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Kanhaiya at Naushera. Both sides sustained heavy losses, but Jai Singh Kanhaiya suffered a defeat. He escaped to his fort of Nurpur Maha. Singh pursued him and laid siege to the fort. Maha Singh did not like to stay at a distant place, so he raised the siege and turned homeward. Maha Singh seized Kanhaiya territories worth three lakhs a year.
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in 1784, the Sikh chiefs gathered at Amritsar. Jai Singh Kanhaiya behaved coldly with Maha Singh and refused his attempts to reconcile and called him "dancing boy." Maha Singh took this insult to heart and attacked Kanhaiya's camp outside Amritsar. Jai Singh pursued him. A further engagement took
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for three days and nights, killing thousands of men. The booty was worth than more than one crore. Haqiqat Singh was deeply shocked at this treachery and died soon afterwards. The death of Haqiqat Singh was great loss to Jai Singh. He demanded half of the booty from Maha Singh for Haqiqat Singh's
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After the Battle of Achal, Jai Singh Kanhaiya retired to Naushera where he reorganized his force for a fresh struggle. Jassa Singh Ramgarhia and Sansar Chand Katoch occupied their former possessions. Maha Singh remained in the field. Another battle was fought between Maha Singh and Jai Singh
49: 326:, where Maha Singh's agents met him to form the plan of action, A Kanhaiya force tried to check Ramgarhias but failed. A battle was fought near Achal, about 4 km from 377:. She prevailed upon Jai Singh to approve of her proposal. Then she deputed Amar Singh Kingra to Maha Singh to consider the overture. She learned that Maha Singh's wife 385:
on a pilgrimage to pray for the recovery of Ranjit Singh from smallpox. She immediately went there and persuaded the lady to accept her proposal, In 1786
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who was only six years old, when the Sukerchakia and Kanhaiya Misls were allied through that matrimony.
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and Mahan Singh made a pact to attack and share the wealth, but Maha Singh did it alone. He plundered
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Maha Singh knew he could not defeat Jai Singh alone, so he invited Raja Sansar Chand Katoch and
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Jassa Singh Ramgarhia and Sansar Chand Katoch recovered their lost territories from
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A history of the Sikhs, from the origin of the nation to the battles of the Sutlej
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In 1778, a quarrel arose between Jassa Singh Ramgarhia,
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and prepared his army for battle against Maha Singh.
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Batala
Punjab
Kanhaiya Misl

Sukerchakia Misl
Kanhaiya Misl
Maha Singh
Jassa Singh Ramgarhia
Sansar Chand
Jai Singh Kanhaiya
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Gurbaksh Singh Kanhaiya

Batala
Sukerchakia Misl
Ramgarhia Misl
Sansar Chand
Jai Singh Kanhaiya
Haqiqat Singh Kanhaiya
Jassa Singh Ahluwalia
Hansi
Hisar
Tosham
Haqiqat Singh Kanhaiya

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