When Own Government Dropped Bombs on Gujranwala I First Capital of Sikh Empire I City of Wrestlers

#gujranwala #gujranwalacity #sikhempire When Own Government Dropped Bombs on Gujranwala I First Capital of Sikh Empire I City of Wrestlers Special Thanks: Muhammad Ali @Explorewithalibhai Music: Binu Kumar, Kerala, India @SoundSFX (Under License) For Financial Support: Syed Zulfiqar Gilani Easy Paisa: IBAN: PK22TMFB0000000091196140 Standard Chartered: IBAN: PK36SCBL0000001714038001 Gujranwala Vlogs When Own Government Dropped Bombs on Gujranwala I First Capital of Sikh Empire I City of Wrestlers    • When Own Government Dropped Bombs on Gujra...   City of Vertical Graves I Ranjit Singh's Summer Palace Finished I Rasul Nagar I Battle of Ramnagar    • City of Vertical Graves I Ranjit Singh's S...   Gujranwala is located in northern-central Punjab's Rachna Doab, it serves as the headquarters of its eponymous district and division. It is nicknamed the "City of Wrestlers"; and is famous for its food and historical significance. A metropolitan hub, it is the fifth-most populous in the country. Founded in the 18th century, Gujranwala is a relatively modern town compared to the many nearby millennia-old cities of northern Punjab. The birthplace of Ranjit Singh, the city served as the capital of the Punjabi state of Sukerchakia Misl between 1763 and 1799; and of the Sikh Empire from 1799 to 1801, succeeded by Lahore. Gujranwala is now Pakistan's third largest industrial center after Karachi and Faisalabad, and contributes 5% to 9% of Pakistan's national GDP. The city is part of a network of large urban centers in north-east Punjab province that forms one of Pakistan's mostly highly industrialized regions. Along with the nearby cities of Sialkot and Faisalabad, Gujranwala forms part of the "Golden Triangle" of industrial cities with export-oriented economies. Gujranwala was founded by Gujjars in the eighteenth century however the exact origins of Gujranwala are unclear. Unlike the ancient nearby cities of Sialkot and Lahore, Gujranwala is a relatively modern city. It may have been established as a village in the middle of the 16th century. Locals traditionally believe that Gujranwala's original name was Khanpur Sansi, though recent scholarship suggests that the village was possibly Serai Gujran instead – a village once located near what is now Gujranwala's Khiyali Gate that was mentioned by several sources during the 18th-century invasion of Ahmad Shah Abdali. In 1707, with the death of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, Mughal power began to rapidly weaken especially following Nader Shah's invasion in 1739 and then completely dissipated from the Punjab region due to the invasions of Ahmad Shah Abdali who raided Punjab many times between 1747 and 1772 causing much devastation and chaos. Abdali's control over the region began to weaken in the latter part of the 18th century with the rise of the Sikh Misls who overran Punjab. Charat Singh, ruler of the Sukerchakia Misl, established himself in a fort which he had built in the area of Gujranwala between 1756 and 1758. Nuruddin, a Jammu-based Afghan general, was ordered by Abdali to subdue the Sikhs but was driven back at Sialkot by Sikh soldiers led by Charat Singh. In 1761, Khwaja Abed Khan, Abdali's governor in Lahore, tried to besiege Charat Singh's base in Gujranwala but the bid misfired. Charat Singh made Gujranwala the capital of his misl in 1763. In a 1774 battle waged in Jammu, Charat Singh of the Sukerchakia misl and Jhanda Singh of the powerful Bhangi misl, fighting on opposite sides, were both killed. He was succeeded by his son Maha Singh. In the Gujranwala area in the 1770s, the Jat Chathas of Wazirabad and Rajput Bhattis of Hafizabad (Muslims in both cases) offered 'fierce resistance' to the Sukerchakias, whose attack was aided by Sahib Singh of the Bhangi misl. Rasoolnagar which belonged to the Chathas was renamed Ramnagar (Ram's city) to humiliate the Muslims. Ranjit Singh, Maha Singh's son and successor who would later go on to establish the Sikh Empire, was born in 1780 in Gujranwala's Purani Mandi market. Ranjit Singh maintained Gujranwala as his capital initially after rising to power in 1792. His most famous military commander Hari Singh Nalwa, who was also from Gujranwala, built a high mud wall around Gujranwala during this era and established the city's new grid street-plan that exists until the present day. Gujranwala remained Ranjit Singh's capital until he captured Lahore from the Durrani Afghans in 1799, at which point the capital was moved there, leading to the relative decline of Gujranwala in favor of Lahore. Jind Kaur, the last queen of Ranjit Singh and mother of Duleep Singh, was born in Gujranwala in 1817. Follow us on: Facebook:   / gilanilogs1   Twitter:   / gilanilogs   Instagram:   / zulfiqargil.  . WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaBl...