Nishanwalia Misl

Nishanwalia Misl
Flag of Nishanwalia Misl
StatusMisl
CapitalAmbala and Shahbad (initial)
Zira (later)
Common languagePunjabi
Religion
GovernmentAristocratic republic
Misldar 
• 1748-1767
Dasaundha Singh Shergill
• 1767-1774
Sangat Singh Shergill
• 
Lal Singh and Gurbakhsh Singh
• 
Mohar Singh, Kapur Singh, and Anup Singh
• 1786–1808, 1809–1823[1][2]
Daya Kaur
LegislatureSarbat Khalsa
Today part ofIndia

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

The Nishanwalia Misl, also spelt as Nishananvali Misl, was a Sikh misl.[3][4] The Misl was founded by Dasaundha Singh Shergill a leader of Tarna Dal. The misl was ruled by the Shergill Jats.[5]

  1. ^ Singh, Harbans (ed.). The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism: A-D. Vol. 1. Punjabi University. p. 538.
  2. ^ Kaura, Bhupindara (2000). Status of Women in Sikhism. Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. p. 27.
  3. ^ Dhavan, Purnima (2011). When Sparrows Became Hawks: The Making of the Sikh Warrior Tradition, 1699-1799. Oxford University Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-19-975655-1.
  4. ^ GUR SHABAD RATNAKAR. Mahan kosh (in Punjabi). Bhai Baljinder Singh.
  5. ^ Singh, Dr. Bhagat (2009). A History of the Sikh Misals. Punjabi University. p. 169.