Kashmira Singh

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Kashmira Singh
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Kashmira Singh, son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (ca.1880 painting)
Born1821
Sialkot, Punjab, Sikh Empire
Died7 May 1844(1844-05-07) (aged 22–23)
Punjab, Sikh Empire
SpouseChand Kaur [1]
Jind Kaur [2]
Issue Fateh Singh
House Sukerchakia
Father Maharaja Ranjit Singh
MotherRani Daya Kaur

Kunwar Kashmira Singh (1821 - 7 May 1844), sometimes styled as Shahzada was the son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Sikh Empire and Rani Daya Kaur.

Rani Daya Kaur was the daughter of Deewan Singh Virk and his wife, Raj Kaur Virk. She was married to Sahib Singh Bhangi, son of Gujjar Singh Bhangi of the Bhangi Misl in 1789 after his death in 1811 she was married to Maharaja Ranjit Singh via chadar dala ritual. [3]

Kashmira Singh was procured by Rani Daya Kaur, he was said to be the son of a servant in her household by a Jammu Rajput, he was named Kashmira due to the recent conquest of Kashmir. [4] [5] He was presented to, and accepted by Ranjit Singh as her son along with Kunwar Pashaura Singh. [6]

Kashmir Singh had one son, Sardar Fateh Singh. He was granted a half-share of a large jagir in Baraich, Oudh, after the annexation. He married Rani Lakshman Kaur, daughter of Subadar Jawahir Singh and had one son Fateh Singh.[ citation needed ]

He was killed in battle against the Sandhawalias, 7 May 1844.[ citation needed ]

Note

  1. Atwal, Priya (2020). Royals and Rebels The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Empire. C. Hurst (Publishers) Limited.
  2. Atwal, Priya (2020). Royals and Rebels The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Empire. C. Hurst (Publishers) Limited.
  3. Griffin, Lepel Henry. The Punjab Chiefs.
  4. "Postscript: Maharaja Duleep Singh", Emperor of the Five Rivers, I.B.Tauris, 2017, doi:10.5040/9781350986220.0008, ISBN   978-1-78673-095-4 , retrieved 25 September 2021
  5. Howie, R.A. (April 2001). "Collins Wild Guide: Rocks & Minerals". Mineralogical Magazine. 65 (2). London: Harper Collins Publishers: 322. doi:10.1180/s0026461x00033181. ISSN   0026-461X.
  6. "Howell, David Arnold, (28 June 1890 – 11 May 1953), Principal, Punjab College of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, since 1951", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u238856 , retrieved 25 September 2021

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