Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the founder of the Sikh kingdom of Punjab, belonged to which Sikh misl?

Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780-1839), the founder of the Sikh kingdom of Punjab, belonged to the Sukerchakia misl.

About the Sukerchakia misl:

• It was one of the twelve Sikh misls (confederacies) of the 18th century.
• It was founded by Charat Singh, Ranjit Singh's grandfather, and was based at Gujranwala (now in Pakistan).
• Ranjit Singh's father, Maha Singh, expanded it.
• Ranjit Singh became its chief in 1792, at the age of about 12, after his father's death.

About the misls:

• In the 18th century, after the decline of Mughal power in Punjab, the Sikhs organised themselves into bands called misls, each led by a sardar.
• There were twelve main misls, such as the Bhangi, Ahluwalia, Ramgarhia, Kanhaiya, Phulkian, Nakai, Dallewalia, Shaheedan, Karorasinghia, Nishanwalia, Singhpuria and Sukerchakia.
• They often united under the "Dal Khalsa" for common action, and took decisions through the "Sarbat Khalsa" (assembly) at Amritsar, in the form of "gurmatas" (resolutions).
• They protected villages in return for a share of the produce, under the "rakhi" system.

Ranjit Singh's rise:

• He captured Lahore in 1799 from the Bhangi chiefs.
• He proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab in 1801.
• He captured Amritsar in 1802, and later Multan (1818), Kashmir (1819) and Peshawar (1834).
• He brought most of the misls under his control, through conquest, alliances and marriages; his mother-in-law, Sada Kaur of the Kanhaiya misl, helped him greatly.
• He built a modern army (the Fauj-i-Ain), trained by European officers such as Jean-Baptiste Ventura and Jean-Francois Allard.
• He was called "Sher-e-Punjab" (Lion of Punjab).
• He gilded the Harmandir Sahib at Amritsar.
• He signed a treaty with the British in 1809, fixing the Sutlej as the boundary.
• He died in 1839.

Why not the other options?

• ✗The Bhangi, Ahluwalia and Kanhaiya were other misls.