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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • Punjabi leader of the Sikhs who unified warring Sikh states into a kingdom and resisted colonization by the British, with whom he maintained an alliance.

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Examples

  • The three have been identified as Ranjit Singh of Mohali, Rajesh Kumar of Sector 24 and Raju of Ram Darbar.

    Top Headlines 2009

  • The three have been identified as Ranjit Singh of Mohali, Rajesh Kumar of Sector 24 and Raju of Ram Darbar.

    Top Headlines 2009

  • Pilgrims are traveling to Pakistan for this month's 172nd anniversary of the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who is remembered for uniting the Punjabs.

    Photos of the Day: June 21 2011

  • The finest court scene here is that of Ranjit Singh at Lahore (c. 1850), sitting cross-legged in a palace courtyard on a gold basket-throne—the original (seized by the British, along with his sword and the Koh-i-Noor diamond) stands in a glass case alongside—surrounded by 70 brightly dressed members of his family and court.

    Conspicuous Consumption David Littlejohn 2011

  • The former Cheif Minister had visited Nepal where Maharanji Jindi, wife Ranjit Singh, was kept in jail.

    AMARINDER'S BOOK ON HISTORY TO BE OUT SOON 2009

  • Politically this city has been important enough to become the capital, once for the Mughals, and later for Ranjit Singh.

    Figure Painted | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • “We are secular citizens of a secular city and a secular country and we live here in peace irrespective of caste, colour and creed, and people will see that one day Pakistan will also appreciate and emulate our values,” was the punch line of young Ranjit Singh, who also danced merrily with the PoK visitors

    Fond reminiscences of a visitor from PoK 2007

  • I would note that the “Indian Prince” 608 was no less a personage than Ranjit Singh, Rajah of the Punjab, that the burial of the

    The Life of Sir Richard Burton 2003

  • Yet Ranjit Singh would give his men a look at the prize they had won.

    Ensign Flandry Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1966

  • This warlike nation had reached the height of their power under the famous Ranjit Singh.

    John Nicholson The Lion of the Punjaub R. E. Cholmeley

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