MAHITĀB KAUR, daughter of Chaudharī Sujān Siṅgh, an Aṭvāl Jaṭṭ of the village of Mallā, in Gurdāspur district, was married to Mahārājā Raṇjīt Siṅgh about the year 1822 by the rites of chādar andāzī, knotting the sheet cover. She survived the Mahārājā and lived up to a ripe old age. The British allowed her an annual pension of Rs. 1,930.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  1. Ganda Singh, Maharaja Ranjit Singh : First Death Centenary Memorial Volume. Amritsar, 1939
  2. Khullar, K.K., Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Delhi, 1980

Sardār Siṅgh Bhāṭīā