| Maharaja Gulab Singh | |||||
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| Raja of Jammu | |||||
| Reign | 16 June 1822—16 March 1846[1] | ||||
| Predecessor | Kishore Singh | ||||
| Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir | |||||
| Reign | 16 March 1846—20 February 1856[2] | ||||
| Successor | Ranbir Singh | ||||
| Wazir of the Sikh Empire | |||||
| In office | 31 January 1846 – 9 March 1846 | ||||
| Predecessor | Lal Singh | ||||
| Born | 21 October 1792 Jammu | ||||
| Died | 30 June 1857 (aged 64) | ||||
| Wives | Nihal Kour, Rani Rakwal | ||||
| Issue | Sohan Singh Udam Singh Ranbir Singh | ||||
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| House | Dogra dynasty | ||||
| Father | Mian Kishore Singh | ||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||
| Signature |  | ||||
Maharaja Gulab Singh Jamwal (1792–1857) was the founder of Dogra dynasty and the first Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, which was a part of Sikh Empire became the largest princely state under the British Raj, which was created after the defeat of the Sikh Empire in the First Anglo-Sikh War. During the war, Gulab Singh would later side with the British and end up becoming the Prime Minister of Sikh Empire.[3] The Treaty of Amritsar (1846) formalised the transfer of all the lands in Kashmir that were ceded to them by the Sikhs by the Treaty of Lahore.[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
eoswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Bakshi 1998, p. 222.
- ^ Fenech, E. Louis; Mcleod, H. W. (11 June 2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-4422-3601-1.
- ^ Panikkar 1930, p. 112.