Risaldar Major Sardar Punjab Singh Of Rasulpur

Risaldar Major Sardar Punjab Singh Of Rasulpur (d. 1869), soldier in the Sikh army and, upon the occupation of the Punjab in 1849, in the army of the British, was the grandson of Jodh Singh (d. 1837), a Jagirdar of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Of Lahore , and the grandfather of Sardar Sir Jogendra Singh Of Rasulpur (1877-1946), Panjab Singh joined the ghorcharhds or irregular cavalry of Bhatti Jat ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh Of lahore in 1834.

After the annexation of the Punjab to British dominions and the consequent dissolution of the Sikh army, he was enlisted, on 4 May 1849, in the newly raised 2nd Punjab Cavalry, and promoted NaibRisaldar on 1 June 1849 and Risaldar on 21 January 1857. He took part in British operations in 1857 for the relief of Delhi, Lucknow and several other places. He was; decorated with the 2nd class Order pf British India and the title of “Bahadoor” on 7 June 1858 and promoted Risaldar Major. In January 1859, he was appointed commandant of the 5th Regiment of the Mounted Police, Oudh (now eastern Uttar Pradesh). Early in 1861, he was invited to join, on transfer from the 2nd Punjab Cavalry, the Central India Horse, a cavalry corps responsible for law and order in that part of the country. He joined the 2nd Regiment of the Central India Horse as Risaldar Major on 15 February 1861. On 15 February 1869, he was awarded the 1st class Order of British India, with the title of “SirdarBahadoor”. He also received, as a reward for his services during the 1857 uprising, a grant of land worth about 4,000 rupees per annum in the Kheri district of Oudh. In the Punjab he was given an estate of 700 acres in RakkhSukkarchakk, Amritsar district, against an annual payment of 584 rupees.

Sardar Bahadur Panjab Singh died at Rasulpur in December 1869.