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was entrusted to Dewan Mohkam Chand, 10 who had joined the Durbar's seIVice a few months earlier. Mohkam Chand's first assignment was the reduction of Pathankot, which had one of the strongest forts in the Punjab. Mohkam Chand took Pathankot and then proceeded to Jasrota, Chamba, and Basohli, and compelled the Raja to acknowledge the sovereignty of the Maharajah. At the end of the campaign in the hills, the Maharajah sent invitations to aJJ the princes and estate holders in the Punjab to attend a Durbar and receive robes of honour from him. When the Durbar was over, the Maharajah took action against two chieftains who failed to attend: Sialkot was taken after a threeday siege; the Bhangi Sardar of Gujarat submitted to a show of force. At the same time the Raja of Akhnur, which was near Sialkot and the Kanhaya chief. whose daughter was engaged to marry Ranjit's eldest son, Kharak Singh, were made to acknowledge the sovereignty of the Durbar by paying tribute. The last conquest of the year was the fort of Sheikhupura only twenty miles from the Lahore capital and one of the most powerful in the Punjab. In the year 1808, the Durbar acquired the services of two men who subsequently became officers of great distinction. One was the hwichback, Bhawani Das, an accountant in the employ of Shah Zaman. Ranjit Singh's finances had been managed by a banking house in Amritsar. Bhawani Das organized the government's finances by opening a chain of state treasuries in 10 Mohkam Chand, the most distinguished of the Durbar's generals. was the son ofW!Sakhi Mal, a Kham u-adesman oft.he village Kunjah near Gttiarat. Ranjit Singh had seen him in action at Akalgarh three years earlier and again in the fight against the Bhangi Sardar of Gujarat. Mohkam Chand had fallen out with his Bhangi master and had come to Ranjit for employment. Ranjit welcomed him with handsome gifts of an elephant and horses and granted him the Da.llewalia possessions as a jagir He was made a commander of a cavalry unit with power to recruit 1500 foot soldiers as well. He died al Phillaur on 16 October 1814. His son (Moti Ram) and gTandson (Ram Dyal) also served the state with great distinction.
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was entrusted to Dewan Mohkam Chand, 10 who had joined the Durbar's seIVice a few months earlier. Mohkam Chand's first assignment was the reduction of Pathankot, which had one of the strongest forts in the Punjab. Mohkam Chand took Pathankot and then proceeded to Jasrota, Chamba, and Basohli, and compelled the Raja to acknowledge the sovereignty of the Maharajah. At the end of the campaign in the hills, the Maharajah sent invitations to aJJ the princes and estate holders in the Punjab to attend a Durbar and receive robes of honour from him. When the Durbar was over, the Maharajah took action against two chieftains who failed to attend: Sialkot was taken after a threeday siege; the Bhangi Sardar of Gujarat submitted to a show of force. At the same time the Raja of Akhnur, which was near Sialkot and the Kanhaya chief. whose daughter was engaged to marry Ranjit's eldest son, Kharak Singh, were made to acknowledge the sovereignty of the Durbar by paying tribute. The last conquest of the year was the fort of Sheikhupura only twenty miles from the Lahore capital and one of the most powerful in the Punjab. In the year 1808, the Durbar acquired the services of two men who subsequently became officers of great distinction. One was the hwichback, Bhawani Das, an accountant in the employ of Shah Zaman. Ranjit Singh's finances had been managed by a banking house in Amritsar. Bhawani Das organized the government's finances by opening a chain of state treasuries in 10 Mohkam Chand, the most distinguished of the Durbar's generals. was the son ofW!Sakhi Mal, a Kham u-adesman oft.he village Kunjah near Gttiarat. Ranjit Singh had seen him in action at Akalgarh three years earlier and again in the fight against the Bhangi Sardar of Gujarat. Mohkam Chand had fallen out with his Bhangi master and had come to Ranjit for employment. Ranjit welcomed him with handsome gifts of an elephant and horses and granted him the Da.llewalia possessions as a jagir He was made a commander of a cavalry unit with power to recruit 1500 foot soldiers as well. He died al Phillaur on 16 October 1814. His son (Moti Ram) and gTandson (Ram Dyal) also served the state with great distinction.
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