Singhpuria Misl was founded by the great Sikh warrior Chaudhary Nawab Kapur Singh, a VirkJat. Who was born in 1697 AD. He was the founder of Sighpuria Misl but later he became an esteemed Khalsa leader.[1] This misl got its name from a village Faizullapur in Amritsar and then changed the name of the village to Singhpura, and the misl eventually followed suit and became Singhpuria. Following are its heads:
Nawab Kapur Singh was a great warrior. He fought many battles. The Battle of Sirhind (1764) was a turning point of Singhpuria Misl. After the fall of Sirhind a considerable portion of present-day Rupnagar District came under the Singhpuria Misl.[3] These areas included Manauli, Ghanuli, Bharatgarh, Kandhola, Chooni, Machli, Bhareli, Bunga and Bela.
By 1769, the Singpuria Misl had the following territories in its possession:- Some parts of the districts of Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur in Doaba, Kharparkheri and Singhpura in Bari-Doab and Abhar, Adampur, Chhat, Banoor, Manauli Ghanauli, Bharatgarh, Kandhola, Chooni, Machhli Bhareli, Banga, Bela, Attal Garh and some other places in the province of Sirhind.[2]
