Jagatdev Singh

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Jagatdev Singh
Raja-i-Rajgan
Bahadur Raja
Raja of Poonch
Reignc.1928 – 1940 [1]
Predecessor Sukhdev Singh (Raja of Poonch) [2]
Successor Shiv Rattan Dev Singh

Jagatdev Singh was the Raja of Poonch Jagir from 1928 until 1940, upon his death in 1940 - Maharaja Hari Singh used the situation to integrate the Poonch jagir into the state of Jammu and Kashmir. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Snedden, Kashmir: The Unwritten History (2013), pp. 237–238; McLeod, India and Pakistan: Friends, Rivals or Enemies? (2008), pp. 74–75; Schofield, Kashmir in Conflict (2003), p. 41
  2. "About District Poonch | District Poonch, Government of Jammu and Kashmir | India". poonch.nic.in. Retrieved 2025-05-24.