Gulab Singh
| Maharaja Gulab Singh | |||||
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Gulab Singh in Lahore, c. 1846 | |||||
| Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir | |||||
| Reign | 16 March 1846—20 February 1856 | ||||
| Predecessor | Duleep Singh (Sikh Empire) | ||||
| Successor | Ranbir Singh | ||||
| Raja of Jammu | |||||
| Reign | 16 June 1822—16 March 1846 | ||||
| Predecessor | Kishore Singh | ||||
| Successor | Himself as Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir | ||||
| Wazir of the Sikh Empire | |||||
| In office | 31 January 1846 – 9 March 1846 | ||||
| Predecessor | Lal Singh | ||||
| Born | 21 October 1792 Jammu | ||||
| Died | 30 June 1857 (aged 64) | ||||
| Wives | Nihal Kour, Rani Rakwal | ||||
| Issue | Sohan Singh Udam Singh Ranbir Singh | ||||
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| House | Dogra dynasty | ||||
| Father | Mian Kishore Singh | ||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||
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Maharaja Gulab Singh Jamwal (1792–1857) was the first Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir and the founder of the Dogra dynasty. Originally a commander of the Sikh Empire, he sided with the British in the First Anglo-Sikh War and briefly became prime minister of the Sikh Empire in 1846. In the same year he signed the Treaty of Amritsar with the British, establishing the state of Jammu and Kashmir under the suzerainty of the British Raj; this treaty formalized the transfer of all lands that were ceded by the Sikhs to the British in the Treaty of Lahore.