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Maharani Jind Kaur (c. 1817 – 1 August 1863) was regent of the Sikh Empire from 1843 until 29 March 1847. After the Sikh Empire was dissolved on 29 March 1847 the Sikhs claimed her as the Maharani and successor of Maharaja Duleep Singh .
Maharani Jind Kaur (Punjabi: ਮਹਾਰਾਨੀ ਜਿੰਦ ਕੌਰ) (1817 – 1 August 1863) was regent of the Sikh Empire from 1843 until 1846. She was the youngest wife of the first Maharaja of Punjab , Ranjit Singh , and the mother of the last Maharaja, Duleep Singh .
He was Maharaja Ranjit Singh's youngest son, the only child of Maharani Jind Kaur. [ 3 ] He was placed in power in September 1843, at the age of five, with his mother ruling on his behalf, and after their defeat in the Anglo-Sikh War , under a British Resident .
Nevertheless, when Maharani Jind Kaur turned against Hira Singh, Lal supported the Maharani and her brother Jawahar, helping them to persecute Hira Singh. [ 3 ] Lal quickly won the Maharani's confidance, and became her closest advisor - contemporaries assumed that he was her lover, although Lal denied that in later life [ 5 ] - being appointed ...
For this, he was called to account by the army. Despite attempts to bribe the army he was butchered in September 1845 in the presence of Jind Kaur and Duleep Singh. [11] Jind Kaur publicly vowed revenge against her brother's murderers. She remained regent. Lal Singh became vizier, and Tej Singh became commander of the army. Sikh historians have ...
During the regency of Maharani Jind Kaur, Hira Singh was killed by the Sikh army in December 1844. Another son of Gulab Singh, named Randhir Singh, was killed during this time. [ 9 ]
Maharani Jind Kaur. Charburja Durbar was built by Jung Bahadur Rana for Rani Jind Kaur, youngest Queen of Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Sikh Empire. Initially, she stayed at the residence of Amar Bikram Shah, son of General Chautariya Pushkar Shah, who had been Nepal's Prime Minister in 1838–39. Amar Bikram Shah's residence in the Narayanhiti area ...
Duleep Singh Bahadur, [16] the seven-year-old son of Ranjit Singh, remained as Maharaja and his mother, Maharani Jind Kaur Sahiba, was to remain as regent. The Maharani had not committed Sati on Ranjit Singh's funeral pyre with his four principal wives, as she needed to look after the (then) 10-month-old Duleep. At the request of the Durbar the ...