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Hira Singh, was a great favourite of Maharaja Ranjit Singh [27] and Gulab Singh once even aspired to have him installed as the Sikh emperor. [28] Hira Singh had become prime minister aged 24, after his father and Gulab Singh's brother Vizir Dhian Singh was assassinated in his blotched September 1843 coup d'état against Sikh emperor Sher Singh ...
Heera means diamond in Urdu and is thought to describe the dancing girls of the area. But in fact,the area's name is traditionally ascribed to Heera Singh, son of Dhian Singh Dogra. Dhian Singh was the Prime Minister during Maharaja Ranjit Singh's reign.
Dhian's son Hira Singh led a counter-coup the next day, and killed the assassins. On 17 September 1843, Hira Singh Dogra, aged 24, succeeded his father as the prime minister, with five year old infant Duleep Singh being crowned emperor. Raja Dhian Singh on a hawking expedition in watercolor on display at the Victoria & Albert Museum London. c.
When the Tibetans fled, the Dogras led several attacks and Wazir Mustaddi were sent to negotiate a truce, the Tibetan men came to the Dogra camped but were made prisoners. [ 6 ] [ 12 ] Among the seized, Tibetan General Ragasha was killed as an act of vengeance for Zorawar Singh . [ 6 ]
Tawaifs from Heera Mandi joined the Lollywood industry and gained much fame and wealth. Some of the most skilled tawaifs performed as backup dancers in early Pakistan films. [ 43 ] [ 32 ] [ 33 ] In Heera Mandi and surrounding areas, there were many dance classrooms and music classrooms, which were closed as the tawaifs and musicians left.
Little is recorded about the early life of Pashaura Singh during the reigns of Ranjit Singh and his first four successors. After the assassination, on 15 September 1843, of Maharaja Sher Singh and his vizier Raja Dhian Singh Dogra, the Khalsa proclaimed Duleep Singh as Maharaja and Dhian Singh's son, Hira Singh Dogra, as vizier.
The cost of the civil and military administration had increased and Gulab Singh Dogra, Raja of Jammu and uncle of Hira Singh, had taken most of the Lahore Treasury. The power struggle between the various Sikh factions was continuing and some were secretly negotiating with the British East India Company forces amassing on the border.
The most spoken languages in the proposed state will be Dogri followed by Hindi and Urdu and most common surnames of Duggar people include Jamwal, Gupta, Sharma, Khajuria, Magotra, Sambyal, etc . [4] [5] Hinduism will be the most followed religion in the state followed by Islam and Sikhism. The largest ethnic group will be of Dogra people.