Photo of Lal Singh, the wazir of the Sikh empire and commander of the Khalsa army. He was secretly giving information to the British and receiving orders during the 1st Anglo Sikh war. Born into a Punjabi Brahmin family in Jhelum and converted to Sikhi.
The posted images look heavily edited/filtered. Here is an original, unedited scan of the photograph of Lal Singh: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Photographic_portrait_of_Raja_Lal_Singh,_Agra_or_Dehradun,_ca.1855%E2%80%9360.jpgÂ
It says “lover of Maharani Jind Kaur” what’s that about
Some sources claim that Lal Singh rose to his position because he became Maharani Jind Kaurs paramour after the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. I believe it's mentioned in a book called the Jangnama of Shah Mohammed. The book has two other names which are "Hind Punjab Da Jung" as well "Singhan te Firangian."
The book was written by Shah Mohammed in-between the first and Second Anglo-Sikh war. If I recall correctly it blames the failure of the first war squarely on Maharani Jind Kaur.
Some sources claim that Lal Singh rose to his position because he became Maharani Jind Kaurs paramour after the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
Lal Singh denied these blames put on him by British.
Before Maharani, he bacame a confident of Maharani's brother Jawahar Singh, when he supported Maharani and Jawahar Singh against the conspiracy of Hira Singh Dogra and Gulab Singh Dogra.
After the Army killed Maharani's brother, she chose Lal Singh as her Prime Minister.
it blames the failure of the first war squarely on Maharani Jind Kaur.
To use a war with British as a revenge against the Army that killed her brother was basically Maharani's plan.