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Naudh Singh

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Naudh Singh (died 1752) was a Sikh leader and founder of the Sukerchakia Misl.[1]

Biography

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Budha Singh had two sons, Naudh Singh and Chanda Singh, Naudh Singh increased his power through a strategic marriage and built Sukarchakia Garhi at Sukarchak, which marked the rise of his family’s influence.[2][3]

In 1748 at the formation of the Dal Khalsa Naudh Singh became the head of the Sukerchakia Misl.[4]

Naudh Singh along with Chanda Singh defeated Sultan Khan Chattha, the ruler of Rasul Nagar who had forcibly converted six Sikhs to Islam and reconverted them to their faith.[5]After that he killed Shahab-ud-Din, the ruler of Firozwala, along with his family because he had attacked some Sikh villages and cut the beards and hair of many Sikhs there.[6]

Naudh Singh lost his life during a raid on a Bhatti village. 1752.

References

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  1. Hari Ram Gupta. History Of The Sikhs Vol II Evolution of Sikh Confederacies. Munshilal Manoharlal, Pvt Ltd. p. 92.
  2. Singh, Khushwant (11 October 2004). A History of the Sikhs: 1469–1838 (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-19-567308-1.
  3. Hari Ram Gupta (October 2001). The Sikhs Commonwealth or Rise and Fall of the Sikh Misls. Munshilal Manoharlal Pvt.Ltd. p. 294. ISBN 81-215-0165-2.
  4. Hari Ram Gupta. History Of The Sikhs Vol II Evolution of Sikh Confederacies. Munshilal Manoharlal, Pvt Ltd. p. 92.
  5. Hari Ram Gupta (October 2001). The Sikhs Commonwealth or Rise and Fall of the Sikh Misls. Munshilal Manoharlal Pvt.Ltd. p. 294. ISBN 81-215-0165-2.
  6. Hari Ram Gupta (October 2001). The Sikhs Commonwealth or Rise and Fall of the Sikh Misls. Munshilal Manoharlal Pvt.Ltd. p. 295. ISBN 81-215-0165-2.