Sham Singh of Narli

Sham Singh of Narli was a Sikh warrior of the 18th century. He was a Jat of Narli village and associated with the early origins of the Karorsinghia Misl of the Sikh Confederacy. He was born into either a Sandhu or Dhillon family and left his native village due to feeling upset over the treatment of his parents, where-after he joined the dera of Nawab Kapur Singh. He would become baptized as a Khalsa Sikh under Kapur Singh. Another mentor of Sham Singh was Darbara Singh. He may have played a role in the decision to split the Sikh military forces into two factions at the time in 1733. According to Hari Ram Gupta, he became a leader of a jatha under the Buddha Dal in 1734 and was killed during the invasion of Nader Shah in 1739. After his death, he would be succeeded as leader of the band by Karam Singh, an Uppal Khatri of Paijgarh village. The jatha band Sham Singh started would later go-on to formulate into an independent misl. Sham Singh's adopted son was Sukha Singh, who would go-on to be one of the two assassins of Massa Ranghar.