= [[Indian Order of Merit]] | |awards= [[Indian Order of Merit]] | ||
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Sardar Bahadur [[Risaldar Major]] '''Ganda Singh Datt''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|IOM}} (1830 – July 1903) was a decorated soldier in the [[British Indian Army]], who served in the [[19th Lancers|19th Regiment of Bengal Lancers]] (also known as Fane's Horse). | Sardar Bahadur [[Risaldar Major]] '''Ganda Singh Datt''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|IOM}} (1830 – July 1903) was a decorated soldier in the [[British Indian Army]], who served in the [[19th Lancers|19th Regiment of Bengal Lancers]] (also known as Fane's Horse). | ||
Ganda Singh was a [[ | Ganda Singh was a [[Mohyal Brahmin]] of the [[Datt]] clan.<ref>The History of the Muhiyals – The militant Brahmin race of India – by TP Russell-Stracey, 1911 p.171.</ref> He belonged to the village of Zaffarwal Dattan in Tehsil [[Rayya (Punjab)|Rayya]] of District [[Sialkot]].<ref>Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 2004: [http://www.ijpp.com/IJPP%20archives/2004_48_2/vol48_no2_guest_edit_01.pdf Guest Editorial p. 126] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210131/http://www.ijpp.com/IJPP%20archives/2004_48_2/vol48_no2_guest_edit_01.pdf |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> The Pakistani town of [[Ganda Singh Wala]] is named in his honour. | ||
==Family== | ==Family== | ||
Ganda Singh did not have a son, but he passed on the heritage to his daughter Bhagan Devi. Her sons, Sardar Amar Singh and Sardar Shamsher Singh, rose to make an empire with Amritsar Sugar Mills, Amritsar. Amritsar Sugar mills, Rohana (UP), a very reputed Amrit Bank and the large tract of land in Amritsar. Sardar Amar Singh's sons, icons in their own right, Shyam Singh, Bakshi Hardev Singh, Narinder Singh Bakshi and Beant Singh Vaid looked after the immense business empire. Sardar Shamsher Singh's son, Sampuran Singh Vaid was also actively involved in it. There were two daughters, Bimla Rani, married to DSP Bakshi Rajpal Chibber and Urvashi married to Jagjit Singh Bali. Bakshi Hardev Singh, architect, philosopher and an artist, also took charge of the Amrit Bank. Till they were all nationalized. His son, [[Atul Bakshi]], is a reputed Indian Glass artist. | Ganda Singh did not have a son, but he passed on the heritage to his daughter Bhagan Devi. Her sons, Sardar Amar Singh and Sardar Shamsher Singh, rose to make an empire with Amritsar Sugar Mills, Amritsar. Amritsar Sugar mills, Rohana (UP), a very reputed Amrit Bank and the large tract of land in Amritsar. Sardar Amar Singh's sons, icons in their own right, Shyam Singh, Bakshi Hardev Singh, Narinder Singh Bakshi and Beant Singh Vaid looked after the immense business empire. Sardar Shamsher Singh's son, Sampuran Singh Vaid was also actively involved in it. There were two daughters, Bimla Rani, married to DSP Bakshi Rajpal Chibber and Urvashi married to Jagjit Singh Bali. Bakshi Hardev Singh, architect, philosopher and an artist, also took charge of the Amrit Bank. Till they were all nationalized. His son, [[Atul Bakshi]], is a reputed Indian Glass artist. | ||
Ganda Singh's extended family featured many other eminent persons as well. His cousin, Bakshi Prem Singh Vaid, was a decorated soldier in the British Indian Army as well, and so was his son [[Bakshi Tirath Ram Vaid]]. His maternal grandson, Dr. Baldev Singh Vaid, was a famous neurologist who was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] by the Indian government, and whose son-in-law, K. K. Bakshi, was a decorated [[air vice marshal]] of the [[Indian Air Force]].<ref>Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 2004: [http://www.ijpp.com/IJPP%20archives/2004_48_2/vol48_no2_guest_edit_01.pdf Guest Editorial p. 131]</ref> | Ganda Singh's extended family featured many other eminent persons as well. His cousin, Bakshi Prem Singh Vaid, was a decorated soldier in the British Indian Army as well, and so was his son [[Bakshi Tirath Ram Vaid]]. His maternal grandson, Dr. Baldev Singh Vaid, was a famous neurologist who was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] by the Indian government, and whose son-in-law, K. K. Bakshi, was a decorated [[air vice marshal]] of the [[Indian Air Force]].<ref>Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 2004: [http://www.ijpp.com/IJPP%20archives/2004_48_2/vol48_no2_guest_edit_01.pdf Guest Editorial p. 131] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210131/http://www.ijpp.com/IJPP%20archives/2004_48_2/vol48_no2_guest_edit_01.pdf |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> | ||
