Editing Samadhi of Ranjit Singh (section)

==History==
[[File:Badshahi Mosque (King’s Mosque) by ZILL NIAZI 2.jpg|thumb|The shrine was built at the northeast corner of the [[Badshahi Mosque]].]]
Construction of the mausoleum began in August 1839 but its completion was delayed due to infighting within the Sikh Empire between different factions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Lot 427: The mausoleum of Maharajah Ranjit Singh, Lahore, by a British artist, April 1914 |url=https://www.bonhams.com/auction/18950/lot/427/the-mausoleum-of-maharajah-ranjit-singh-lahore-by-a-british-artist-april-1914/ |access-date=18 December 2024 |website=Bonhams |quote=Work on the samadhi began in August of the same year [1839], though after initial &#91;sic&#93; progress the work became bogged down, largely as a result of internecine faction fighting. By 1849 it had fallen to the British to put up the money to complete the building, which after some delay they did, and the work was completed in 1851. See F. S. Aijazuddin, Lahore: illustrated views of the 19th Century, Ahmedabad 1991, pp. 87-92.}}</ref> Construction of the building was started by his son, [[Kharak Singh]] on the spot where he was [[cremation|cremated]], and was completed by his youngest son, [[Duleep Singh]] in 1848.{{fact|date=September 2024}} The new British-rulers of Punjab, having annexed the Sikh Empire in 1849, undertook repairs of the mausoleum, which was completed in 1851.<ref name=":0" />

===Modern era===
The funerary urns were removed from the marble pavilion and were replaced by a simple slab around 1999.{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}} This was done as part of the preparations for the [[Khalsa]] Tricentenary and the visit of Sikh dignitaries from India. It has been kept well by [[Government of Pakistan|Pakistani government]]. The Samadhi was damaged by an [[2005 Kashmir earthquake|earthquake]] in 2005 but was repaired soon.{{fact|date=September 2024}}