PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The Faizullapuria misl was founded by Kapur Singh, a Virk
Jat of Kaleke village, now in the Sheikhpura district of
Pakistan. The misl got its name from Faizullapur, a
village in Amritsar district which Kapur Singh had wrested
from its Muslim chief, Faizulla Khan, and then changed the
name of the village to Singhpura, and the misl eventually
followed suit and became Singhpuria. Territory held in
1759 was Haibatpur, Patta, Bunga, Banga, Bela, Attal Garh,
Adampur, Singhpura, Sirhind, Bhareli, Kandhola, Manauli
and Bharatgarh. From 1809 to 1847, the family ranked as
independent protected chiefs, after which they were
reduced to the status of an ordinary perpetuity jagirdar,
under the general proclamation issued on the close of the
First Sikh War. Members were....
- Chaudhury Dalip Singh, he took baptism of the
double-edged sword from Bhai Mani Singh in 1721, at
Amritsar, married and had issue.
- Sardar Dhan Singh, he took baptism of the
double-edged sword from Bhai Mani Singh in 1721, at
Amritsar, married and had issue.
- Sardar Khushal Singh (qv)
- Nawab Kapur Singh (qv)
- Sardar Harveer Singh
- generation/s
- Manjha Singh, he took part in the attack and
capture of the Jalandhar Doab in the latter half
of the 18th century, married and had issue, the
Bhareli Sardars.
- Sardar Dal Singh, married and had issue.
- Sardar Kanh Singh, married and had issue.
- Sardar
Jaswant Singh, Jagirdar of Bela,
married and had issue. He died after 1857.
- Sardar
Tara Singh, Jagirdar of Bela,
married Bibiji (name unknown) Kaur
Sahiba, a daughter of Raja Badan Singh
C.I.E. of Malaudh, and had issue.
- Sardar
Bahadur Sardar Bhagwant Singh,
Jagirdar of Bela and Head of the Bhareli
Family -/1960, educated at Aitchison
College, Lahore; he was invested with
the powers of an Honorary Magistrate and
an Honorary Civil Judge; he was granted
the title of Sardar Bahadur in 1911;
married 1stly, Bibiji Kartar Kaur
Sahiba, a daughter of Sardar Jiwan Singh
C.S.I. of Shahzadpur,
she had issue, one son and three
daughters, married 2ndly, Bibi Kuldeep
Kaur Sahiba, a daughter of Sardar
Balwant Singh of Atari, she
had issue, two daughters, and had issue.
He died 30th October 1960.
- Sardar Teja Singh (by Bibi Kartar
Kaur), he married an Heiress of the
Attariwala family. He died about 1979.
- Sardar Shamsher Singh (by Bibi
Kartar Kaur), died 1993.
- Sardar Roop Singh (by Bibi Kartar
Kaur), died 5th January 1992.
- Smt. Tarjwant Kaur (by Bibi Kartar
Kaur)
- HH Rani Narinder Kaur Sahiba (by
Bibi Kuldeep Kaur), married in
February 1933, married Lt. HH
Farzand-i-Sadaat-i-Nishan-i-Hazrat-i-Kaisar-i-Hind
Raja Sir Harindar Singh Brar Bans
Bahadur, 12th Raja of Faridkot,
and had issue.
- Bibi Palinder Kaur Sahiba (by Bibi
Kuldeep Kaur), she died sp
in about 1990.
