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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) | Ranbir Singh | | Titles | Maharaja of | | Year of Birth | 1832? | | Year of Death | 1885 | | Entry | Succeeded his father, the Maharaja Golab Singh, in 1857 and supplied a contingent of troops to co-operate with the British forces against Delhi : was given an adoption sanad in 1862 : K.C.S.I., 1861 : G.C.S.I., 1866 : made a Commercial Treaty with the Viceroy and Governor- General for the purpose of developing trade with Eastern Turkistan, in May, 1870 : he reduced all transit duties through his territories : his maladministration, especially in connexion with the famine in his country in 1879, attracted the attention of the Government of India : died, Sep. 12, 1885. |
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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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