{{Short description|Ranghar choudhary of Mandiala}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Massa Ranghar | image = Detail of a painting showing Massa Ranghar being entertained by Nautch dancers at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.jpg | caption = Massa Ranghar being entertained by Nautch dancers at the Golden Temple in Amritsar | birth_name = Musalal Khan | death_date = {{death date and age|1740|08|11|1700|08|11|df=yes}} | death_place = Amritsar, Punjab | religion = Islam }} '''Massa Ranghar''', formally '''Ranghar''', also known by his birth name '''Musalal Khan''' was the Ranghar choudhary of Mandiala. In 1738, Qazi Abdul Razzaq was killed in an encounter with the Sikhs under Nawab Kapur Singh. The Subahdar (Governor) of Lahore Zakariya Khan Bahadur, appointed Massa Ranghar as the Commandant of Amritsar. He used the precincts of the Golden Temple for amusement with dancing girls.<ref name="Dict">{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=xajcAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA202 |accessdate=16 June 2018 |title= Historical Dictionary of Sikhism |contribution= Massa Ranghar |page=202 |author= Fenech, E. Louis |author2= Mcleod, H.W. |publisher= Rowman & Littlefield |isbn= 978-1-4422-3601-1 |date= 2014-06-11}}</ref> He was assassinated by Mehtab Singh and Sukha Singh.
==Assassination== thumb|Severed head of Massa Ranghar, detail from a painting of Sukha Singh and Mehtab Singh returning with the severed head of Massa Ranghar, ca.1875 The news of this sacrilegious use of the gurdwara spread to the remote areas. Two Sikhs, Sukha Singh and Mehtab Singh, decided to kill Massa Ranghar.<ref name="Dict" /><ref>{{citation |first=H.S. |last= Singha |title= Sikh Studies, Book 6 |date=1 January 2005 |publisher= Hemkunt Press |isbn= 978-81-7010-258-8 |ref={{harvid|Singha}} }}</ref> They disguised themselves as lambardars, entered the gurdwara and beheaded Massa Ranghar while he was enjoying the dance.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=xajcAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA128 |title= Historical Dictionary of Sikhism |page=128 |author= Fenech, E. Louis |author2= Mcleod, H. W. |publisher= Rowman & Littlefield |isbn= 978-1-4422-3601-1 |date=2014-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=xajcAwAAQBAJ&q=%22Sukha+Singh%22&pg=PA64 |title= Historical Dictionary of Sikhism |contribution= Sukha Singh |page=xxvi |author= Fenech, E. Louis |author2=Mcleod, H. W. |publisher= Rowman & Littlefield |isbn= 978-1-4422-3601-1 |date=2014-06-11 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fa6B20l9AeQC&dq=kasur+arabic+punjab&pg=PA32|title=Sikh Studies|last=Singha|first=Dr H. S.|date=2005|publisher=Hemkunt Press|isbn=9788170102588|language=en}}</ref> Massa Ranghar was killed by Mehtab Singh, specifically.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Callewaert|first1=Winand M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GrMwdEqHLzEC&dq=massa+ranghar&pg=PA39|title=According to Tradition: Hagiographical Writing in India|last2=Snell|first2=Rupert|date=1994|publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag|isbn=978-3-447-03524-8|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Johar|first=Surinder Singh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MS93PR4itX8C&dq=massa+ranghar&pg=PA28|title=Holy Sikh Shrines|date=1998|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-81-7533-073-3|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}}
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