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GULAB SINGH ATARIWALA


Sirdar Gulab Singh (? – 1887) was the younger son of Sirdar Chatar Singh Atariwala. In 1848, when Sirdar Chatar Singh and his elder son Sirdar Sher Singh started preparation for a war against the British, he was at Lahore. Fearing that he too will join his father and his brother, he was arrested. During the mutiny of 1857, he offered his services to the British. The British rewarded him for his services. In 1872, he was allowed to return to the Punjab. He chose Amritsar as his headquarters. In 1886, he was nominated as Counsellor to the ruler of Jammu and Kashmir.

(Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer)