Gujjar Singh Bhangi

Sardar Gujjar Singh Bhangi (died early 1790; alternatively spelt as Gurja or Gujar)[1] was a Sikh warrior of the Bhangi Misl,[2] and one of the triumvirates who ruled over Lahore prior to the leadership of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

[7] He established a fortress, Qila Gujar Singh, just east of present-day Lahore, and also completed the construction of a mosque.

Sardar Gurbaksh Singh had adopted as his son a young runaway, Sardar Lehna Singh Kahlon[8][note 1] of village Mustfapur, near Kartarpur, Jalandhar (Sir Leppel Griffin, the Panjab Chiefs).

The young man grew up to be a great fighter and military commander of the Bhangi Misl.

[8] Lehna Singh Kahlon was to take Multan in 1772, but Gujjar being much more restless and a great warrior embarked on conquest of north west Punjab taking towns such as Gujrat (his main residence) as well as Rawalpindi and many towns to Attock, some places he conquered with help of his best friend Sardar Charat Singh Sukarchakia, grandfather of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, with whom he contracted a marriage alliance with his second son Sahib marrying Charat's daughter, Raj Kaur.