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Gulab Singh

1792 - 1857

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Maharaja Gulab Singh Jamwal (21 October 1792 – 30 June 1857) was the first Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir and the founder of the Dogra dynasty. Originally a commander of the Sikh Empire, he sided with the British in the First Anglo-Sikh War and briefly became prime minister of the Sikh Empire in 1846. In the same year he signed the Treaty of Amritsar with the British, establishing the state of Jammu and Kashmir under the suzerainty of the British Raj; this treaty formalized the transfer of all lands that were ceded by the Sikhs to the British in the Treaty of Lahore. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gulab Singh is the 4,094th most popular politician (up from 14,828th in 2019). (up from 4,016th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Gulab Singh ranks 4,094 out of 19,576. Before him are Vojislav Šešelj, Nicholas Kanabos, Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony, Barbara of Portugal, Áed mac Cináeda, and John Kennedy. After him are Ardashir II, Emperor Kenzō, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, Tantamani, Tewfik Pasha, and Konstantin Dejanović.

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Among people born in 1792, Gulab Singh ranks 14. Before him are Karl Ernst von Baer, Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, Alexander Ypsilantis, Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Johann Peter Eckermann, and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen. After him are Johan August Arfwedson, William, Duke of Nassau, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Victor Cousin, Joseph Mohr, and Lady Byron. Among people deceased in 1857, Gulab Singh ranks 18. Before him are Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Francis Beaufort, Pierre-Jean de Béranger, Louis Jacques Thénard, Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, and Alcide d'Orbigny. After him are Johan Christian Dahl, Josef Ressel, Mangal Pandey, Marquis de Custine, Achille Devéria, and George Cayley.

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