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Dictionary of Indian Biography J to L
Date transcribed | 2011-05-01 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surname | Kashmir | | First Name(s) | Golab Singh Of | | Titles | Maharaja | | Year of Birth | ? | | Year of Death | 1857 | | Entry | A horseman in a cavalry troop of Ranjit Singh (q.v.) : obtained an independent command, and for good service received from Ranjit the principality of Jammu : resided there and extended his authority into Ladak : was elected minister of the Sikh Khalsa: after Sobraon used his influence in favour of friendly relations with the British, who sold Kashmir to him, after the treaty of Lahore, 1846, and made a separate treaty with him : he maintained very amicable relations with the British Government, and had just arranged to furnish a strong auxiliary force for the suppression of the mutiny in the N.W.P., when he died of fever, Aug. 2, 1857. |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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