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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 ...
Dhian's younger brother Suchet Singh Dogra was killed on 27 March 1844, while leading a failed coup against Dhian's son Hira Singh Dogra. [13] Hira himself was assassinated following another coup d'état led by Sham Singh Atariwala on 21 December 1844. [14] [15] A year later the First Anglo-Sikh War broke out on 11 December 1845.
He established a food grains market in the neighborhood which first became familiar as ‘Hira Singh di Mandi’ (Hira Singh's market). 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.
Hira Singh ascended the throne of Nabha on 9 June 1871 and began a long and successful reign that would usher Nabha into the modern era. Great monuments and public buildings were erected, roads, railways, hospitals, schools and palaces were constructed and an efficient modern army was established that saw service during the Second Afghan War ...
Kunwar Pashaura Singh (1821 – 11 September 1845), also spelt Peshawara Singh, sometimes styled as Shahzada, was the younger son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Rani Daya Kaur. [ 2 ] He is said to be the son of a slave girl in the household of Rani Daya Kaur by Jai Ram, a shopkeeper in Lahore.
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.
Nautch dancers in Old Delhi, c. 1874 Nautch dancer in Calcutta, c. 1900 A Raja awaits the arrival of Nautch dancers A Nautch girl performing, 1862. The nautch (/ ˈ n ɔː tʃ /, meaning "dance" or "dancing" from Hindustani: "naach") [1] was a popular court dance performed by girls (known as "nautch girls") in later Mughal and colonial India. [2]
Notable ragis of the early 20th century include Hira Singh, Santa Singh, Sunder Singh, Sammund Singh, Surjan Singh, and Gopal Singh. [6] Later on in the same century, names of ragis like Bhai Jwala Singh (a tenth generation member of a traditional kirtankar family), his sons Avtar Singh and Gurcharan Singh, are important to note. [ 6 ]