Wazir Zorawar Singh From Ganges to Mansarovar Wazir Zorawar Singh From Ganges to Mansarovar Nagendra Singh Jamwal It was an age when the Indian ruling elite was lying prostrate before a scheming East India Company or quarrelling among themselves. In an era marred by shifting loyalties and court intrigues, three great men rose on the historical canvas of North West India. Each one of them – Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Raja Gulab Singh and Wazir Zorawar Singh, had a shared destiny. Of the three great men, the rise and exploits of Wazir Zorawar Singh were the most adventurous. Born in a hill principality of Kahlur in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, the sixteen year old left his ancestral lands after a family feud. It is said that he came to Haridwar, the most sacred pilgrim site on the banks of Ganges. A holy dip in the Ganges transformed the young man still burdened by the family feud into a fierce warrior but with a calm head. Initially entering into the service of Rana Jaswant Singh of Galihar (Ramnagar), Zorawar Singh later joined Gulab Singh’s service.