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| caption = Sardar Jodh Singh Ramgarhia<br />
| birth_date = 1758<br />
| death_date = {{death year and age|1815|1758}}<br />
| known_for = [[Sardar]] of the [[Ramgarhia | Ramgarhia Misl]]<br />
| successor = ''Position Abolished, [[Misl]] absorbed into the [[Sikh Empire]]''<br />
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'''Jodh Singh Ramgarhia''' (1758 – 23 August 1815) was a prominent [[Sikh]] leader in the [[Punjab region|Punjab]], the son of [[Jassa Singh Ramgarhia]] who inherited Jassa's position on his death in 1803. His [[Ramgarhia]] followers played an important role in the struggle when Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]] was establishing the [[Sikh Empire]].<ref name=sikhist>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/warriors/jodh_ram.html<br />
|title=Sardar Jodh Singh Ramgarhia(1758-1815)<br />
|work=SikhHistory.com<br />
|accessdate=2010-08-16}}</ref><br />
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Jodh was instrumental in persuading [[Mai Sukhan]], widow of Gulab Singh Bhangi and ruler of [[Amritsar]] to surrender to Ranjit Singh on 24 February 1805 and to hand over the massive [[Zamzama]] gun.<ref>{{cite book<br />
|page=149<br />
|title=Encyclopaedic History of Indian Freedom Movement<br />
|editor=Om Prakash<br />
|publisher=Anmol Publications PVT. LTD.<br />
|year=2002<br />
|ISBN=81-261-0938-6}}</ref><br />
He fought with Ranjit Singh in the Battle of Kasur, and was awarded many estates by the Maharajah.<ref name=sikhist/><br />
He was responsible for the construction of the [[Ramgarhia Bunga]] adjoining the [[Golden Temple of Amritsar]], a residence for guards of the temple, using materials that had been collected by his father.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}<br />
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On his death in 1815 there was a dispute over succession to his estates between his widow, his brother Vir Singh and his cousins Diwan Singh and Mehtab Singh. The Maharajah eventually split the estates between them.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}<br />
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