Battle of Jammu (1808)

The Battle of Jammu was fought between Sikhs and the Dogra Rajputs in 1808. The Dogras were defeated and Hukam Singh Chimni a Jat captured the Jammu city along with the Sikh Jat general Hari Singh Nalwa. This was a great success for the Sikhs as now their route to Kashmir was open. In 1820, but Sikhs have to install Maharaja Gulab Singh as the king of Jammu and as a vassal to Maharaja Ranjit Singh because of the growing revolt (led by Mian Dido Singh Jamwal and Chib Rajputs) against Sikhs. [4][5]

Not to be confused with Battle of Jammu (1712).
Battle of Jammu
Date1808
Location
Jammu[1]
Result
  • Sikh Victory.[2]
  • Capture of Jammu City.
Belligerents
Sikh Empire
  • Dogra 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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