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Tej Singh
Sikh Warrior who Commanded sikh khalsa Army during First Anglo Sikh War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tej Singh (1799 – 4 December 1862; or Raja Teja Singh) was a Sikh commander in the Sikh Empire.[1] He was appointed as commander-in-chief of the Sikh Khalsa Army during the First Anglo-Sikh War[2][3][4][5] betraying the army he was supposed to lead.[6]
This article is about the Sikh commander, Tej Singh. For the Bundela Rajput commander of the Gingee fort, Raja Tej Singh, see Desingh. For the Maharaj of Alwar, see Tej Singh Prabhakar. For the Indian politician, see Tej Singh (politician). For other uses, see Tej Singh (disambiguation).
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Raja Tej Singh | |
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Birth name | Tej Ram |
Born | 1799 |
Died | 4 December 1862 |
Rank | General |
Commands held | Diwan of Peshawar |
Children | Narinder Singh |
Relations | Misr Niddha (father) Harbans Singh (brother) |
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In return for his loyalty to the invader, the East India Company made Tej Singh Raja of Sialkot. It appointed him to head the Council of Regency on behalf of the minor Dalip Singh. He was one of six signatories to the 1849 Treaty of Lahore, which agreed to the surrender of the Koh-i-Noor diamond by the Maharaja of Lahore to the Queen of England. All the signatories, on behalf of the minor Dalip Singh, endorsed the treaty in return for being permitted to retain their jagirs.[7]