Ajit Singh Sandhawalia
Sikh chieftain
About Ajit Singh Sandhawalia
Ajit Singh Sandhawalia was a Sikh chieftain from the Sandhawalia Jat clan who assassinated Sher Singh, the ruler of the Sikh Empire, on 15 September 1843.
Biography leftAjit Singh was the son of Basava Singh Sandhawalia, a sardar from Rajasansi.
After the assassination of Nau Nihal Singh, the Sandhawalia clan supported Chand Kaur to become the ruler. The Sandhawalias were banished from the Khalsa empire and fled to Calcutta in British India.
British civil servant George Russell Clerk convinced Sher Singh to let the Sandhawalias enter the empire again. Sher Singh welcomed Ajit Singh back with open arms. and then killed the wounded Sher Singh with his sword by cutting off his head.
After assassinating Sher Singh, Ajit Singh and his uncle, Lahina Singh, escaped and went on to assassinate Dhian Singh, the wazir of Sikh empire.
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