Mihan Singh (d. 1841), was Lahore Empire governor of Kashmir from 1834 to 1841. He had taken part in numerous military operations under Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his successors. As governor of Kashmir, he ordered a free assessment of the land in the province. He also had his Tarikhi Kashmir, which was also a document of much historical and economic importance, compiled. Soon after Maharaja Sher Singh`s accession, two battalions of the Sikh army in Kashmir revolted and on 17 April 1841 assassinated Mihan Singh at his residence in Srinagar. He was son of Sardar Ram Singh, a Kahlon Jat Jagirdar of Bhagowalia, near Batala, in Gurdaspur district, served under the Majithia chiefs and received Jagir from them.
He was a minor when his father died in 1809 while serving in the force of Sardar Desa Singh Majithia. Mihan Singh, on be coming able to bear arms, was placed by Desa Singh Majithia under his son Sardar Lehna Singh. He obtained an assignment of rupees 2,200 per annum from the tribute of Mandi, Kulu, Suket, Karigra, Bilaspur and Nadaun on Lahina Singh`s appointment as governor of the hill districts. Mihan Singh was confirmed in his estate after the death in 1832 of Desa Singh Majithia and was appointed Ihdneddr at Amritsar. He died in 1870.
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- Griffin, Lepel and C.F. Massy, Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab. Lahore, 1939
- Suri, Sohan Lal, `Umdat ut-Twarikh- Lahore, 1885-89
- The Sikh Encyclopedia
- BIBLIOGRAPHY Griffin, Sir Lepel and G.F. Massy, Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab. Lahore, 190