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Founder of the Karorsinghia principality of the Sikhs, He belonged
to the village of Barki in the district of Lahore. He had been forcibly
converted to Islam during the time of Nawab Zakarya Khan. He, however,
rejoined the Sikh faith receiving the rites of initiation at the
hands of Diwan Darbara Singh. Karora Singh generally confined his
activities to the tract lying south of the Kangra hills in Hoshiarpur
district.
In 1759, after the death of Adina Beg Khan,
Karora Singh killed Adina's diwan Bishambhar Mall, and seized considerable
territory, including places such as Hoshiarpur, Hariana and Sham
Chaurasi. Karora Singh was killed at Taraori, near Karnal, fighting
against the Nawab of Kunjpura in 1761.
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