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Tara Singh Ghaiba (1710 – 1807) was an associate member of the Dallewalia Misl, who became the Leader of the Misl after the death of their founding member and head Sardar Gulab Singh Khatri. He made Rahon the capital of his Misl.[1][2][3]
Sardar Tara Singh Ghaiba | |
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Born | 1710 |
Died | 1807 |
Title | Chief of the Dallewalia Misl |
Predecessor | Sardar Gulab Singh |
Sardar Tara Singh was supposedly born in 1710. He belonged to a Jat family of Kang Clan,[4] from a village called Kang, six kilometers south of Lohian, in Tahsil Nakodar Punjab, India. They had about hundred goats. When he was a young goatherd, he mastered the skill to cross his flock through Bein with ropes. And earned the name Ghaiba meaning he who could adopt mysterious devices. Once a notorious Gujar robber Sulaiman, stolen his goats. The incident shook him, and In sheer desperation and despair, Tara left his village and started robbing. His reckless bravery added companions in his act. In March 1757, He earned his first horse by ditching Ahmad Shah Durrani's troops. When they made Tara captive and asked to help them cross the Bein, Tara fled to the jungle with their given horse. Gradually he joined Gulab Singh Dallevalia in his plundering raids.[5]
The Dallewalia Misl was one of the twelve Sikh Misls (sovereign groups of the Sikh Confederacy). Gulab Singh Dallewal was the founder of the Dallewalia Misl, which was operated near Dera Baba Nanak on the left bank of the River Ravi, 50 km northeast of Amritsar. After Gulab Singh's and Gurdiyal Singh's death, Tara Singh Ghaiba assumed the leadership, and he further expanded this Misl up to Ambala Area (Haryana Region). With other Sikh Sardars he Sacked Kasur city of Pathans and Joined the Sikh Sardars in the sack of Sirhind City in 1764. His bravery and passion for war and conquest made the confederacy of Dallevalia very strong within a short time.[3][6]
SN | Name | Founding Clan | Capital | Key Leaders | Strength in Regular Horseman (1780)[7][8] | Misl Period Territory by 1759[9][10] | Corresponding Current Area |
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1 | Dallewalia Misl | Khatri[11] | Rahon | Sardar Gulab Singh khatri and Sardar Tara Singh Ghaiba | 5,000 | Nakodar, Talwan, Badala, Rahon, Phillaur, Ludhiana etc. | Ludhiana district, Jalandhar district |
One of the first exploits in 1757, was to rob the troops of Ahmad Shah Durrani, an advance party under his son Timur Shah who was carrying the treasure from Delhi to Afghanistan. This treasure had crossed river, Tara Singh and Karora Singh decided to seize it before it crossed river Chenab. They reached the spot silently, cut down the guards present there, broke open the boxes, filled their leather bags with coins, and disappeared instantly and returned safely to Amritsar.[citation needed]
Tara Singh was an enthusiastic Sikh. He believed in converting people to the Sikh religion by love and affection. Tara gave liberal help to the needy new converts. He converted Chaudhri Gauhar Das of Kang village. His set examples, followed by both the villages, Kang Kalan and Kang Khurd.[2]
Tara Singh distributed his territory among all his four sons.
In 1807, Tara Singh Ghaiba died in the attack of Naraingarh. Maharaja Ranjit Singh attacked and annexed all the Dallevalia territories including Rahon to his empire.[12][13][14]
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