1. Mehtab Kaur was the mother of Maharaja Sher Singh, who briefly became the ruler of the Sikh Empire from 1841 until his death in 1843.
13 Facts About Mehtab Kaur
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Mehtab Kaur was the only daughter of Sada Kaur and Gurbaksh Singh Kanhaiya.
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Mehtab Kaur's father was the first commander or sardar of Khalsa army to protect Punjab.
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Mehtab Kaur was betrothed to a six-year-old Ranjit Singh at the age of four.
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Mehtab Kaur, the only child of Gurbaksh Singh Kanhaiya and his wife Sada Kaur Dhaliwal, was born in 1782.
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The Kanhaiya chief died shortly afterwards in 1789, leaving his estates to Sada Mehtab Kaur who took over the leadership of the Kanhaiya Misl.
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Mehtab Kaur felt that marriage might bring him around to the responsibilities of life.
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Mehtab Kaur approached Sada Kaur to fix the muklawa date.
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Mehtab Kaur was very beautiful and her looks made her seem mismatched for the rugged Ranjit Singh.
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Mehtab Kaur made suggestions to head of the Nakais and early in 1797 took a second wife, who was the sister of the Nakai Sardar Gyan Singh Sandhu- with whom he was betrothed for some time.
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The second marriage not only provided Ranjit Singh more political power but a more successful marriage as Datar Mehtab Kaur become Ranjit Singh's most favorite and mother of his heir, Kharak Singh.
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Sada Kaur kept on trying to bring Ranjit Singh closer to her daughter and felt happy when Mehtab bore Ranjit his son in 1804.
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Mehtab Kaur was pregnant again in 1807 and gave birth to twin boys, Sher Singh and Tara Singh in Batala.