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Yuvraj Karan Singh was born at the Martinez Hotel, [12] Cannes, France, into the Dogra dynasty.He was the only son of Sir Hari Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. [13] His mother, Maharani Tara Devi, who was the fourth wife of his father, was the daughter of a landowning Katoch Rajput family and came from (Vijaypur near Bilaspur) in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh.
Hari Singh was born in September 1895 at the palace of Amar Mahal, Jammu. He was the only surviving son of Raja Amar Singh, [3] the brother of Maharaja Pratap Singh, then the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. Since the Maharaja had no issue, Hari Singh was heir presumptive to the throne of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Amar Mahal Palace was planned by a French architect, in 1862. However, it was not built until the 1890s. Maharani Tara Devi, wife of the late Maharaja Hari Singh (son of Raja Amar Singh) lived in this palace till her death in 1967. Subsequently, her son Karan Singh and his wife Yasho Rajya Lakshmi converted the palace into a museum to house ...
IV. Hari Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir GCSI, GCIE, GCVO (1895–1961; r. 1925–1947; ... whom was the youngest son of Raja Dhruv Dev of Jammu State. [9]
An Examined Life: Essays and Reflections by Karan Singh is a collection of life writings by Karan Singh, the erstwhile prince and son of Maharaja Hari Singh of Dogra dynasty of royal house of Jammu and Kashmir. [1] The book is a collection of 70 years of his writings from 1948 to 2018, edited by Raghav Verma.
Chitrangada Singh (née Raje Scindia; born 1967) is an Indian businesswoman and a descendant of the former ruling family of a major princely state during the British Raj in India. She is the eldest child of the late Madhavrao Scindia , an Indian politician and a granddaughter of Jiwajirao Scindia , the last ruling Maharaja of Gwalior .
Raja Sir Maharaj Singh CIE CStJ (17 May 1878, Kapurthala, Punjab – 6 June 1959, Lucknow) was the first Indian Governor of Bombay. He was also the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir during Maharaja Hari Singh 's rule and also the Dewan of Jodhpur for a short while.
His son, Hari Singh, was kept as a hostage for the Mughals to ensure his continued compliance with the imperial authority. Puran Mal also engaged in multiple clashes with the neighbouring chief of Kharagpur Raj , Sangram Singh and defeated him, both the Raja’s were known to have a deep enmity.