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Maharaja Gulab Singh Jamwal (1792–1857) was the first Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir and the founder of the Dogra dynasty.Originally a commander of the Sikh Empire, he sided with the British in the First Anglo-Sikh War and briefly became prime minister of the Sikh Empire in 1846. [3]
Following is the detailed treaty of Amritsar: Treaty of Amritsar March 16, 1846 The treaty between the British Government on the one part and Maharajah Gulab Singh of Jammu on the other concluded on the part of the British Government by Frederick Currie, Esq. and Brevet-Major Henry Montgomery Lawrence, acting under the orders of the Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge, G.C.B., one of her Britannic ...
Maharaja Gulab Singh, the founder of princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. On his father's death in 1821 or 1822, Jammu passed to Gulab Singh. [26] [9] Gulab Singh was the son of Kishore Singh, grandson of Zorawar Singh, great-grandson of Surat Dev, and great-great-grandson of Raja Dhruv Dev of Jammu. [16]
Maharaja Gulab Singh: 16 March 1846 – 20 February 1856 Maharaja Ranbir Singh: 20 February 1856 – 12 September 1885 Maharaja Pratap Singh: 12 September 1885 – 23 September 1925 Maharaja Hari Singh: 12 September 1925 – 17 November 1952 [note 1]
Zorawar Singh (1784–12 December 1841) was a military general of the Dogra Rajput ruler, Gulab Singh, who served as the Raja of Jammu under the Sikh Empire. [3] [4] He served as the governor (wazir-e-wazarat) of Kishtwar and extended the territories of the kingdom by conquering Ladakh and Baltistan. [5]
Gulab Singh, the first Maharaja of Dogra Rajput dynasty which ruled Jammu & Kashmir. The Dogra dynasty was a dynasty of Hindu Rajputs who ruled Jammu & Kashmir from 1846 to 1947. The Sikh Empire rule extended beyond the Jammu region and the Kashmir Valley to the Tibetan Buddhist Kingdom of Ladakh and the Emirates of Hunza , Gilgit and Nagar .
Rewa was the first princely state in India to declare Hindi the national language, in the times of Maharaja Gulab Singh. He is also credited for declaring the first responsive government in modern India, providing citizens of Rewa state a right to question their monarch's decisions.
Raghunath Temple is a Hindu temple located in Jammu in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.It consists of a complex of seven Hindu shrines. Raghunath Temple was constructed by the first Dogra ruler Maharaja Gulab Singh in the year 1835 and later his son Maharaja Ranbir Singh got it completed in the year 1860 During Dogra rule. [1]