Ishar Singh (Sikh prince) explained

Birth Date:31 January 1804
Birth Place:Batala, Punjab, Sikh Empire
Death Date:1805
Death Place:Punjab, Sikh Empire
House:Sukerchakia
Father:Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Mother:Maharani Mehtab Kaur

Kunwar Ishar Singh (31 January 1804  - 1805)[1] [2] was the son of Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of the Sikh Empire and his first wife Maharani Mehtab Kaur of the Kanhaiya Misl. Ishar Singh was the first son of Mehtab Kaur and the second son of Ranjit Singh, as his second wife Maharani Datar Kaur of the Nakai Misl gave birth to his first son and heir apparent in 1801.[3]

The birth of Ishar Singh delighted Mehtab's mother Sada Kaur the most, she named him Ishar Singh. However, the prince died in infancy.[4] It is said that the child was not the biological son of Mehtab Kaur and Ranjit Singh, but only procured by Mehtab Kaur and presented to Ranjit Singh who accepted him as his son.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lafont, Jean Marie. Maharaja Ranjit Singh. 2002. Atlantic Publishers & Distri. en.
  2. Book: Maharaja Ranjit Singh: First Death Centenary Memorial. 1939. Khalae College. en.
  3. Book: Griffin, Lepel Henry. The Panjab Chiefs: Historical and Biographical Notices of the Principal Families in the Lahore and Rawalpindi Divisions of the Panjab. 1890. Civil and Military Gazette Press. en.
  4. Book: Lafont, Jean Marie. Maharaja Ranjit Singh. 2002. Atlantic Publishers & Distri. en.
  5. Book: Griffin, Lepel Henry. The Panjab Chiefs: Historical and Biographical Notices of the Principal Families in the Lahore and Rawalpindi Divisions of the Panjab. 1890. Civil and Military Gazette Press. en.