He prevented Afghans from entering Punjab through the Khyber Pass, which was the main route that foreign invaders.Hari Singh Nalwa shot to fame after defeating the Afghans and establishing control over various regions along the boundary of Afghanistan.He was the Governor of Kashmir, Hazara and Peshawar.Hari Singh Nalwa (1791-1837) was one of the most trustworthy commanders in Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s army.‘If you don’t stop crying, Haria Ragle (Hari Singh Nalwa) will turn up’.“In Afghan folklore, mothers used to use Nalwa’s name to scare and quieten their unruly children.According to former Guru Nanak Dev University vice-chancellor Dr S P Singh,.However, Hari Singh Nalwa, a legendary Sikh commander, had once tamed the turbulent forces in Afghanistan and earned the reputation of being the “most feared Sikh warrior”.First USSR and now USA deciding to pull out their forces after having once established control in the region is somewhat a testimony of the above statement.Ever since the US announced its decision to pull out troops from Afghanistan, many reports have been resorting to that old cliché which states that “ Afghanistan is a graveyard of empires”.
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