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    The Samadhi of Ranjit Singh (Punjabi: رݨجیت سنگھ دی سمادھی (Shahmukhi), ਰਣਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਦੀ ਸਮਾਧੀ (Gurmukhi); Urdu: رنجیت سنگھ کی سمادھی) is a 19th-century...
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    Ranjit Singh (13 November 1780 – 27 June 1839) was the founder and first maharaja of the Sikh Empire, ruling from 1801 until his death in 1839. He ruled...
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    including the Samadhi of Ranjit Singh, and the Gurdwara Janam Asthan Guru Ram Das. The Walled City today remains the cultural heart of Lahore, and is...
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    religious and political. Examples include the Samadhi of Ranjit Singh in Lahore, and that of Maharaja Sher Singh near Lahore. Hindu equivalents are usually...
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    Fort, Samadhi of Ranjit Singh, Hazuri Bagh quadrangle, Roshnai Gate, and the Badshahi Mosque. The Guru had undergone torture on the orders of the Mughal...
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    Mandir. The Samadhi of Ranjit Singh, also located near the Walled City, houses the funerary urns of the Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The most prominent...
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    Badshahi Mosque (category Instances of Lang-ur using second unnamed parameter)
    remains the largest mosque of the Mughal-era, and is the third-largest mosque in Pakistan. In 1799, during the rule of Ranjit Singh of the Sikh Empire, the...
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    Hazuri Bagh (category Architecture of Lahore)
    west, the Samadhi of Ranjit Singh to the north, and the Roshnai Gate to the south. The garden was built during the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, in the...
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    Tomb of Dai Anga Tomb of Dai Anga entrance Dai Anga Mosque Intricate roof work of Begum Shahi Mosque The Samadhi of Ranjit Singh is the mausoleum of the...
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    Lahore (redirect from Churches of Lahore)
    Mandir. The Samadhi of Ranjit Singh, also located near the Walled City, houses the funerary urns of the Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The most prominent...
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    Sukerchakia Misl, father of Mahan Singh, and the grandfather of Ranjit Singh, the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire. He distinguished himself at an early age...
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    Guru Gobind Singh. The place of battle called Khidrana was renamed about a 100 years later by Ranjit Singh to Mukt-sar (literally, "lake of liberation")...
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    Samādhi (Pali and Sanskrit: समाधि), in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools, is a state of meditative consciousness. In many Indian religious...
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    or master" of certain knowledge or field. Bhai Vir Singh, in his dictionary of Guru Granth Sahib describes the term Guru as a combination of two separate...
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    transition, T.N. Ninan, Chander Uday Singh, Sumanta Sen, India Today, 20 July 2013 Samadhi of Ranjit Singh – a sight of religious harmony, Pakistan Today...
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    Jind Kaur (category Regents of India)
    Princess Bamba Sutherland moved her remains and the memorial to the Samadhi of Ranjit Singh in Lahore. In 1997, a marble headstone with her name was uncovered...
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    (Khidmat-gar) to Maharaja Ranjit Singh, rising through the ranks to become lord chamberlain (Darogha'i-Deorhi'i-Mu'alla; which became office of prime minister [Wazir]...
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  • derived from elements of Rajput architecture. One of the most well known examples of Sikh architecture is the Samadhi of Ranjit Singh, built in 1839. The...
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    Lahore Fort (category Architecture of Lahore)
    and Samadhi of Ranjit Singh, form a quadrangle around the Hazuri Bagh. The Minar-e-Pakistan and Iqbal Park are adjacent to the northern boundary of the...
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    was the father of Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Upon the death of his father, Charat Singh, he succeeded to the leadership of the Sukerchakia...
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    Jasbir Singh Sarna (2014). The Sikh Shrines in Jammu & Kashmir. Dr. Jasbir Singh Sarna. p. 28. ISBN 9788186741306. Surjit Singh Gandhi (2007). History of Sikh...
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    residence (bangla is an Indic term for bungalow) of Raja Jai Singh of Delhi. Kavi Santokh Singh writes about the Guru's last moments, 'Whilst addressing the...
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    and the Sikh Maharaja Ranjit Singh gilded. This temple has evolved into the contemporary "Harimandir Sahib", or the temple of Hari (God), also known...
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    youngest son of Ranjit Singh, named Duleep Singh, ultimately succeeded, but he was arrested and exiled after the defeat of the Sikhs. The Singh Sabha movement...
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    Maharaja Ranjit Singh. In between the samadhis of the two maharanis, there is the smaller samadhi of her daughter-in-law, Maharani Sahib Kaur. Bhagat Singh. "Chand...
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    Guru Angad (category Creators of writing systems)
    Singh. "Amar Das, Guru (1479–1574)". Encyclopaedia of Sikhism. Punjab University Patiala. Retrieved 8 December 2019. William Owen Cole; Piara Singh Sambhi...
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    Aitchison College Jain Mandir Several of Lahore's gurdwaras remain functional, including: Samadhi of Ranjit Singh Gurdwara Dera Sahib Gurdwara Janam Asthan...
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    adviser to Maharaja Ranjit Singh. He remained an army general in many famous Sikh battles up until his martyrdom in the battle of Nowshera. He was admired...
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    Majha (category Regions of India)
    Cathedral, Lahore Samadhi of Ranjit Singh, Lahore Shahi Hammam, Lahore Shalimar Gardens, Lahore Sheesh Mahal, Lahore Sunehri Mosque, Lahore Tomb of Asif Khan...
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    Prakash" by Rattan Singh Bhangoo: "Sri Gur Sobha" by Sainapati Bhai Gurdas Vaaran "Gurbilas Patshahi 6" by Koer Singh Bhagat Singh. Harbans Singh; et al. (eds...
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