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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
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He was acknowledged by Ranjit Singh and recognized by the British See also:government
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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
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Dhuleep Singh retained his territory, but it was administered to a great extent by the British government in his name
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This arrangement increased the See also:regent's dislike of the British, and a fresh outbreak occurred in 1848-49
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In spite of the valour of the Sikhs, they were utterly routed at See also:Gujarat, and in See also: 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 . F . |
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