Jind

Jind lies in the plains north of Delhi. Local tradition connects its Jayanti Devi temple with the Pandavas of the Mahabharata, who are said to have prayed to the goddess for victory before battle. The Ain-i Akbari lists Jind as a pargana of Hisar, assessed for imperial revenue and expected to supply infantry and cavalry to the Mughal army.

In 1763 Gajpat Singh seized territory including Jind from the Afghan governor Zain Khan and founded an independent Sikh kingdom. A descendant of Phul Singh, he belonged to the family associated with the Phulkian states. He made Jind his capital and built a fort there in the following decade. His successor Sangat Singh, who ruled from 1822 to 1834, later chose Sangrur as the capital of the state that bore Jind's name.