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| Heera Singh Sandhu | |
|---|---|
| Founder of the Nakai Misl | |
| Reign | 1748-1767 |
| Successor | Nar Singh Nakai |
| Born | 1706 Baherwal Kalan, Punjab, Mughal Empire |
| Died | 1776 Pakpattan, Sikh Confederacy |
| Issue | Dal Singh Nakai |
| House | Nakai |
| Father | Chaudhry Sandhu |
Sardar Heera Singh Sandhu (1706–1776) was the founder of Nakai Misl, one of the twelve Sikh Misls that later became the Sikh Empire under the leadership of Ranjit Singh. Heera Singh was born in a Sandhu Jat Sikh family in present-day Pakistan.[1] He was killed in battle near Pakpattan when he partook in a battle against a Chisti Army of devotees of Baba Farid's shrine in 1776.[2]
- ^ Gandhi, Surjit Singh (1999). Sikhs in the Eighteenth Century: Their Struggle for Survival and Supremacy. Singh Bros. ISBN 978-81-7205-217-1.
- ^ Richard M. Eaton (1984). Metcalf, Barbara Daly (ed.). Moral Conduct and Authority: The Place of Adab in South Asian Islam. University of California Press. p. 350. ISBN 9780520046603. Retrieved 30 August 2017.