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A Patiala princess known for her valorous qualities, was the granddaughter
of Baba Ala Singh. The only child of her father, Bhumia Singh, who
had died when she was barely four, she was brought up by her grandfather,
and, in 1751, married to Chaudhari Tilok Chand, of Phagwara. Har
husband died at a young age and the charge of the family estate,
consistsing of over two hundred villages, fell to her. When Baby.
Ala Singh was arrested in 1765 by Ahmad Shah Durrani for having
fallen into arrears with the tribute and was being taken to Lahore,
Rajindar Kaur went to her grandfather and offered to pay the money
io secure his release. But the latter declined the offer saying
that it was not proper to accept money from a daughter of the family.
In 1778, Raja Amar Singh of Patiala, who was Rajindar Kaur's first
cousin, was defeated by Hari Singh of Sialba. Rajindar Kaur came
to his rescue with three thousand soldiers marching through the
territories of the chiefs who had fought on the side of Hari Singh.
During the reign of the minor Raja Sahib Singh, Rajindar Kaur was
again in Patiala to defend the town against Maratha onslaughts.
At the head of a strong force, she marched as far as Mathura where
peace parleys were opened with the Marathas. Bibi Rajindar Kaur
died in 1791 at Patiala
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