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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Ala Singh<br />
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| birth_date = 1691<br />
| birth_place = Phul<br />
| death_date = 1765<br />
| office = Maharaja of Patiala<br />
| succeeded = Maharaja Amar Singh<br />
| children = Sardaul Singh, Bumian Singh, Lal Singh<br />
| parents = Chowdari Ram Singh<br />
}}<br />
'''Ala Singh ''' (1691–1765) was the first king of the [[princely state]] of [[Patiala State|Patiala]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/warriors/ala.html|title=Sikh people|access-date=24 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715010422/http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/warriors/ala.html|archive-date=15 July 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/IndiaJatSikhs.htm|title=Kingdoms of South Asia – Indian Kingdom of the Jat Sikhs|access-date=24 July 2016}}</ref> He was born in 1691 at Phul, in present-day [[Bathinda]] district of the [[Punjab]], to Chaudhary Ram Singh Sidhu of [[Phulkian Misl]]. His father had six kids, from eldest to youngest Dunna, Subha, Ala, Bakha, Budha, Ludha. The Chowdhriat of the Misl had been originally conferred on his ancestor Brahm by [[Babur]], after the [[First Battle of Panipat|First battle of Panipat]] in 1526 A.D.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=SIngh|first=Sardar Arjan Shah|date=1931|title=Census Report of Patiala State|url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/7091/1/26736_1931_PAT.pdf|journal=Punjab State Gazetteer|pages=viii}}</ref><br />
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Ahmad Shah Durani attacked [[Barnala]] in the absence of the Maharaja, when he was at [[Moonak]]. He forced the Maharaja to pay Rs. four lacs, out of which only Rs. fifty thousand were paid. The Durani King conferred upon him the title of "Raja" and granted him an area comprising 727 villages. Ala Singh at the age of 57, in 1763 A.D., laid the foundation of the city of Patiala. In the same year heading the Sikh confederacy he conquered Sirhind and surrounding territories along with [[Nanu Singh Saini]]. He died in 1765, leaving the ''gaddi'' to his grandson Maharaja Amar Singh, his three sons having predeceased him. Sardaul Singh the eldest died in 1753, Bhumian Singh died in 1742 and Lal Singh the youngest died in 1748.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Singh|first=Sardar Arjan Shah|date=1931|title='History' in Census Report of The Patiala State|url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/7091/1/26736_1931_PAT.pdf|journal=Punjab State Gazzeteer|pages=ix}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* {{cite book|last1=Singh|first1=Kirpal|title=Baba Ala Singh : founder of Patiala kingdom|date=2005|publisher=Guru Nanak Dev University|location=Amritsar|isbn=8177701053|edition=2nd|url=http://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/baba-ala-singh-founder-of-patiala-kingdom-IDK270/|access-date=24 July 2016}}<br />
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