JONES, a deserter from the East India Company's service, joined Mahārājā Raṇjīt Siṅgh's army as a gunner. According to Charles Masson, the traveller, Jones participated in the final battle of Multān in 1818 and took charge of the guns, enabling the Akālīs to storm the fort.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

    Grey, C., European Adventurers of Northern India 1785-1849 [Reprint]. Patiala, 1970

Gulcharan Siṅgh