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Ranjit Singh

American  
[ruhn-jit sing] / ˈrʌn dʒɪt ˈsɪŋ /

noun

  1. Lion of the Punjab, 1780–1839, Indian maharaja: founder of the Sikh kingdom of Punjab.


Ranjit Singh British  
/ ˈrʌndʒɪt ˈsɪŋ /

noun

  1. called the Lion of the Punjab. 1780–1839; founder of the Sikh kingdom in the Punjab

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They fought against the British for Maharajah Ranjit Singh, the “Lion of Punjab.”

From Washington Post Jan. 23, 2023

A video featuring Ranjit Singh Veer driving his bus in the West Midlands of Britain and leading a Punjabi bhangra dance crew has drawn tens of thousands of views.

From New York Times Jan. 20, 2023

Ranjit Singh, 45, said outside a butcher shop where he has worked for 10 years.

From Seattle Times Sep. 13, 2022

Singh’s 52-year-old father, Ranjit Singh, closed his small clinic in April 2020, as did many private general practitioners concerned at that time about getting infected.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 18, 2022

In the course of a few years, however, the maharaja Ranjit Singh acquired all the territory which those chiefs had held.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

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