- Nawab KAPUR SINGH,
1st Misldhar of Faizullapuria misl 1748/1753, born
1697, a Virk Jat, from the village of Faizullapuria,
situated near Amritsar, he took baptism of the
double-edged sword from Bhai Mani Singh in 1721, at
Amritsar; in his first campaign, he attacked
Faizullapur, killed its chief, Faizulla Khan and
occupied the place and its surrounding areas, after
which he changed the name to Singhpur and the Misl
which took its name from the village also began to be
called Singhpuria Misl, as the then Sikh leader, in
1734, he was granted a jagir and the title of Nawab by
Zakariya Khan, the Mughal governor of Lahore as a
gesture of peace, which only lasted till the following
year when Zakariya Khan occupied the jagir; Kapur
Singh then stayed in Malwa, where he captured Sunam
and then attacked Sirhind and Amritsar in 1736; when
the Sikh Panth was organised into twelve misls on 29th
March 1748, Nawab Kapur Singh was appointed the
Commander of Singhpuria Misl, he then organised the
Sikhs first into the Buddha Dal (army of the
veterans), and the Taruna Dal (army of the young) and
then into the great Dal Khalsa, he also handed over
the Supreme Command of the Dal Khalsa to Sardar Jassa
Singh Ahluwalia. He died sp on 7th October 1753 at Amritsar.
- Sardar KHUSHAL
SINGH, 2nd Misldhar of Singhpuria misl
1753/1795, he was the equal of his uncle and played a
significant role in expanding the territories of the
Singhpuria Misl on both the banks of the Sutlej river;
in 1759, he defeated Shaikh Nizam-ud-Din, the ruler of
Jalandhar and occupied the town, making it his
capital, later after the fall of Sirhind in 1763, a
considerable portion of present-day Rupnagar District
also came under Singhpuria Misl; he fought in the
battles against Ahmad Shah Abdali in collaboration
with other Sardars; he was also deeply interested in
preaching Sikhism and administering baptism of the
double-edged sword to his followers; at his death, he
left the misl stronger than ever, and with territorial
possessions far larger than those he had inherited,
married and had issue. He died 1795.
- Kanwar Sudh Singh, married 1stly, Sada Kaur,
married 2ndly, Sukh Devi, and had issue. He died vpspm
in 1794.
- Bibiji (name
unknown) Kaur, married Sardar Lehna Singh
of the Bhangi misl,
and had issue.
- Sardar Budh Singh (qv)
- Bibiji (name
unknown) Kaur, married Sardar Man Singh of
Kotla.
- Sardar BUDH SINGH,
3rd Misldhar of Singhpuria misl 1795/1810, he defeated
Sheikh Nizam ud-din on the battle-field and occupied
Jalandhar, but he was not the equal of his father and
the misl began to decline and ultimately all its
possessions to the west of the Sutlej were annexed by
Maharaja Ranjit Singh, and only his possessions to the
east of the Sutlej, remained to him, under the
protection of the British, he was therefore forced to
move to Manauli as his capital; married 1stly, by karewa rites,
married 2ndly (by chaddardalna
rites), Sada Kaur, married 3rdly (by chaddardalna
rites), Sukh Devi, and had issue, seven sons. He died
1816.
- Sardar Amar Singh (by 1st wife), he retained
possession of Bharatgarh and divided the rest of the
territories amongst his brothers; the fort of
Bharatgarh was the most important stronghold of the
Singhpuria Misl, it enjoyed a very strategic
position because of its location on the bank of
Sutlej River, originally, seven garhies were
built and ultimately the fort was contructed in 1783
with an area about 7 acres and 400 acres of forest
land; married and had issue. He died 1847.
- Sardar Kirpa Singh, married Bibiji Subha Kaur,
she was allowed the four villages of Kot Bala,
Aspur, Himatpur and Bhartpur Khas, for her life.
He died 1842.
- Sardar Bhupal Singh, Sardar of Ghanauli (see below)
- Sardar Lal Singh, Jagirdar of Bunga 1816/1853,
married and had issue, the Sardars of Bunga (or
Pungah). He died 1853.
- Sardar Lehna Singh, Jagirdar of Bunga 1853/1867,
he died 1867.
- Sardar Santokh Singh, Jagirdar of Bunga
1867/1888, married and had issue. He died 1888.
- Bachittar Singh, died 1867.
- Sardar Lachhman Singh, last Jagirdar of Bunga
1888/1891, he died sp in 1891, when half of the
estate went to Ghanauli, a third to Kandhola and
a sixth to Bharatgarh.
- Ram Narain Singh, married and had issue, one
son. He died before 1891.
- Kaka Singh, died before 1891.
