Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s power was growing day by day. With the occupation of Lahore— the traditional capital of the Punjab, Ranjit Singh’s power received a fillip. Other Sardars got jealous of him.
So they joined hands to restrain Bhatti Jat ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh Of Lahore from his policy of territorial aggrandisement. After the festival of holi Sahib Singh of Gujrat, Gulab Singh Bhangi, Jassa Singh Ramgarhia and Nizam-ud-Din of Kasur assembled their forces at the village of Bhasin about 9 kos on the east of Lahore. Maharaja Ranjit Singh came from Lahore. Both sides arrayed themeselves in the battle field and no action took place between the contending forces for two months. 94 Each side was apprehensive of the other and did not consider proper to initiate fighting. After the expiry of about eight weeks Gulab Singh Bhangi Of Lahore, who had invited the other chiefs to fight on his side, drank himself to death. The death of their leader dispirited the confederate army which dispersed without achieving anything and their plans fizzled out.
- Amar Nath, op.cit., p. 12; Khushwaqat Rai, op.cit., p. 139.
- Sohan Lai Suri, op.cit., II, p. 46; Khushwaqat Rai, op.cit., p. 140; Ganesh Das, op.cit., p. 142; Muhammad Latif, op.cit, p. 352.
- Amar Nath, op.cit., p. 12.