Ranjit Singh - Ranjit Singh's Generals

Ranjit Singh's Generals

Ranjit Singh encircled himself with an array of generals and soldiers. They were men from different clans, castes and regions

These included:

• Mahan Singh Mirpuri
• Hari Singh Nalwa
• Desa Singh Majithia
• Hukma Singh Chimni
• Dewan Mokham Chand
• Fateh Singh Ahluwalia
• Veer Singh Dillon later Jallaha of Gurdaspore
• Sawan Mal
• Sirdar Gulab Singh Pahuwindia
• Sham Singh Attariwala
• Sardar Sangat Singh Saini
• Sher Singh
• Shaikh Elahi Bakhsh
• General Ghause Khan (Mian Ghausa)
• Sultan Mahmud Khan (Son of Ghause Khan)
• Zorawar Singh
• Chattar Singh Attariwalla
• Balbhadra Kunwar – Gorkhali General who served for Ranjit Singh after the Anglo-Gorkha war (1814–1816).
• Mahan Singh Mirpuri
• Akali Phula Singh
• Lehna Singh Majithia
• Misr Diwan Chand

Among his European Mercenary Generals were:

• Jean-François Allard
• Jean-Baptiste Ventura – Italian (Modena)
• Paolo Di Avitabile – Italian (Naples)
• Claude August Court – French

Americans of note:

• Josiah Harlan – American general and later governor of Gujrat
• Alexander Gardner – American (Scots – Irish)