Chand Kaur

Chand Kaur
Rajmata of Sikh Empire
Malika Muqaddasa
Empress Immaculate
Maharani consort of Sikh Empire
Tenure1 September 1839 – 8 October 1839
PredecessorDatar Kaur
SuccessorNanaki Kaur Atariwala
Maharani regent of the Sikh Empire
Regency5 November 1840 – 18 January 1841
Coronation2 December 1840
Lahore Fort, Lahore
PredecessorNau Nihal Singh (as monarch)
SuccessorSher Singh (as monarch)
Born1802
Fatehgarh Churian,[1] Punjab, Sikh Empire
(present-day Gurdaspur district, Punjab, India)
Died11 June 1842 (aged 40)
Haveli of Nau Nihal Singh, Lahore, Punjab, Sikh Empire
(present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Burial
Royal Garden, Lahore (Samadhi)
(present day Islamia College Civil Lines)[2]
SpouseKharak Singh (m. 1812)
IssueNau Nihal Singh
HouseKanhaiya (by birth)
Sukerchakia (by marriage)
FatherSardar Jaimal Singh
MotherRajkumari Sahib Kaur of Patiala (daughter of Maharaja Amar Singh)
ReligionSikhism

Chand Kaur (1802 – 11 June 1842) was the regent of the Sikh Empire, proclaimed as Malika Muqaddisa (lit. Queen Immaculate) on 2 December 1840. She was born to Sardar Jaimal Singh of the Kanhaiya Misl. In 1812, she was married to Crown Prince Kharak Singh, son and heir apparent of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Maharani Datar Kaur. In 1821 she gave birth to their only son Nau Nihal Singh, who became second in line of succession to the throne of Punjab.

During her husband's brief reign she served as the queen consort of the Sikh Empire and became the Rajmata when her son ascended the throne.

After the deaths of both her husband Kharak Singh and son Nau Nihal Singh, she declared herself regent for the unborn child of Nau Nihal Singh and his pregnant widow Sahib Kaur. She abandoned her claim when Sahib Kaur delivered a stillborn son and rival Sher Singh led a successful assault of Lahore.[1] She was later murdered by her servants on 11 June 1842.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Bhagat Singh. "Chand Kaur". Encyclopaedia of Sikhism. Punjab University, Patiala.
  2. ^ پاكستان وچ سكھاں دياں تريخى پوتر تھاواں