Maharaja Ranjit Singh - Detailed History of Maharaja Ranjit
Singh - 200 years of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Coronation -
Maharaja Ranjit Singh Who Ruled His People's Hearts by K.K.
Khullar Maharaja Ranjit Singh ji, Portrait painted by G T Vigne
in 1837. "On the 1st of Baisakh (April 12) 1801, Sahib Singh
Bedi daubed Ranjit Singh's forehead with saffron paste and
proclaimed him Maharajah of the Punjab. A royal salute was fired
from the fort. In the afternoon the young Maharajah rode on his
elephant, showering gold and silver coins on jubilant crowds of
his subjects. In the evening, all the homes of the city were
illumined. Ranjit Singh's political acumen is well illustrated
in the compromise that he made between becoming a Maharajah and
remaining a peasant leader. Although crowned King of the Punjab,
he refused to wear the emblem of royalty in his simple turban.
He refused to sit on a throne The most important consequence of
taking on the title of "Maharajah of the Punjab" was that
thereby Ranjit Singh assumed th