| Maharaja/Sultan of Kashmir | |
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| Details | |
| Style | Maharaja Sultan Raja |
| First monarch | Maharaja Gonanda I (c. 1400 BCE)[1] |
| Last monarch | Hari Singh (1925–1952 CE) |
| Formation | c. 1400 BCE[1] |
| Abolition | 17 November 1952[2] |
| Residence | Amar Mahal Palace Mubarak Mandi Palace Hari Niwas Palace Akhnoor Fort Pari Mahal Hari Parbat Fort Red Fort Gulab Bhavan Sher Garhi Palace Baghsar Fort |
| Appointer | Hereditary |
| Pretender(s) | Karan Singh |
This is a list of the monarchs of Kashmir from the establishment of the Gonanda dynasty[3] around 1400 BCE until the cession of parts of Kashmir State by the Dogra dynasty to Indian Union in 1947 and then officially merging into the Republic of India in 1952.[4]
- ^ a b Stein 1979, pp. 133–138.
- ^ Anand, Adarsh Sein (2007). The Constitution of Jammu & Kashmir: Its Development & Comments (5 ed.). Universal Law Publishing Company Pvt. Limited. p. 67. ISBN 978-81-7534-520-1.
- ^ "Rajatarangini" Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2011. Web. 17 December 2011.
- ^ 1st Edition Cold War in the High Himalayas The USA, China and South Asia in the 1950s By S. Mahmud Ali Copyright 1999( When tribal Pathan militias from Pakistan's North-West Frontiers joined Sudhan Pathan rebels fighting for freedom, Hari Singh fled to Jammu and reportedly signed a letter of accession to India.) Page 19 [1]