- Sardar Gurdyal Singh, married and had issue, the
Sardars of Attalgarh. He died 1843.
- Sardar Dayal Singh, Sardar of Kandaula and
Bharatgarh (see below)
- Sardar Gopal Singh, Sardar of Manauli (see below)
- Sardar Hardyal Singh, married and had issue. He
died 1840.
- Sardar Jaswant Singh, he died in 1857.
GHANAULI (Jagir)
- Sardar Bhupal Singh, Jagirdar of Ghanauli, married
and had issue, the Sardars of Ghanauli. He died 1850.
- Sardar Sher Singh, died 1851.
- Sardar Ramendra Singh, died 1857.
- Sardar Uttam Singh, Jagirdar of Ghanauli, born
about 1844, Vice-Regal Darbari in Ambala District,
13th in order of Precedence within the Division and
78th in the Province, married and had issue. He died
1897.
- Sardar Devinder Singh, Jagirdar of Ghanauli,
born 1865, a Provincial Darbari, married and had
issue.
- Sheo Deo Singh, Jagirdar of Ghanauli, a
Naib-Nazim in Nabha; married and had issue, two
sons. He died 1933.
- Bakhshish Singh, born 1892, married and had
issue, three sons.
- Mahindra Singh, born 1902, married and had
issue, two sons.
- Raghbir Singh, died 1913.
- Narindra Singh, married and had issue. He died
1918.
- Sheo Narayan Singh, born 1887, married and had
issue.
- Ram Narayan Singh, born 1924.
- Balwant Singh, died 1892.
- Sardar Pratap Singh, born about 1846, Vice-Regal
Darbari in Ambala District, 14th in order of
Precedence within the Division and 79th in the
Province, married and had issue. He died 1903.
- Sheo Kirpal Singh, a Provincial Darbari, married
and had issue. He died 1918.
- Jodhbir Singh alias Yudhbir Singh, born
1886, married and had issue.
- Rupinder Singh, he rose to the position of
an Extra Assistant Commissioner, died 1935.
- Rajinder Singh, he joined the Police Service
as an Assistant Sub-Inspector.
- Surat Singh, born 1895, married and had issue.
- Man Singh, born 1917, married and had issue,
three sons.
- Sheo Saran Singh, married and had issue. He died
1908.
- Raghbir Singh, died 1902.
MANAULI (Jagir)
- Sardar Gopal Singh, Jagirdar of Manauli 1816/1854,
married and had issue, the Sardars of Manauli. He died
1854.
- Bibiji (name
unknown) Kaur, married Sardar Kirpal Singh
Khundawala (see Randhawah),
born 1850. She died sp.
- Sardar Jai Singh, Jagirdar of Manauli 1854/1877,
married and had issue. He died 1877.
- Sardar Autar Singh, Jagirdar of Manauli
1877/1896, married and had issue. He died 1896.
- Sardar Raghbir Singh, Jagirdar of Manauli
1896/1904, he died 1904.
- Sardar Umrao Singh, Jagirdar of Manauli 1904/-
; born 1896, he succeeded to the estate in 1904
under the management of the Court of Wards till
1921; though his income from all sources was Rs
90,000, he was recklessly extravagant and in
1928, management of the estate was again brought
under the Court of Wards; married and had issue,
one son and one daughter.
- Bibiji (name
unknown) Kaur, married 25th January
1939 (as his 1st wife), HH Maharaja Rajbir
Singh, 8th Maharaja of Jind, and had
issue.
- Sardar Sita Inder Singh, Jagirdar of
Manauli, born 1922, educated at Aitchison
College, Lahore.
KANDAULA and BHARATGARH (Jagir)
- Sardar Dayal Singh,
Jagirdar of Kandaula or Kandhola 1816/1853, he also
inherited Bharatgarh after his brothers death in 1847,
married and had issue. He died 1863 (or 1853).
- Sardar Bishan Singh (qv)
- Sardar Kishan Singh, married and had issue. He
died 1885.
- Sardar Narinder Singh, died 1889.
