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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]
Gulab Singh paid 7.5 million Nanakshahee Rupees to the British in the transaction. [22] Thus the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir came into being, ruled by Gulab Singh and his descendants, known as the Dogra dynasty.
Following the First Anglo-Sikh War and the Treaty of Amritsar (1846), all the territories between the Ravi River and the Indus were transferred to Gulab Singh, and he was recognised as an independent Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. Thus Rajouri became a part of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. [6] Gulab Singh changed the name of Rajouri ...
I. Gulab Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir (1792–1857; Maharaja: 1846 (abdicated 1856)) II. Ranbir Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir GCSI, CIE (1830–1885; r ...
British in return rewarded them by securing the succession of Dogra rule in Kashmir. [74] Soon after Gulab Singh's death in 1857, [73] his son, Ranbir Singh, added the emirates of Hunza, Gilgit and Nagar to the kingdom. [75] 1909 Map of the Princely State of Kashmir and Jammu. The names of different regions, important cities, rivers and ...
Sher Garhi Palace in its heyday 19th century map of Srinagar by Sahib Ram showing the Jhelum river with seven bridges and the Sher Garhi Palace Maharadja Gulab Singh, first Maharadja of the Dogra Dynasty Maharadja Pratap Singh (1848-1925), under who the neoclassical palace facade was constructed
Political map of Kashmir. Kashmir (/ ˈ k æ ʃ m ɪər / KASH-meer or / k æ ʃ ˈ m ɪər / kash-MEER) is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent.Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range.
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]