Sikh Chieftains of 1860, Who Held Great Influence and Local Power
- Sardar Bhagwant Singh of Bhadaur village, Sidhu Jatt (Phulkian Sikh Misl Descendents)
- Sardar Badan Singh of Malaudh village, Sidhu Jatt (Phulkian Sikh Misl Descendents)
- Sardar Bhai Arjan Singh of Bagrian village, Ramgarhia Sikh
- Sardar Bahadur Sardar Raghbir Singh of Ladhran village, Guron Jatt
- Sardar Ganda Singh of Dhiru Mazra village, Jatt
- Sardar Harnam Singh of Bhari village, Bhangu Jatt (Descendant of Bhai Mehtab Singh (d. 1740), a Sikh Warrior and Martyr, who belonged to the village Mirankot, In Amritsar District (Majha region) of Punjab, later his son Sardar Rai Singh Bhangu, who In 1764, with a large Sikh force, crossed the Sutlej river and captured present day Bhari village (Ludhiana District), and established his head quarters there, and his son was the famous Sikh Historian Bhai Rattan Singh Bhangu (d. 1846), Ancestors of the Bhari Chieftains.)
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