Hari Singh Bhangi

Hari Singh Bhangi
Sardar of Bhangi Misl
PredecessorBhuma Singh Bhangi
SuccessorJhanda Singh Bhangi
Died1765 (1766)
Patiala, Patiala State, Sikh Confederacy
(present-day Punjab, India)
SpousesTwo wives
IssueBy his first wife
Jhanda Singh Bhangi
Ganda Singh Bhangi
By his second wife
Charat Singh
Diwan Singh Chachowalia
Desu Singh
FatherBhup Singh
ReligionSikhism

Hari Singh Bhangi (died 1765) was an 18th-century Sikh warlord and the chief of Bhangi Misl. During the formation of the Dal Khalsa (Sikh army) he was acknowledged as leader of Tarna Dal, and made chief of Bhangi Misl following the death of Bhuma Singh Bhangi, who he was an adopted son of, in 1748. Hari Singh made the Bhangi Misl the most powerful of all the Misls. He has been described as a brave, fearless and great warrior. Under Hari Singh, the Bhangi Misl expanded to Jammu, Lahore, Chiniot, Buria, Jagadhari, Firozpur, Kushab, Majha, Malwa, Sandal Bar and Jhang.