o They were born in 1697, lived until 1770 o They were born into a family of jatts o Their village was Kaloke, which is now in Sheikhpura district, in o Kapur Singh was 11 years old when Gobind Singh Ji left their chola o They were 19 years old when the massacre of Baba and his 700 followers happened o Kapur Singh Ji took Amrit when they were 24 years old at Sahib in 1721 on the day of o The were lead by Ji o Kapur Singh Ji had a high leadership role within his , who at the time were involved in a desperate struggle against the mughals. o Zakarya Khan was the mughal governer of at that time in 1726, and launched a policy of persecution against the sikhs. o He had put a price on sikhs heads o The sikhs, including Kapur Singh roamed the jungles in central punjab, they were getting hunted by the mughals o Sikh use to attack their caravans and treasures to get food. o Eventually Zakarya Khan came to terms with the Sikhs. o In 1733, the mughal government decided to come to terms with sikhs. The word was used for the sikh’s leader. o After Sarbat the sikhs accepted the offer. Kapur Singh ji was unanimously elected the leader. o As a mark of respect. He placed a siropa which was sent by the mughals on the feet of the punj pyare o 3 of the panj pyare were Ji, Bhai Karam Singh, Bhai Buddh Singh Ji- the great great grandfather of Ji o Word was sent around to sikhs in jungles and deserts that peace had been made with sikhs and all sikhs could go back to their houses o Nawab Kapur singh took responsibilty to keep all the sikhs joined and merged them into a single central fighting force called the dal o There were 2 Dals- Budha Dal the army of veterans, and the taruna dal was the army of the young o The task was too look after the holy places, and telling the world about the guru ji’s. o The Taruna Dal was the more active because they were told to fight in emergencies. o Under its leader Hari Singh the Taruna Dal rapidly grew and in strenght o They had 12,000 soliders o Nawab Kapur Singh split the Taruna Khalsa into 5 parts each with a seperate center o The first batch was lead by Baba Deep Singh Ji, 2nd by Karam and Dharam Singh Ji, 3rd by Kahan Singh and , 4th by Dasandha Singh and 5th by Vir Singh and Jivan Singh o The territores conquered by these groups were entered in their papers at akal thakt sahib by Jassa Singh . o By the end of the century there were 12 sikh ruling o Nawab Kapur Singh Ji was the finder of the rule-by- system he was also a great warrior o He fought many battles and his last battle was the battle of sirhind o After the fall of sirhind in 1763 a lot of the portion of the present day district came under the singhpuria misl. o By 1769 the singhpuria had many territores under possession including parts of and

Lakhpat Rai  Before the harvest of 1735, Zakarya Khan, sent strong force to occupied the Jagir  The Sikhs were driven out of Amritsar and into Bari Doab by Lakhpat Rai  Kapur Singh attacked Sirhind and defeated the mughal governor  Later Nawab Kapur Singh led the Sikhs back to to celebrate at Amritsar  Lakhpat rai pursued Kapur Singh and Kapur Singh had to turn away  the Taruna Dal came to his help , and the aftermath of that was Duni Chand, Jamal Khan and Tatar Khan were killed in the battle Nadir Shah  Nadir Shah a Persian invader was just on the way back from looting and Punjab, not knowing the Dal was waiting for him not far from the route he took  They attacked the rear and took as much of their booty  On the third night they rescued over 1000 girls and escorted them safely to their homes

Zakarya Khan’s Campaign continues  Made a policy of repression, started a pitiless campaign for a manhunt  10 rupees for the location of a Sikh and 50 for killing a Sikh  He cut off the main source of inspiration, Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar was taken possession of and guarded by the mughals  Some Sikhs would disguise themselves and fight there way through armed guards to take a dip in the tank or Harmandir Sahib and ride back with lightning speed  June 24, 1734 Bhai Mani Singh Ji was Shaheed Zakarya Khan’s Campaign continues  Nawab Kapur Singh made a plan to capture Zakarya Khan  Army of 2000 strong were all disguised and entered the city of Lahore and went to the Shahi Mosque where Zakarya Khan was supposed to be, according to intel  He was disappointed that Zakarya Khan wasn’t there so they threw off their disguise and shouted “Sat Sri Akal” and marched out of Lahore and into the jungles Chota Ghalughara  Zakarya Khan and Lakhpat Rai re-launched and all- out campaign and set forth with a large army  The Sikhs were by Kahnuwan and determined to put up a fight but were overcome by enormous numbers and scattered with heavy losses  Lakhpat Rai took 1000 Sikhs in chains to Lahore and had them ride on donkeys, bare-backed and showed them off to the public in bazaars  They were beheaded outside the Delhi gate without mercy Death  Kapur Singh humbly requested to the community to relieve him of his duties because of his old age  Jassa Singh Aluwalia was chosen as the supreme commander of the  Khusal Singh succeded him as the leader of the misl  Died in 1975

• Where was Kapur Singh Virk born? • Who was Zakarya Khan? • Name one of the 3 Panj Pyare mentioned when Kapur Singh placed the siropa at their feet. • What were the names of the 2 Dals? • In how many parts did Kapur Singh split the Taruna Khalsa into? • Where was Nawab Kapur Singh’s last battle? • Who were the Sikhs driven out by? • Who was Nadir Shah? • What did Zakarya Khan create?