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Maharani Chand Kaur (1802 – 11 June 1842) was briefly regent of the Sikh Empire. She was the wife of Maharaja Kharak Singh and mother of Nau Nihal Singh his only son.In 1840 Kharak Singh and Nau Nihal Singh were assassinated and on the grounds that Nau Nihal Singh’s widow Sahib Kaur was pregnant Chand Kaur staked her claim as regent for the unborn successor to the throne.

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