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Sikh

Maharaja Ranjit Singh

The Lion of Punjab

Sikh Statecraft; military modernization; religious tolerance
Attribute Value
Combat
ATK 90
DEF 90
SPR 75
SPD 80
INT 92
Rank Maharaja of the Sikh Empire
Domain Statecraft; military modernization; religious tolerance
Alignment Sikh / Sovereign
Weakness One-eyed (from childhood smallpox); his empire fragmented within ten years of his death in 1839
Key Act Unified the warring Sikh misls in 1799 and ruled a sovereign empire covering modern Punjab, Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and parts of Tibet for forty years from his capital at Lahore. Modernized his army with French and Italian generals. Plated the Harmandir Sahib in gold (giving it the name "Golden Temple"). Famously religiously tolerant: appointed Hindus, Muslims, and Europeans to senior positions; never imposed Sikhi on his subjects
Source Sikh chronicles; British East India Company records

His empire is the high-water mark of Sikh political power. After his death the British annexed Punjab within a decade.


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