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Since the Maharaja had no issue, Hari Singh was heir presumptive to the throne of Jammu and Kashmir. In 1903, Hari Singh served as a page of honour to Lord Curzon at the grand Delhi Durbar. At the age of 13, he was sent to Mayo College in Ajmer. A year later, in 1909, his father died and the British took a keen interest in his education ...
Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir. At the time of the Partition of India in 1947, the British abandoned their suzerainty over the princely states, which were left with the options of joining India or Pakistan or remaining independent. Hari Singh, the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, indicated his preference to remain independent of the new ...
Shri Maharaja Hari Singh, commonly known as SMHS Hospital or Hedwun Hospital, is the multi-speciality state-owned hospital in Karan Nagar area of Srinagar. [ 1 ] History
It was established in 1959. It is the oldest medical college in Kashmir. The college and hospital are affiliated with the University of Kashmir and recognized by the Medical Council of India (currently National Medical Commission). [2] The college is located in the Karan Nagar area of Srinagar, about 1.5 km (0.93 mi) from Lal Chowk.
Yuvraj Karan Singh was born at the Martinez Hotel, [12] Cannes, France, into the Dogra dynasty.He was the only son of Sir Hari Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. [13] His mother, Maharani Tara Devi, who was the fourth wife of his father, was the daughter of a landowning Katoch Rajput family and came from (Vijaypur near Bilaspur) in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh.
The Jammu and Kashmir Instrument of Accession is a legal document executed by Maharaja Hari Singh, ruler of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, on 26 October 1947, [1] [2] legally acceding the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir to the Union of India.
Maharaja Nau Nihal Singh: 11 February 1820 6 November 1840 8 October 1839 6 November 1840 1 year, 29 days Son of Kharak Singh Assassinated 4 Maharani Chand Kaur: 1802 (Fatehgarh Churian) 11 June 1842 6 November 1840 18 January 1841 73 days Wife of Kharak Singh and the only female ruler of Sikh Empire Abdicated 5
William Alexander Brown MBE SI (13 December 1922 – 5 December 1984) was a British military officer based in British-ruled India.He is best known for his actions during the Partition of India, when he assisted the locals of the Gilgit Agency and led a coup d'état, codenamed Operation Datta Khel, against Hari Singh, the Maharaja of the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.