Maharaja Gulab Singh | |||||
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Raja of Jammu | |||||
Reign | 16 June 1822—16 March 1846[1] | ||||
Predecessor | Kishore Singh | ||||
Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir | |||||
Reign | 16 March 1846—20 February 1856[2] | ||||
Successor | Ranbir Singh | ||||
Wazir of the Sikh Empire | |||||
In office | 31 January 1846 – 9 March 1846 | ||||
Predecessor | Lal Singh | ||||
Born | Jammu | 21 October 1792||||
Died | 30 June 1857 | (aged 64)||||
Wives | Nihal Kour, Rani Rakwal | ||||
Issue | Sohan Singh Udam Singh Ranbir Singh | ||||
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House | Dogra dynasty | ||||
Father | Mian Kishore Singh | ||||
Religion | Hinduism |
Maharaja Gulab Singh Jamwal (1792–1857) was the founder of Dogra dynasty and the first Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, which was a part of Sikh Empire became the largest princely state under the British Raj, which was created after the defeat of the Sikh Empire in the First Anglo-Sikh War. During the war, Gulab Singh would later side with the British and end up becoming the Prime Minister of Sikh Empire.[3] The Treaty of Amritsar (1846) formalised the transfer of all the lands in Kashmir that were ceded to them by the Sikhs by the Treaty of Lahore.[4]
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