Chattar Singh Attariwalla

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Sardar
Chattar Singh Attariwalla
Portrait of Sardar Chattar Singh Attariwala, by C. Grant, 1910
NationalitySikh Empire

Chattar Singh Attariwalla, also spelt Chatar Singh Aṭārīvālā, was

Second Anglo-Sikh War
against the British.

Family

Chatar Singh was the son of Jodh Siṅgh Aṭārīvālā. He had two sons, Raja

First Anglo-Sikh War the British Resident, Sir Frederick Currie
did not honour the betrothal.

Career

On the death of his father in August 1815, Chatar Singh inherited large jagirs and occupied himself with farming his estates. He rose to political prominence in 1843, after the assassination of Maharaja Sher Singh, and his daughter Tej Kaur was betrothed to Maharaja Duleep Singh. In 1846 he was made Governor of Peshawar and the following year the Council of Regency recommended him for the title of Raja, but he asked that the title should instead be conferred on his son, Sher Singh.

In 1848 he was appointed as Governor of the Hazara province. There he came into conflict with Captain

second Anglo-Sikh War, Sher Singh inflicted a serious blow on the British at the 1849 Battle of Chillianwala, but was defeated later the same year at the Battle of Gujrat. Following the battle, Chatar Siṅgh and his sons, Rājā Sher Siṅgh and Avtār Singh, were imprisoned at first at Allāhābād and then at Fort William at Calcutta. Raja Chattar Siṅgh died in Calcutta on 27 December 1855.[2]

See also

  • Punjab Army

References

  1. ^ George Bruce Malleson, Decisive Battles of India.
  2. ^ Gaṇḍā Siṅgh. "CHATAR SIṄGH AṬĀRĪVĀLĀ". Encyclopaedia of Sikhism. Punjabi University Patiala. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

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