- Sardar Bhola Singh, married and had issue. He
died 1879 (or died 1919 when his estate went to
the Sardars of Kandhola and Bharatgarh in equal
shares).
- Sardar Sher Singh Virk, died 1899.
- Sardar Kaka Singh, died 1879.
- Sardar Kehar Singh, Jagirdar of Bharatgarh
1863/1885, married and had issue. He died 1885.
- Sardar Randhir Singh, Jagirdar of Bharatgarh
1885/1920, a Provincial Darbari, an Honorary
Magistrate and an Honorary Sub-Judge for some
years; married and had issue. He died 1920.
- Sardar Joginder Singh, Jagirdar of Bharatgarh,
he died sp
in 1926.
- Sardar Surat Singh, Jagirdar of Bharatgarh
1926/1955, he succeeded to the whole of his
father's estate on the death of his brother
without an heir; Vice-Chairman of the Rupar Aman
Sabha; a Member of the District Board; Director
of the Central Co-operative Bank; and an active
supporter of the Prisoner's Aid Society; he was
awarded the Silver Jubilee Medal in 1935;
married and had issue. He died 1955.
- Sardar Sudarshan Singh, Jagirdar of
Bharatgarh 1955/1996, married and had issue.
- Sardar Deepinder Singh, Jagirdar of
Bharatgarh 1996/-, present owner and
occupant of Bharatgarh
Fort (one of the few live in forts in
the Punjab which is fully intact); married
Sardarni Maninder Kaur, and has issue, one
son and one daughter.
- Kanwar Gauhar Singh
- Bibiji Bishas Kaur, married into the
Nakai Misl.
- Bibiji (name unknown) Kaur, married and had
issue.
- Bibiji (name unknown) Kaur,
married the Raja of Faridkot, and had issue.
- Sardar Bishan
Singh, Jagirdar of Kandhola 1863/1879,
married and had issue. He died 1879.
- Sardar Harbans Singh (qv)
- Sardarni Khushalpal Kaur, married (as his first
wife) 1886, Sardar Bahadur Sir Sundar Singh Majithia, and had issue.
She died 1887.
- Sardar Harbans
Singh, Jagirdar of Kandhola 1879/1902, born
about 1876, Vice-Regal Darbari in Ambala District,
16th in order of Precedence within the Division and
83rd in the Province, married and had issue, one son.
He died 1902.
- Sardar Bhagwan Singh (qv)
- Sardar Bhagwan
Singh, Jagirdar of Kandhola 1902/1935, born
1902, he succeeded to the estate shortly after birth
under the management of the Court of Wards till 1923;
educated at Aitchison College, Lahore; married and had
issue, one son. He died 1935.
- Sardar Atamainder Singh (qv)
- Sardar Atamainder
Singh, Jagirdar of Kandhola 1935/1962, born
1923, educated at Aitchison College, Lahore; married
Sardarni Harjit Kaur, and had issue, three sons and
two daughters. He died 1962.
- Sardar Gurjatinder Singh Virk (qv)
- Sardar Hardeepinder Singh Virk, married and has
issue.
- Kanwar Gurinder Singh Virk, born 1980.
- Kanwar Dalip Singh Virk, born 1983.
- Sardar Baleshwar Singh Virk B.A., born 23rd June
1962, educated, and has earned a Master's degree in
Marketing Management; married 18th July 1992 in
Chandigarh, Sardarni Pritampal Kaur, and has issue,
one son and one daughter. (Canada)
- Biba Raveen Kaur Virk, born 1995.
- Kuwar Akum Singh Virk, born 1999.
- Biba Jagdhishinder Kaur, married to Brigadier
Abnashinder Singh Dhillon of Kurk
- Biba Jeetinder Kaur, married to Col. Mohan Singh.
- Sardar Gutjatinder
Singh, present Head of the Kandhola Family
since 1962; married and has issue, one son and one
daughter.
- Biba Sanjot Kaur, born 1978. (Australia)
- Kanwar Yogeshwar Singh Virk, born 1981.
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