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'''Mai Sukhan''' (died 1824), was an Majhail ruler of [[Misl]]. Mai Sukhan gained recognition in [[Punjab region|Punjab]] for her military leadership.<br />
Mai Sukhan was a powerful [[Sikh]] ruler of the Majha region, which gained her recognition throughout [[Punjab]].<br />
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She was the widow of the [[Sikh]] leader [[Sardar]] Gulab Singh Bhangi, a Dhillon Jatt of Panjwar village, who had died in 1800 at Bhasin village now in Lahore District.<ref name=Bhagata>{{cite book|last1=Bhagata|first1=Siṅgha|title=A History of the Sikh Misals|date=1993|publisher=Punjabi University|page=197|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BihuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Mai+Sukhan%22}}</ref> The rulers of the [[Misl]] were the [[Jatts]] of Dhillon Clan who had ruled from mid 1750s to 1805. <br />
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In 1805, when the forces of the [[Lahore]]-based Sikh emperor [[Ranjit Singh]] were in the midst of the conquest of the holy city of [[Amritsar]], the Sikh band of defenders under the command of Mai Sukhan Dhillon held them off for a considerable period.<ref>[http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/womeninpower/Womeninpower1800.htm "Women in Power 1800-1840"; 1805 Army Leader Mai Sukhan in Punjab (India)]; URL accessed 29/12/14</ref><ref>*[http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/warriors/sikh_women_in_state.html "Sikh Women in State Affairs"], URL accessed 29/12/14</ref> When requested to surrender the gun [[Zamzama]] by Ranjit Singh, Mai Sukhan sealed the city and prepared to defend it. The emperor afterwards recognized her bravery by giving her five or six villages.<ref>[http://inyourfacewomen.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/mai-sukhan.html Mai Sukhan]; In Your Face Women (includes a portrait); accessed 29/12/14</ref><br />
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She had a son named Gurdit Singh Dhillon, aged ten when his father Gulab Singh died.<ref name=Bhagata/><!-- Bhagata p100 --> She died in 1824.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chhabra|first1=G. S.|title=Advanced History of the Punjab, vol 2: Ranjit Singh & post Ranjit Singh period|date=1972|publisher=New Academic Publishing Company|location=Punjab|page=106|edition=2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0u0CAAAAMAAJ&q=%22mai+sukhan%22+died}}</ref><br />
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