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DHULEEP SINGH (1837-1893)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 144 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DHULEEP SINGH (1837-1893)  , maharaja of See also:

Lahore, was See also:born in See also:February 1837, and was proclaimed maharaja on the 18th of See also:September 1843, under the regency of his See also:mother the rani Jindan, a woman of See also:great capacity and strong, will, but extremely inimical to the See also:British . He was acknowledged by Ranjit Singh and recognized by the British See also:government . After six years of See also:peace the Sikhs invaded British territory in 1845, but were defeated in four battles, and terms were imposed upon them at Lahore, the See also:capital of the See also:Punjab . Dhuleep Singh retained his territory, but it was administered to a great extent by the British government in his name . This arrangement increased the See also:regent's dislike of the British, and a fresh outbreak occurred in 1848-49 . In spite of the valour of the Sikhs, they were utterly routed at See also:Gujarat, and in See also:March 1849 Dhuleep Singh was deposed, a See also:pension of £40,000 a See also:year being granted to him and his dependants . He became a See also:Christian and elected to live in See also:England . On coming of See also:age he made an arrangement with the British government by which his income was reduced to £25,000 in See also:consideration of advances for the See also:purchase of an See also:estate, and he finally settled at Elvedon in See also:Suffolk . While passing through See also:Alexandria in 1864 he met See also:Miss Bamba See also:Muller, the daughter of a See also:German See also:merchant who had married an Abyssinian . The maharaja had been interested in See also:mission See also:work by See also:Sir See also:John Login, and he met Miss Muller at one of the missionary See also:schools where she was teaching . She became his wife on the 7th of See also:June 1864, and six See also:children were the issue of the See also:marriage . In the year after her See also:death in 1890 the maharaja married at See also:Paris, as his second wife, an See also:English See also:lady, Miss Ada See also:Douglas Wetherill, who survived him .

The maharaja was passionately fond of See also:

sport, and his See also:shooting parties were celebrated, while he himself became a persona grata in English society . The result, however, was See also:financial difficulty, and in 1882 he appealed to the government for assistance, making various claims based upon the alleged See also:possession of private estates in the Punjab, and upon the surrender of the Koh-i-nor See also:diamond to the British See also:Crown . His demand was rejected, where-upon he started for See also:India, after See also:drawing up a See also:proclamation to his former subjects . But as it was deemed inadvisable to allow him to visit the Punjab, he remained for some See also:time as a See also:guest at the residency at See also:Aden, and was allowed to receive some of his relatives to See also:witness his See also:abjuration of See also:Christianity, which actually took See also:place within the residency itself . As the See also:climate began to affect his See also:health, the maharaja at length See also:left Aden and returned to See also:Europe . He stayed for some time in See also:Russia, hoping that his claim against England would be taken up by the Russians; but when that expectation proved futile he proceeded to Paris, where he lived for the See also:rest of his See also:life on the pension allowed him by the See also:Indian government . His death from an attack of See also:apoplexy took place at Paris on the 22nd of See also:October 1893 . The maharaja's eldest son, See also:Prince See also:Victor See also:Albert See also:Jay Dhuleep Singh (b . 1866), was educated at Trinity and See also:Downing Colleges, See also:Cambridge . In 1888 he obtained a See also:commission in the 1st Royal See also:Dragoon See also:Guards . In 1898 he married Lady See also:Anne See also:Coventry, youngest daughter of the See also:earl of Coventry . (G .

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