Ganda Singh's grand-nephew, Sardar Sant Singh Datt, who was Chief Resident of [[Kalsia]] State. Sardar Sant Singh Datt's son, Major General [[Kulwant Singh (general)|Kalwant Singh]], was a senior commander in the [[Indian Army]]. | Ganda Singh's grand-nephew, Sardar Sant Singh Datt, who was Chief Resident of [[Kalsia]] State. Sardar Sant Singh Datt's son, Major General [[Kulwant Singh (general)|Kalwant Singh]], was a senior commander in the [[Indian Army]]. | ||
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Singh enlisted as a [[dafadar]] in 1852 and served as a soldier over 50 years. He received the [[Indian Order of Merit]] for having saved the life of [[Robert Groves Sandeman|Sir Robert Sandeman]] at [[Lucknow]] at the time of the [[Sepoy Mutiny of 1857]]. Subsequently, in the [[Second Opium War|Second Anglo-China War]], he saved the life of [[Charles MacGregor|Sir Charles MacGregor]] as well.<ref>Forty-one years in India: From subaltern to commander-in-chief: By Earl Frederick Sleigh Roberts p.227</ref> | Singh enlisted as a [[dafadar]] in 1852 and served as a soldier over 50 years. He received the [[Indian Order of Merit]] for having saved the life of [[Robert Groves Sandeman|Sir Robert Sandeman]] at [[Lucknow]] at the time of the [[Sepoy Mutiny of 1857]]. Subsequently, in the [[Second Opium War|Second Anglo-China War]], he saved the life of [[Charles MacGregor|Sir Charles MacGregor]] as well.<ref>Forty-one years in India: From subaltern to commander-in-chief: By Earl Frederick Sleigh Roberts p.227</ref> | ||
Later in the Afghan Campaign of the British Indian Army, Singh participated in the famous march to Kandahar<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Kandahar |url=http://www.britishbattles.com/second-afghan-war/kandahar.htm |website=britishbattles.com}}</ref> and distinguished himself in the [[Battle of Kandahar]], becoming an Honorary Captain. He was eventually appointed [[aide-de-camp]] to [[Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts|Lord Roberts of Kabul and Kandahar]], the then Commander-in-Chief of the British Indian Army. | Later in the Afghan Campaign of the British Indian Army, Singh participated in the famous march to Kandahar<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Kandahar |url=http://www.britishbattles.com/second-afghan-war/kandahar.htm |website=britishbattles.com}}</ref> and distinguished himself in the [[Battle of Kandahar (1880)|Battle of Kandahar]], becoming an Honorary Captain. He was eventually appointed [[aide-de-camp]] to [[Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts|Lord Roberts of Kabul and Kandahar]], the then Commander-in-Chief of the British Indian Army. | ||
Singh was rewarded with large tracts of agricultural land, and the village [[Ganda Singh Wala]] on the periphery of Amritsar is named after him. He was president of the first All India [[Mohyal]] Conference held in 1902 at [[Lahore]], and was among the select veteran Indian soldiers presented to the British Royals in the [[Delhi Durbar#Durbar of 1903|Coronation Durbar]] held in Delhi in January 1903.<ref>Annual Register for Public Events at Home and Abroad for 1903, Published in 1904, Page 144</ref> | Singh was rewarded with large tracts of agricultural land, and the village [[Ganda Singh Wala]] on the periphery of Amritsar is named after him. He was president of the first All India [[Mohyal]] Conference held in 1902 at [[Lahore]], and was among the select veteran Indian soldiers presented to the British Royals in the [[Delhi Durbar#Durbar of 1903|Coronation Durbar]] held in Delhi in January 1903.<ref>Annual Register for Public Events at Home and Abroad for 1903, Published in 1904, Page 144</ref> | ||
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