Pran Sukh Yadav

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Pran Sukh Yadav(1802-1888) was an extraordinary military commander of his time. He was a close friend of Hari Singh Nalwa and famous Punjab ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh.In his early career he trained Sikh Khalsa army. After the defeat of Maharaja Ranjit Singh he fought in both the Anglo sikh wars, due to his extreme hatred towards Britishers after the defeat of Sikhs he started giving military training to the farmers of Narnaul and Mahendragarh region. Later during the First Rebellion of India in 1857 he fought along with Rao Tula Ram of Rewari against Britishers at Nasibpur. In his last years he settled at Village Nihalpura, now in Alwar District of Rajasthan, along with the kins of dead soldiers who died fighting with the Britishers at Nasibpur and joined Arya Samaj after meeting Swami Dayananda Saraswati.