Nishanwalia Misl

The Nishanvali/Nishanvala Misl was founded by the sardar jai singh ji and its founder was jai singh ji.

Misls of the Sikh Confederacy
A 1780 map of the Punjab Region shows the relative positions of the Sikh Misls and other states.

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Shaheedan Misl

The Nishanavali misl, kept as a reserve force at Amritsar, used to act as standard-bearers of the Khalsa army "Dal Khalsa". Hence the name (Nishan = flag or standard; vali/vala= owning or unfurling) means this misl carry the Nishan Sahib, the Sikh Flag in the battle. This misl has two 12 feet long Naishan sabih which they used to carry wars the flags are still there but they have been kept by family there of this misl This Sikh Misl had a strength of 2000 regular horsemen and covered the areas of Roopnagar, Ambala and Shahbad Markanda.

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