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Moti Singh of Poonch

19th century · 19th century

Moti Singh of Poonch was the first raja of Poonch, a hill principality in the western Pir Panjal subordinate to Jammu and Kashmir. A son of Dhian Singh, minister of the Sikh Empire at Lahore, and nephew of Maharaja Gulab Singh, he received Poonch from Gulab Singh in 1850 as a jagir. His descendants ruled it as rajas until 1947.

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Poonch State

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