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Gulab Singh
Gulab Singh was one of the Dogra brothers who held great influence at the Lahore court of the Sikh Empire after the death of Ranjit Singh. After the First Anglo-Sikh War, Kashmir was transferred to him under the Treaty of Amritsar of 1846. He became the first Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, and his role is part of the story of the Sikh Empire's decline.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Gulab Singh. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/gulab-singh
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