Ruler · 1801 – 1840

Kharak Singh

Lived 1801 – 1840. Maharaja of Punjab, Kashmir and Jammu of Sikh Empire, 1839.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1801 – 1840; 39 years
Lines: 1; Sikh Empire
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

Maharaja of Punjab, Kashmir and Jammu

Sikh Empire · the 2nd of 7 dated reigns · 1801 – 1849

Ranjit Singh1801 – 1839

Kharak Singh1839

Nau Nihal Singh1839 – 1840

Sher Singh1841 – 1843

Duleep Singh1843 – 1849

2 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removedending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1839 · under a year

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

In February 1840 Kharak Singh was officially deposed and imprisoned for supposed crimes.

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