Ranjit Singh
the founder of the Sikh kingdom in the Punjab, India; born in Gujranwala, Nov. 2, 1780. He was the son of a Sikh chief. After the Shah of Afghanistan had given him the provof Lahore, he directed all his energies to the founding of a kingdom which should unite all the Sikh provinces under his own personal rule. He procured from an Afghan prince, as the price of his assistance in war, the famous Koh-inur diamond (see DIAMOND). He died June 27, 1839.