Rangar Nangal

Rangar Nangal rangat mangat
village
Rangar Nangal Location in Punjab, India Rangar Nangal Rangar Nangal (India)
Coordinates: 31.716632°N 75.23931°E / 31.716632; 75.23931
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Named for	rangat mangat (place of beautiful colours)
Population
• Total	300
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code	01871
Vehicle registration	PB-06
Nearest city	Batala

Rangar Nangal was founded by a family from Jodhpur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The family was significant during the reign of Ranjit Singh. Katra Karam Singh in Amritsar, also known as Katra Rangar Nangalia, is named after Karam Singh, the father of a well-known general of Ranjit Singh called Arjan Singh.

It was an estate of 90 villages with Rangar Nangal Purana as its capital. It was under direct rule of Arjan Singh and then his son, Balwant Singh, the rais and zaildar. He was also divisional minister or divisional magistrate of Jalandhar division. He was married to Rani Har Kaur, daughter of Sham Singh Atariwala, who was also general to Ranjit Singh. The lack of a child from that marriage caused him then to marry a girl from the Singhpuria sardars , settled in Chahal Kalan (near Achal Sahib) he was having two sons, Hari Singh and Narain Singh. He died young and all his estate and wealth was thereafter controlled by the British administration in India under the provisions of the Court of Wards. The children were educated under British guardianship at the cambridge in London.Currently the Head of Family is Sardar Sahibjit Singh Rangar Nangalia, keeping the traditions and heritage of the estate still intact. The two century old palace is his residence and is in very good condition, well maintained. Some parts of the Palace are open to public for tourism, apart from the palace their are old vehicles parked at the property.It is in the Gurdaspur district of Punjab, India.