Fateh Singh Ahluwalia

Fateh Singh Ahluvalia (also spelled as Ahluwalia) (b. 1718 – d. 1837) was the ruler of the Kapurthala State between 10 July 1801 – 20 October 1837.^[1]^[2]^[3] He was awarded the Companion of Order of the Indian Empire.

Fateh Singh was the son of Bhag Singh, and the grandnephew of Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, leader of the Ahluwalia misl and of the Dal Khalsa, who in 1758 proclaimed the sovereignty of the Sikhs in the Punjab. Fateh Singh succeeded to the Ahluwalia chiefship in 1801. He was the chosen companion of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, with whom he, in 1802, exchanged turbans in a permanent bond of brotherhood.The Ahluwalia Dynasty was founded by Baba Jassa Singh Sahib (1718 – 1783).

Fateh Singh took part in almost all the early campaigns of Ranjit Singh:

Kasur (1802-03)
Malva (1806-08)
Kangra (1809)
Haidru (1813)
Multan (1818)
Kashmir (1819)
Mankera (1821).

He held command in the Bhimbar, Rajauri and Bahawalpur expeditions. In 1806, Fateh Singh acted as the plenipotentiary of Ranjit Singh and signed the first Anglo-Sikh treaty with Lord Lake at the time when the Maratha chief, Jasvant Rao Holkar, had sought shelter in the Punjab.

Close association with the ruler of Lahore brought Fateh Singh ample rewards. The Maharaja had bestowed upon him the districts of Dakha, Kot, Jagraon, Talvandi, Naraingarh and Raipur after his Malwa campaigns. He possessed extensive territories on both sides of the Sutlej yielding an annual revenue of 1,76,000 rupees in 1808; in 1836, his territories were estimated to be worth 16,00,000 rupees annually.

The cordiality between the two chiefs was strained by Fateh Singh's direct communications with the British over the question of the Bhirog and Kotla chiefships, the construction by him of a strong citadel at Isru and his constant pleas for British protection. Feeling unsafe at Lahore, Fateh Singh fled across the river in 1825 to his cisSutlej territory and sought British protection. Ranjit Singh promptly seized his transSutlej possessions, but showed willingness to forgive him if he returned to Lahore.

The rift between the Ahluwalia chief and the Maharaja of Lahore was, however, soon repaired. Fateh Singh returned to Lahore in 1827, and the Maharaja received him with honour restoring to him all his possessions. Later in his life, Fateh Singh lived at Kapurthala where he died in October 1836.

References[edit]

↑ "History | Kapurthala Web Portal | India". Government of India. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
↑ A history of the Sikhs, from the origin of the nation to the battles of the Sutlej. Cunningham, Joseph Davey, 1812-1851., Garrett, H. L. O. ed. (Herbert Leonard Offley), 1881-1941
↑ Griffin, Lepel Henry. Ranjit Singh. Oxford : Clarendon press. Search this book on

Bibliography[edit]

Suri, Sohan Lal, `Umdat-ut-Twarikh. Lahore, 1885-89

Bhagat Singh, Maharaja Ranjit Singh and His Times. Delhi, 1990

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Fateh Singh Ahluwalia Ahluwalia dynasty of Kapurthala State Born: 1718 Died: 20 October 1837
Preceded by Bagh Singh Ahluwalia	Raja of Kapurthala 10 July 1801 – 20 October 1837	Succeeded by Nihal Singh Ahluwalia

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[1] "History | Kapurthala Web Portal | India". Government of India. Retrieved 25 December 2020.

[2] A history of the Sikhs, from the origin of the nation to the battles of the Sutlej. Cunningham, Joseph Davey, 1812-1851., Garrett, H. L. O. ed. (Herbert Leonard Offley), 1881-1941

[3] Griffin, Lepel Henry. Ranjit Singh. Oxford : Clarendon press. Search this book on

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