Chand Kaur
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Chand Kaur was briefly a Regent
of the sovereign
country of Punjab
and the Sikh Empire. She was the wife of Kharak Singh and thus daughter-in-law of Ranjit Singh
. She was the mother of Nau Nihal Singh
. She remained regent for ~2 & half months, from 5 November 1840 - 18 January 1841, in preparation for Sher Singh
's coronation and becoming Maharaja. The fundamentalists who blame Dogra brothers for the weaknesses of Ranjit 's family forget that this queen was stoned to death by her maids and Sher Singh 's khalsa minions to make way for him on the throne. Chand kaur was regent while Nau Nihal ' wife was pregnant and once she was removed, Sher Singh became regent, Nau Nihal 's child also vanished.
Regent
A regent, from the Latin regens "one who reigns", is a person selected to act as head of state because the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated. Currently there are only two ruling Regencies in the world, sovereign Liechtenstein and the Malaysian constitutive state of Terengganu...
of the sovereign
Sovereignty
Sovereignty is the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory. It can be found in a power to rule and make law that rests on a political fact for which no purely legal explanation can be provided...
country of Punjab
Punjab region
The Punjab , also spelled Panjab |water]]s"), is a geographical region straddling the border between Pakistan and India which includes Punjab province in Pakistan and the states of the Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and some northern parts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi...
and the Sikh Empire. She was the wife of Kharak Singh and thus daughter-in-law of Ranjit Singh
Ranjit Singh
Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ji was the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire.-Early life:...
. She was the mother of Nau Nihal Singh
Nau Nihal Singh
Maharaja Nau Nihal Singh was a Sikh ruler of the sovereign country of Punjab and the Sikh Empire. He was the son of Maharani Chand Kaur and Maharaja Kharak Singh, himself eldest son and heir of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Sher-e-Panjab and the Grandson of Datar Kaur.After the death of Ranjit Singh,...
. She remained regent for ~2 & half months, from 5 November 1840 - 18 January 1841, in preparation for Sher Singh
Sher Singh
Maharaja Sher Singh was a Sikh ruler of the sovereign country of Punjab and the Sikh Empire. He was the son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Queen Rani Mehtab Kaur who was also the mother of Prince Tara Singh...
's coronation and becoming Maharaja. The fundamentalists who blame Dogra brothers for the weaknesses of Ranjit 's family forget that this queen was stoned to death by her maids and Sher Singh 's khalsa minions to make way for him on the throne. Chand kaur was regent while Nau Nihal ' wife was pregnant and once she was removed, Sher Singh became regent, Nau Nihal 's child also vanished.