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The '''Kanhaiya''' '''Misl''' was founded by the [[Sandhu]] [[Jat people|Jat]]s.<ref name=SH4>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/events/m-kanhaiya.html |title=Kanhaiya misl of Sandhu Jats |access-date=24 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815162834/http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/events/m-kanhaiya.html |archive-date=15 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== History ==

Jai Singh Sandhu (son of Khushal Singh) of the village [[Kahna Nau|Kanha]] (district [[Lahore]]) was the founder of this ''Misl''; hence the misl came to known as Kanhaiya Misl; another founder leader of this Misl was Amar Singh of Kingra village.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singha |first=H. S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/243621542 |title=The encyclopedia of Sikhism (over 1000 entries) |date=2000 |publisher=Hemkunt Publishers |isbn=81-7010-301-0 |location=New Delhi |page=119 |oclc=243621542}}</ref> [[Jai Singh Kanhaiya|Jai Singh]] and his brother Jhanda Singh had got initiation from the ''jatha'' of (''Nawab'') [[Nawab Kapur Singh|Kapur Singh]]; when all the Sikh Jathas were organised into [[Misl|11 Misls]], Jai Singh’s ''jatha'' was named as Kanhaiya Misl.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gupta |first=Hari Ram |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123308032 |title=History of the Sikhs |date=1999–2001 |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers |isbn=81-215-0540-2 |volume=IV - The Sikh Commonwealth or Rise and Fall of Sikh Misls |location=New Delhi |pages=256–268 |oclc=123308032}}</ref>