Although Maharaja Hari Singh was a devout Hindu and patron of temples such as Raghunath and Vaishno Devi, he tellingly ...

Why Shivaji’s Statue there? I am Maharashtrian from a pure Dogra unit, the first unit of Maharaja Gulab Singh. Why not another Shivaji statue in Lal Chowk Srinagar? Or in Dras? Or in Kargil?

After the First Anglo-Sikh War, the East India Company sold Kashmir to Maharaja Gulab Singh for 7.5 million rupees—land, people, and all. To many Kashmiris, it was a literal sale of their lives.

and Gulab Singh, the raja of Jammu and the first Dogra king, who had served under Maharaja Ranjit Singh. This treaty was the result of the defeat of the Sikh empire, and was given to Gulab Singh ...

Gulab Singh handed over Kashmir’s administration to his son, Ranbir Singh (1830–1885), the following year. After Ranbir Singh’s death in 1885—having ruled as Maharaja of Kashmir since 1848 ...

Previously, a 'hereditary State subject' meant anyone who was born and was living in Jammu and Kashmir before Maharaja Gulab Singh’s rule began, as well as those who settled in the State before ...

OTTAWA—Election 2025 is the campaign that fun forgot. Where the winner might just be the most boring. Where the music has been forgettable. Where no snappy leaders’ debate exchange and no ...

The fort changed hands in 1855 when it was taken over by Maharaja Gulab Singh, who rebuilt it in stone during the 19th century. Prior to that, mud bricks had been used in its construction.

Ahead of the treaty with Britishers, the forces of Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh ran over the Kashmir Valley in 1819. Subsequently, Ranjit Singh made his Dogra general Gulab Singh the ruler of ...

Raja Gulab Singh purchased Kashmir Valley for ... for the rights of Kashmiri Muslims and challenge the rule of the Maharaja. It was later renamed the National Conference in 1939.

whether it’s Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital, Srinagar, or Sri Maharaja Gulab Singh Hospital, Jammu. The Maharaja’s legacy was a consolidated territory of erstwhile J&K, and State Subject ...