Battle of Jammu (1808)

The Battle of Jammu was fought between Sikhs and the Hindu Rajputs in 1808. The Rajputs were defeated and Hukam Singh Chimni captured the Jammu city along with the Sikh general Hari Singh Nalwa. This was a great success for the Sikhs as now their route to Kashmir was open. In 1820, The Sikhs installed Gulab Singh as the Raja of Jammu and as a vassal to Maharaja Ranjit Singh. [4][5]

Battle of Jammu
Date1808
Location
Jammu[1]
Result
  • Sikh Victory.[2]
  • Capture of Jammu City.
Belligerents
Sikh Empire
  • Hindu Rajputs
Commanders and leaders
  • Ajit Singh
  • Mian Mota
  • Sun, Sohan Lal, ` Umdat-ut- Twdnkh. Lahore, 1885–89
  • Prein Singh, Baba, Khalsa Raj de Usrayye, vol. II. Hoti Mardan,1944
  • Griffin, Lepel, and C.F. Massy, Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab. Lahore, 1909
  • Khushwant Singh, Ranjit Singh: Maharajah of the Punjab. Bombay, 1962
  • Panikkar, Gulab Singh 1930

References
  1. Sandhu, Autar Singh (1935), General Hari Singh Nalwa, Lahore: Cunningham Historical Society
  2. Sandhu, Autar Singh (1935), General Hari Singh Nalwa, Lahore: Cunningham Historical Society
  3. Panikkar, K. M. (1930), Gulab Singh, London: Martin Hopkinson Ltd
  4. K. Jagjit Singh. "GULAB SINGH (1792-1857)". Encyclopaedia of Sikhism. Punjabi University Patiala. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  5. Panikkar, K. M. (1930), Gulab Singh, London: Martin Hopkinson Ltd
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