Misr Diwan Chand

Misr

Diwan Chand
Painting of Misr Diwan Chand, ca.1799–1849
Born1755
Village Gondlanwala, Gujranwala, Durrani Empire (Present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Died18 July 1825
Lahore, Sikh Empire (Present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Years of service1816 - 1825
RankGeneral
Commands
Known forMilitary expeditions in
AwardsZafar-jung-Bahadur
Fateh-o-nusrat-nasib
ChildrenMisr Beli Ram
Misr Rup Lal
Misr Sukh Raj
Misr Megh Raj
Misr Ram Kishan[1]
RelationsMisr Sahib Dayal (brother)
Misr Basti Ram (brother)

Misr Diwan Chand (1755 – 18 July 1825) was a notable officer and a powerful general of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's reign. From a petty clerk he rose to the position of chief of artillery and commander-in-chief of the armies that conquered Multan and Kashmir and also served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Khalsa Army from 1816 to 1825.[2][3]

  1. ^ Griffin Lepel. H Sir (1940). Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab Vol.1. Superintendent Government Printing Punjab. p. 361. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  2. ^ Punjab History Conference, Thirty-ninth session, March 16–18, 2007: proceedings, Navtej Singh, Punjabi University. Dept. of Punjab Historical Studies
  3. ^ Sufi, G. M. D.; Sūfī, Ghulām Muhyi'd Dīn (1974). Kashmīr, being a history of Kashmir from the earliest times to our own. Light & Life Publishers.