ṬHĀKAR DĀS, son of Kanhaiyā Lāl, worked as keeper of the small private signet of Mahārājā Raṇjīt Siṅgh in place of his father for some time. He was later appointed manager of the area of Dhannī, Rūpovāl, etc., on a salary of rupees 4,320 per annum when Kaṅvar Nau Nihāl Siṅgh was in power, Ṭhākar Dās received a pension of Rs 360 from the British government on the annexation of the Punjab in 1849.