Shrine of Raja Ranjit Singh’s Father
Gujranwala: It is an old historical building now a days being used as a truck ada[Truck Stand] by a pahalwan[wrestler]. It is the Smadi of (Shrine) Ranjit Singh’s Father Maha Singh . This building is situated on G.T. Road opposite to Dastiger’s PSO petrol pump; ahead Saharawala bag in Gujranwala. This is unfortunate enough that people are perusing this building and place to convert it to a commercial building instead of preserving its historical importance.
Smadhi Of Raja Ranjit Singh's Father
Ranjit Singh was born in the Punjabi town of Gujranwala (now in Pakistan), into a Sikh family of Waraich Sukerchakia misldars. At the time, much of Punjab was ruled by the Sikhs under a Confederate Sarbat Khalsa system as well as Afghans, who had divided the territory among factions known as misls. Ranjit Singh’s father Maha Singh was the Commander of the Sukerchakia misl and controlled a territory in west Punjab based around his headquarters at Gujranwala. Ranjit Singh succeeded his father at the young age of 12. After several campaigns, his rivals accepted him as their leader, and he united the Sikh factions into one entity.
Maha Singh was born in the mid 1700s. His son was the Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who was born towards the end of the century. The reality of the Sikh kingdom under Ranjit Singh, was largely made possible by him. Before and after the birth of Ranjit, he conquered vast areas of the Punjab. As well as winning a vast following of the Khalsa forces, he was allied with a coalition of other Sikh states. It is possible to say, that was one of the writers of the fate of the Sikhs and the glorious Sikh kingdom.
Picture taken by Sarmad Nayak
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There are many such buildings that can be exampled…in Lahore,Sialkot,Gujranwala,Kasur,Vehari,Multan…etc.Our family temple in Ichra is now used as a storage house.It used to be a fabulous temple before partition.
The picture is amazing. The article is informative and very well written.Keep it up Sarmad saheb!
Wah Sarmad Ji!!! Ab uss Mandir ka raaz bhi kholiye jiski pics aapne bheji hain!
Even my school St. Mary’s High School ibn Civil Lines Gujranwala.. was the palace of Raja Ranjit Singh.. under ground surangs are there that takes to Dehli and Lahore.. and it is told that those are two bigs that at one time two three elephants can pass .. it was for huge movement of troops in case of any emergency or war…
My best wishes to all…..
Dear it is a common fixture going on for many years and it is a shame for all of us and it should be that we as a nation don’t bother to think about or we don’t care about the so beautiful historical places all around the country .
We are letting these our priceless assets die before our own eyes and we pay no heed to them . There is a government department available for the renovation of these buildings but their attitude is not good . They don’t bother to fulfill their assigned duties fully . Either they don’t have funds to spend on these projects to make these historical places stand once again with pride or they don’t spend it at all .
Smadhi Of Raja Ranjit Singh’s Father is one example , there are lots of other examples can be seen in and around Lahore and other far-flung areas of Pakistan which are dying slowly and steadily due to our own negligence .
Something must be done on this otherwise the remains of the once the glorious empire will perish and our coming generations will have nothing to see .
now presently the condition of this tomb is highly miserable.as i am the neighbor of this shrine or tomb so there is a hell of difference between this picture and it present condition…….?
good mandi bhawaldin
This looks like tomb of hari singh nawla the famous Sikh general who founded the city of haripur and conquered Peshawar from the afghans for the lahore darbar.