Diwan Sawan Mal Chopra

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Diwan Sawan Mal
Diwan Sawan Mal seated holding a lotus. Watercolour by a Company artist, Punjab, ca.1865
Born	Gujranwala, Sukerchakia Misl (modern day Punjab, Pakistan)
Died	29 September 1844 Multan, Sawan Mal, Sikh Empire (modern day Punjab, Pakistan)
Cause of death	Seriously wounded by an under-trial prisoner
Known for	Sikh statesman
Title	Governor of Multan province (subah) of the Sikh Empire
Term	1821–1844
Successor	Diwan Mulraj Chopra
Parent	Hoshnak Rai Chopra (father)

Diwan Sawan Mal (died 29 September 1844) was a military officer and Governor (Diwan) of Lahore and Multan during the Sikh Empire.

Sawan Mal was born into a Hindu Khatri family of the Chopra gotra originally from Gujranwala,^[1][2] the region where Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Misl, the Sukerchakias held sway. He was a 'Munshi' (clerk) to shahzada Ali Muhammad khan Sadozai, nephew of Ahmed shah Abdali in multan.^{[citation needed]}

Along with Hari Singh Nalwa, he was a top commander in Maharaja Ranjit Singh's army. As a general under Ranjit Singh, he assisted in wresting the 'subah' (province) of Multan from the Durrani Afghans in 1823, after which he was made Diwan of the region. He instituted improvements in agricultural production through irrigation schemes.

In 1834, he signed an agreement on behalf of the Maharaja with Sardar Karam Khan, a Mazari warrior respected in his tribe as well as in the Sikh Army. Karam Khan was the younger brother of Mir Bahram Khan, chief of the Baloch Mazari tribe, thereby ending the long war between the Sikhs and the Mazaris of Rojhan. He was succeeded to the governorship of Multan by his son, Diwan Mulraj Chopra, who was the last ethnic Punjabi to administer Multan.^[3]

He died on 29 September 1844 due to wounds inflicted upon him by an under-trial prisoner.^[1]