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Gulab Singh, the Glossary

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 Panjab and 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.^[1]

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19th-century Indian royalty
Dogra people
Maharajas of Jammu and Kashmir

Afghanistan

Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.

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Battle of Jammu (1808)

The Battle of Jammu was fought between Sikhs and the Dogra Rajputs in 1808.

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Battle of Shaidu

The Battle of Shaidu, also known as the Battle of Pirpai, was fought in March 1827 between the Sikh forces led by Hari Singh Nalwa and the Mujahideen troops, mainly Khattak and Yousafzai tribesmen, led by Syed Ahmad Barelvi.

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British Raj

The British Raj (from Hindustani, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent,.

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Commander-in-chief

A commander-in-chief or supreme commander is the person who exercises supreme command and control over an armed force or a military branch.

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Dhian Singh

Raja Dhian Singh (22 August 1796 – 15 September 1843) was the longest serving Dogra Rajput wazir of the Sikh Empire, during the reign of Maharajah Ranjit Singh, and four of his successors. Gulab Singh and Dhian Singh are Dogra people.

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Dogra dynasty

The Dogra dynasty of Dogra Rajputs from the Shivalik hills created Jammu and Kashmir when all dynastic kingdoms in India were being absorbed by the East India Company. Gulab Singh and Dogra dynasty are maharajas of Jammu and Kashmir and Rajput monarchs.

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Dogras

The Dogras or Dogra people, are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group living primarily in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and neighbouring Pakistan, consisting of the Dogri language speakers.

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First Anglo-Sikh war

The first Anglo-Sikh war was fought between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company in 1845 and 1846 around the Ferozepur district of Punjab.

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Funeral procession

A funeral procession is a procession, usually in motor vehicles or by foot, from a funeral home or place of worship to the cemetery or crematorium.

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Hari Singh Nalwa

Hari Singh Nalwa (29 April 1791 – 30 April 1837) was the commander-in-chief of the Sikh Khalsa Fauj, the army of the Sikh Empire.

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Herbert Benjamin Edwardes

Major-General Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes DCL (12 November 1819 – 23 December 1868) was a British administrator, soldier, and statesman active in the Punjab region of British India.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.

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Hindus

Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.

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Jagir

A jagir (جاگیر|translit.

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Jammu

Jammu is a city in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.

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Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)

Jammu and Kashmir, also known as Kashmir and Jammu, was a princely state in a subsidiary alliance with the British East India Company from 1846 to 1858 and under the paramountcy (or tutelage) of the British Crown, from 1858 until the Partition of India in 1947, when it became a disputed territory, now administered by three countries: China, India, and Pakistan.

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Jammu division

The Jammu division is a revenue and administrative division of the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.

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K. M. Panikkar

Kavalam Madhava Panikkar (3 June 1895 – 10 December 1963), popularly known as Sardar K. M. Panikkar, was an Indian statesman and diplomat.

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Kashmir

Kashmir is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent.

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Khalsa

Khalsa (ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ) refers to both a community that considers Sikhism as its faith,, Encyclopaedia Britannica as well as a special group of initiated Sikhs.

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Khushwant Singh

Khushwant Singh FKC (born Khushal Singh, 2 February 1915 – 20 March 2014) was an Indian author, lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician.

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Lal Singh

Raja Lal Singh (died 1866) was Wazir of the Sikh Empire and commander of Sikh Khalsa Army forces during the First Anglo-Sikh War.

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Maharaja

Maharaja (also spelled Maharajah or Maharaj) was a princely or royal title used by some Hindu monarchs since the ancient times.

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Mansar Lake

Mansar Lake is a lake located from the city of Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir, India.

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Mian Dido Jamwal

Th.Mian Dido Jamwal (1780-1821) was a Dogra Rajput warrior from the Jamwal clan who rebelled against the overlords of Jammu during the Sikh Empire of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Gulab Singh and Mian Dido Jamwal are Dogra people.

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Nau Nihal Singh

Kunwar Nau Nihal Singh (9 March 1821 – 5 November 1840) was the third maharaja of the Sikh Empire, ruling from 1839 until his death in 1840.

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Princely state

A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to a subsidiary alliance and the suzerainty or paramountcy of the British crown.

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Raja

Raja (from, IAST) is a royal Sanskrit title that was historically used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

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Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir

Ranbir Singh (August 1830 – 12 September 1885) was Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir from 1856 until his death in 1885. Gulab Singh and Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir are 19th-century Indian royalty, Dogra people, Hindu monarchs and maharajas of Jammu and Kashmir.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulab_Singh

Also known as Gulab Singh Dogra, Gulab Singh of Jammu and Kashmir, Gulab Singh of Kashmir, Gulabnama, Maharaja Gulab Singh, Maharaja Gulab Singh Jamwal.

Gulab Singh, the Glossary

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19th-century Indian royalty

Dogra people

Maharajas of Jammu and Kashmir

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