Ranjit Singh highest accomplishment was the unification of the Sikh factions (also known as misls) into one state. At the early age of 12 he succeeded his fater, the commander of one of the Sikh misls controlling a territory west of Punjab.He was also known as Sher-e-Punjab, the Lion of Punjab and is considered one of the 3 Lions of India, the most famous and revered heroes in North Indian history.

Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa, a great Sikh warrior was born at Gujranwala, Punjab and was the Commander-in-chief of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

If Nalwa had lived, many feel that the British would never have been able to hold or enter the Punjab. He beat the Afghans at Attock Fort and held Afghanistan, something which the British failed to do. As Sir Lepel Griffen states: "Hari Singh Nalwa, the man with the terror of whose name Afghan mothers used to quiet their fretful children..