94 The District of Ludidnd. [No. 2, 



meiit of a nazrana. On the death of Rai Ilyas, his mother Niir-unnisa 

 appointed two G-ujars, Ahmad and Madahi, as her deputies. They 

 rebelled, and took possession of Liidiana and Jagraon for themselves. 

 Nur-unnisa was obliged to re-engage the brave and faithful tkanali- 

 dar Husain. The rebels applied for assistance to Bhanga Sing 

 of Thanesar, who was glad of the opportunity for interference. There 

 were numerous battles. Husain valiantly protected his mistress 

 against the rebels, Ahmad and Madahi, who were shut up in the 

 fort, on the one hand and against Bhanga Sing on the other. Bhanga 

 Sing was wounded, and was nearly defeated, when unhappily 

 Husain was slain. His followers lost heart, the Rani fled to 

 Raikot, and the people of the city deserted their property and their 

 homes. Bhanga Sing remained eleven days, plundering and laying 

 waste the city, burning all that was consumable. This was in 

 Sambat 1860. So Ahmad and Madahi remained masters of Ludiana 

 and Jagraon till 1862, when Ranjit Sing overran the country, and 

 gave the city to Bhag Sing of Jhind. In S. 1864, or A. D. 1809, 

 Sir David Ochterlony came here, and repaired and occupied the fort ; 

 but the city and cantonment site remained with the Jhind family 

 till the death of Sangal Sing, when they escheated to the British 

 Government, in A. D. 1835. While these events were taking place 

 at Ludiana itself, numerous Sikh sardars had established themselves 

 in various parts of the district, where their descendants still hold 

 jagirs. The most important of these families is that of Maland, a 

 branch of the Phulkia clan, and consequently related to the rajas 

 of Patiala. Their ancestors appear to have lived for some time at 

 Sahnah, a town in the extreme south of the district which still belongs 

 to their jagir. In A. D. 1762, Man Sing took possession of Maland, 

 which has since given its name to the family. His son Dalel Sing 

 was the most distinguished of the sardars. His tomb is a prominent 

 building at Maland. The jagir has been since divided into three. 

 The other Sikh jagirdars in the district all trace their origin to the 

 general appropriation made by the Sikh army after its great and 

 final victory over the Musalmans, when Sarhind was destroyed. 



We have now brought the history of the district down to the time, 

 when it merges in that of British India. Some memorable events 

 liave occurred of later years ; but it is not our work to narrate them 



