Zorawar Singh (Dogra general)

Zorawar Singh
300 paisa General Zorawar Singh postal stamp released by Government of India on December 31, 2000.
Born1784 (1784)
Ansar, Kahlur (present-day Himachal Pradesh, India)
Died12 December 1842 (1842-12-13) (aged 58)
Tibet
AllegianceGulab Singh of Jammu[1][2]
RelationsBhim Singh (great-grandson)
Military career
Allegiance Sikh Empire
Service/branchSikh Khalsa Army Dogra Dynasty
RankWazir
Battles/wars

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] He also boldly attempted the conquest of Western Tibet (Ngari Khorsum) but was killed in battle of To-yo during the Dogra-Tibetan war. In reference to his legacy of conquests in the Himalaya Mountains including Ladakh, Tibet, Baltistan and Skardu as General and Wazir, Zorowar Singh has been referred to as the "Napoleon of India",[6] and "Conqueror of Ladakh".[7][8]

  1. ^ Schofield, Victoria (2000), Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War, I.B.Tauris, pp. 7–, ISBN 978-1-86064-898-4
  2. ^ Snedden, Christopher (2015), Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris, Oxford University Press, pp. 121–, ISBN 978-1-84904-342-7, and the Ladakh area made by Gulab Singh's General Zorawar Singh in the 1830s-40s.
  3. ^ Sanjeev Kumar Bhasin (2006). Amazing Land Ladakh: Places, People, and Culture. Indus. pp. 55–56. ISBN 978-81-7387-186-3.
  4. ^ John Keay (2011). India: A History. Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. p. 664. ISBN 978-0-8021-9550-0.
  5. ^ "Army renovates Zorawar Fort in Leh". The Times of India. 13 September 2006.
  6. ^ "Kashmir: From Amritsar To Agra". Outlook India. 5 July 2001. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  7. ^ Sharma, Shiv (2008). India - A Travel Guide. India: Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. p. 190. ISBN 978-8128400674.
  8. ^ Singh, Harbakhs (2010). War Despatches: Indo-Pak Conflict 1965. India: Lancer International, Lancer Press. p. 304. ISBN 978-1935501299.