Chand Kaur was fourth ruler of the Sikh Empire, proclaimed as Malika Muqaddisa on 2 December 1840.
11 Facts About Chand Kaur
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Chand Kaur was born to Sardar Jaimal Singh of the Kanhaiya Misl.
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Chand Kaur abandoned her claim when Sahib Kaur delivered a stillborn son and rival Sher Singh led a successful assault of Lahore.
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Chand Kaur was later murdered by her servants on 11 June 1842.
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Chand Kaur was born in 1802 into a Jat Sikh Sandhu family in Fatehgarh Churian in the Gurdaspur District of Punjab.
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Chand Kaur's father was Sardar Jaimal Singh, chief of the Kanhaiya Misl.
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Chand Kaur was imprisoned at Lahore until his death in November 1840 from slow poisoning.
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Nobody else was allowed into the fort, not even his mother, Chand Kaur, who beat on the fort gates with her bare hands in a fever of anxiety.
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However, she pointed out that Nau Nihal's widow, Maharani Sahib Chand Kaur, was pregnant and might give birth to a rightful successor.
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On 2 December 1840 Chand Kaur was proclaimed Maharani of the Punjab, with the title Malika Muqaddasa, Empress Immaculate.
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In July 1841 Sahib Chand Kaur's son was stillborn, ending any justification for a renewed claim to the regency.