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Sardar General Gurmukh Singh Lamba was one of most eminent general of Maharaja Ranjit Singh .He was wounded fifteen times and was recipient of highest military award Izazi-i-Sardari and civil awards of Nirmal Bud and Ujjal Disar. His po trait sketch painting is being displayed at Central Museum Lahore at serial D-40.Sir Lepel Griffen great historean writes in his book Chief of Punjab" The detail account of the military services of sardar would be the history of all wars of sikh empire."He fought battles with Gourkhas in 1809At one time his Jagirs were of 3.5 lac anual. 2.He was with Maharaja at the capture of Lahoreat 1799.In Kasur campaign 1807 he captured fort of Morada where he was wounded by spear thrust and was awarded Jagir of Rupees thirty thousand.Next year he was present in reduction at Jang and Sailkot Played impotant role in capture of Khosab and Sahiwal. In 1813 he commanded adivision and assisted in capture of Attock FortIn 1825 captur the famous Fort of Rothas from Nur Khan ,father of Fazil Dad Khan .In 1832 when sikh force under Tara chand defeated by Dilasha Khan on way to Banur,the coward general flet leaving predigious guns behind,sardar on his own charged at the head of horses and recapture the guns He was nominated military cum political commander by the Khalsa wazir Jawahar Singh when sardar Hari Singh Nalwa died in the battle of Jamrud.Sardar was asked to consolidate Kalsha Sarkar gains up to Kyber Pass and protect the fort from Afghans.in 1847 he was with sardar Bur Singh of Mukarian,given the difficult task of confine Maharani Jindan in Shekhu Pura fort till Multan disturbances broke out.