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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 ]
Rewa was the first princely state in India to declare Hindi the national language, in the times of Maharaja Gulab Singh. He is also credited for declaring the first responsive government in modern India, providing citizens of Rewa state a right to question their monarch's decisions.
Martand Singh (15 March 1923 – 20 November 1995) was an Indian wildlife conservationist, parliamentarian and the last ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Rewa. [1] Born in 1923 to Gulab Singh at Fort of Govindgarh , then the Maharajah of Rewa, he did his college studies at Daly College , Indore and continued at Mayo College , Ajmer from ...
Banganga Mela was started by the then Rewa Maharaja Gulab Singh in 1895. Since then, the traditions of the fair are continuing in Banganga. The purpose of the fair is to make an indelible impression in the courtyard of the Virat Temple, built in a thousand years before, it signifies donation and virtue.The reconciliation and enthusiasm of people in the fair remained a witness to the nature of ...
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 ...
Maharaja Martand Singh Judeo White Tiger Safari and Zoo, also known as Mukundpur White Tiger Safari, is located in Mukundpur of Maihar district of Rewa division. The main attraction at the zoo is the World's First White Tiger Safari in which visitors can see white tigers. The zoo also houses 40 different endangered species and more than 60 ...
Main building of REC Rewa. Formerly known as Government Engineering College (GEC Rewa), was established by the Govt. of M.P. in 1964.It was initially set up at the present Model Science college building with Prof. S.R. Beedkar as founder Principal, later it was shifted to Government B.Ed College building.
In 1846, Maharaja Gulab Singh of the Dogra dynasty began reconstruction and extension of the fort for political and military operations and his successor Maharaja Ranbeer Singh completed the work. The Dogra military then used the fort till 1926, after which a new cantonment was built, leaving the red fort abandoned once again. [ 4 ]