PRESENT HEAD OF HOUSE: see Lahore

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: An ancestor of Budh Singh, was Bhara Mall (His Origins *), who lived in Gujranwala district and had been initiated into the Sikh faith by the Seventh Guru, Guru Har Rai 1644/1661. This misl's territory in 1759 was Kunja, Ladhe Wala Waraich, Ramnagar, Eminabad, Sodhra, Qila Didar Singh, Rohtas, parts of Pothohar and their capital, Gujranwala. Members were...

• Sardar Naudh Singh, 1st Misldhar of the Sukerchakia misl 1748/1752, married (amongst others) in 1720, Sardarni Lali Kaur, daughter of Sardar Gulab Singh of Majitha, and had issue, four sons. He was killed in an attack on Bhatto village in 1752 ^(#1).

  • Sardar Charat Singh (qv)

  • Sardar Dall Singh, born 1724.

  • Sardar Chet Singh [aka Jit Singh], born 1727.

  • Sardar Maghi Singh [aka Nan Singh], born 1732, he died sp.

  • Bibiji (name unknown) Kaur, married Sardar Dal Singh Kalianwala of Akalgarh (died 1823).

• Sardar Charat Singh, 2nd Misldhar of the Sukerchakia misl 1752/1774, born about 1721, he distinguished himself at an early age in campaigns against Ahmad Shah Abdali and split from the Singhpuria Misl to establish the Sukerchakia Misl in Gujranwala in 1752, he attacked and plundered Eminabad, then captured Wazirabad, and in 1761 at Sialkot put the Afghans there to flight, he sacked Kassur in April 1763 and again engaged the Afghans at Sialkot in November 1763; married 1756, Sardarni Desan Kaur Gujranwala, died 1778, daughter of Sardar Amir Singh of Faizalpuria misl, and had issue. He was fatally wounded in a skirmish with the Bhangi misl in 1774 by the bursting of his own matchlock.

  • Sardar Mahan Singh (qv)

  • Sardar Suher Singh

  • Bibiji Raj Kaur, married Sardar Sahib Singh Gujratia, and had issue.

    • Bibiji (name unknown) Kaur, married Sardar Jodh Singh Kalalwala, and had issue.

      • Bibiji Khem Kaur, married 1816, Maharaja Kharak Singh of Lahore.

  • Bibiji (name unknown) Kaur, married Sardar Suhel Singh Bhangi, he died sp in 1781.

• Sardar Mahan Singh, 3rd Misldhar of the Sukerchakia misl 1774/1792, born 1759, he built a fortress which he named Garhi Mahan Singh within the walled town of Gujranwala and increased the number of horsemen to 6,000, he then captured Rasulnagar from the Chatthas, and took Pindi Bhattian, Sahiwal, 'Isakhel and Jhang, in 1782, he sacked Jammu and came away with much booty, married 1stly, 1774, Sardarni Raj Kaur, a daughter of Raja Gajpat Singh of Jind, married 2ndly, Bibiji Mai Kaur, daughter of Jai Singh Mann of Mogalchak, and had issue. He died 1792.

  • Sardar Ranjit Singh (qv)

• Sardar Ranjit Singh, 4th Misldhar of the Sukerchakia misl 1792/1799, he succeeded to a sizeable estate in northwestern Punjab, inheriting a band of intrepid horse and matchlockmen, and an ambition that knew no bounds, initially his step-mother, was able to keep the misl together until he attained his majority. Subsequent history is that of Lahore (qv).