Misr Diwan Chand (1755 – 18 July 1825) was a notable officer and a powerful general of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's reign.

[2][3] Diwan Chand was the son of a Brahmin shopkeeper of Gondlanwala village (in present-day Gujranwala, Pakistan).

[7] In 1819, he led an expedition to Shopian in Kashmir region and conquered it from Durrani governor Jabbar Khan.

He presented the hookah to Misr Diwan Chand to mark the high esteem in which he was held by the Maharaja.

[9] The contribution of Misr Dewan Chand in the making of the Maharaja's empire has also been under-estimated by British historians who have described him as a "hookah-smoking general'.