[2] It was divided in three wings: the Fauj-i-Khas (elites), Fauj-i-Ain (regular force) and Fauj-i-Be Qawaid (irregulars).

[2] Due to the lifelong efforts of the Maharaja and his European officers, it gradually became a prominent fighting force of Asia.

He reorganized responsibility and set performance standards in logistical efficiency in troop deployment, manoeuvre, and marksmanship.

[3] He reformed the staffing to emphasize steady fire over cavalry and guerrilla warfare, improved the equipment and methods of war.

After Ranjit Singh became the Sardar of Sukerchakia Misl he gradually unified most of the Punjab through conquests and diplomacy.

Therefore, in 1805, he began recruiting regular forces and employing deserters from the East India Company as officers or soldiers.

The soldiers created noise through their chants as they approached Ranjit Singh's fort in Amritsar and passed near the Golden Temple and caused an irregular detachment of Nihang guards to inquire about the disturbances during prayer, before they were challenged by the Muslim soldiers who fired upon them.

Although more of Metcalfe's soldiers died,[citation needed] Ranjit Singh became particularly fascinated by the Muslim guards.

This impressed Ranjit Singh and left a deep impact on him, as the Nihangs had quickly adopted the line formations of Metcalfe's escorts, dominating the entire Muslim battalion.

[citation needed] The regular military force was backed up and supported by a further 52,000 well-trained and equipped professional-grade irregulars, known as Fauj-i-Be Qawaid.

They were mainly Muslims and wore a traditional white turban with a sky blue overcoat and a yellow kurta.

One famous Misldar is Fateh Singh Ahluwalia who fought against the Afghan forces and did not agree to the Dogra supremacy.

They were devout Sikhs, heavily armed with many traditional weapons and refused European style training.

The Nihang Bana started with a navy or surmayee blue four foot tall Dastar Bunga with many chakrams in ascending order and a Gajgah.

On the top of the turban lied a metre and a half long pharla to show that the spirit of the Khalsa would never be broken.

During the visit of Charles Metcalfe, he was shown a band of soldiers, most of them wearing traditional kurtas and colourful turbans, while others wore European infantry ornaments.

[citation needed] Previously, as the Sikhs refused to join infantry service, Pashtuns, Pakhtuns and Gurkhas served in this sector of the army.

However, with the passage of time and owing to Ranjit Singh's efforts, Sikhs too began to join the infantry in large numbers.

In 1822 Ranjit Singh employed a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, General Jean-Baptiste Ventura to train the infantry in European style.

Similarly, in 1822, Ranjit Singh employed another French Napoleonic War veteran, General Jean-François Allard to modernize the Sikh cavalry.

In order to organize it on western lines, Ranjit Singh appointed General Jean-Francois Allard.

The men in this division had a sort of helmet-turban with igret feathers coming out from the tip, they clad themselves in yellow kurtas and grey pajamas.

In 1812 he employed General Claude Auguste Court and Colonel Alexander Gardner in 1832 and organized Topkhana-i-Khas.

One of the most unique regiments of the Sikh Khalsa Army was the Shutersawaar or the cannon mounted war camel used by Hari Singh Nalwa in his conquest of Peshawar.

[8] The earliest surviving mention of the amazonian corps is from 12 March 1831:[8] ...A royal order was issued to all the dancing girls in the town of Lahore to put on male garments, hold swords and bows in their hands and be decorated with other arms as well and then to present themselves at the Deorhi of the Maharaja on elephants and horses, in perfect smartness and with great grace...Another contemporary observation of the corps was made by the Scottish traveler and explorer, Alexander Burne, in his travelogue:[8] On our arrival, we found... a party of thirty or forty dancing girls, dressed uniformly in boys’ clothes.

‘This,’ said Runjeet Sing, ‘is one of my regiments (pultuns), but they tell me it is one I cannot discipline’—a remark which amused us, and mightily pleased the fair.The amazons may have served as a mock bodyguard troupe for the Sikh ruler.

[6] The uniform of the amazonians of the Sikh court were described as follows:[6] Their uniform was as follows: a lemon yellow Banarsi turban with a bejewelled crest; a dark green jumper over a blue satin gown, fastened with a gold belt; deep crimson skin tight pyjamas of Gulbadan; silk and a pair of golden shoes.

Titles like "Fateh-o Nusrat Nasib", "Zafar Jhang" and "Bright Star of Punjab" were given to many Generals.

Most of the Sikh flags had the inscription of the motto of the Khalsa: "Deg Tegh Fateh", in Persian Nastaʿlīq script.

Then the Dogras urged the army to make the Lahore Durbar declare war on the East India Company.