Khem Kaur Dhillon
{{Short description|Sikh prince}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Khem Kaur Dhillon
| title = Maharani of Sikh Empire
| image =
| birth_date = 1805
| birth_place = Gujranwala, Sikh Empire
| death_date =
| death_place = Amritsar, British India
| spouse = Kharak Singh (m.1815-1840 his death 1840)
| issue =
| house = Sukerchakia (by marriage)
| father = Jodh Singh Dhillon Kalalwala
| mother =
}}
Khem Kaur Dhillon (Gurmukhi: ਖੇਮ ਕੌਰ ਢਿੱਲੋਂ) was a Sikh queen and the second wife of Maharaja Kharak Singh, the second Maharaja of the Sikh Empire.{{Cite book|last=Atwal|first=Priya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LPcTEAAAQBAJ&q=royals+and+rebels+wives|title=Royals and Rebels: The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Empire|date=2021-01-15|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-756694-7|language=en}}
Biography
She was the daughter of Jodh Singh and granddaughter of Sahib Singh Dhillon. In July 1815 she was married to Kharak Singh, the oldest son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the founder of the Sikh Empire and his queen consort, Maharani Datar Kaur.Umdat Ul Tawarikh
Also with her brother, Gurdit Singh and Chanda Singh she aided the Khalsa Army in the Second Anglo-Sikh war on 1848.{{Cite book|last=Ahluwalia|first=M. L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DduAAAAMAAJ&q=khem+kaur|title=Land Marks in Sikh History: A Fully Researched and Documented History, 1699-1947|date=1996|publisher=Ashoka International Publishers|language=en}}
Due to her role in the Second Anglo-Sikh War in 1849, her Jagirs (land) were considerably reduced; as the British deemed her anti-British.{{Cite journal|last=Atwal|first=Priya|date=2020-11-01|title=Royals and Rebels|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197548318.001.0001|doi=10.1093/oso/9780197548318.001.0001|isbn=978-0-19-754831-8}}
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20171218030926/http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/warriors/khemkaurdhillon.html "Bibi Khem Kaur Dhillon", URL accessed 11/16/06]
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