House of Sukerchakia

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The House of Sukerchakia was the ruling Sikh dynasty of the Sikh Empire in the early 19th century, most prominently associated with Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

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House of Sukerchakia canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sikh dynasty ⓘ
ruling house ⓘ
associatedWith Khalsa army ⓘ
linked to: Khalsa Army

Sikh Empire ⓘ
capitalUnderRule Lahore ⓘ
centralFigure Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
consolidated various Sikh misls ⓘ
country Sikh Empire ⓘ
culturalPolicy patronage of Punjabi and Sikh culture ⓘ
diplomaticRelations Afghan Durrani Empire ⓘ
linked to: Durrani Empire

British East India Company ⓘ
dissolutionCause annexation of the Sikh Empire by the British East India Company ⓘ
dynasticReligion Sikhism ⓘ
dynasticTitle Maharaja of the Sikh Empire ⓘ
era pre-colonial India ⓘ
ethnicGroup Punjabi ⓘ
founder Charat Singh ⓘ
governmentTypeUnderRule centralized Sikh monarchy ⓘ
historicalRegion Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
historicalSignificance created a powerful Sikh state between the Mughal and British periods ⓘ
knownFor military expansion in North-Western India ⓘ
patronage of Sikh religious institutions ⓘ
unification of much of Punjab under Sikh rule ⓘ
language Punjabi ⓘ
linked to: Punjabi language
militaryOrganization modernized army with European officers under Ranjit Singh ⓘ
mostProminentRuler Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
namedAfter village of Sukerchak ⓘ
notableMember Charat Singh ⓘ
Mahan Singh Sukerchakia ⓘ
linked to: Maha Singh

Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
origin Sukerchakia misl chiefs in Gujranwala region ⓘ
politicalIdeology Sikh sovereignty (Khalsa Raj) ⓘ
linked to: Sikh Confederacy
politicalStatus dominant Sikh ruling house in early 19th century ⓘ
politicalSystem monarchy ⓘ
predecessor Sukerchakia Misl ⓘ
region Punjab ⓘ
religion Sikhism ⓘ
riseToPower through leadership of Sukerchakia Misl ⓘ
ruledOver Amritsar ⓘ
Kashmir ⓘ
Lahore ⓘ
Multan ⓘ
Peshawar ⓘ
successorState British administration in Punjab ⓘ
territorialCore central and eastern Punjab ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duleep Singh → house → House of Sukerchakia ⓘ
Bamba Sophia Jindan Duleep Singh → memberOf → House of Sukerchakia ⓘ