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{{Short description|Hindu dynasty of Jammu and Kashmir (1846–1952)}}
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{{Infobox former monarchy
| royal_title = Maharajah
| border =
| realm = Jammu and Kashmir
| caption2 = Flag of Jammu and Kashmir
| coatofarms = Seal of Maharaja Hari Singh on the cover of the Civil List.jpg
| coatofarmssize = 140px
| coatofarmscaption = [[Coat of arms]] of Jammu and Kashmir State
| first_monarch = [[Gulab Singh]]
| last_monarch = [[Hari Singh]]
| style =
| appointer =
| began = 16 March 1846
| ended = June 1952
}}
The '''Dogra dynasty'''<ref name="britan">{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/167993/Dogra-dynasty |title=Dogra dynasty | India | Britannica.com |publisher=britannica.com|access-date=20 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="Shome2014">{{citation|last=Shome|first=Ayan|title=Dialogue & Daggers: Notion of Authority and Legitimacy in the Early Delhi Sultanate (1192 C.E. – 1316 C.E.)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Q2qCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA184|date=1 November 2014|publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd|isbn=978-93-84318-46-8|pages=184–}}</ref> of [[Dogras|Dogra]] [[Dogra Rajput|Rajputs]] from the [[Shivalik hills]] created [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] when all dynastic kingdoms in India were being absorbed by the [[East India Company]]. Events led the [[Sikh Empire]] to recognise Jammu as a vassal state in 1820, and later the British added Kashmir to Jammu with the [[Treaty of Amritsar (1846)|Treaty of Amritsar]] in 1846. The founder of the dynasty, [[Gulab Singh]], was an influential noble in the court of the Sikh emperor [[Ranjit Singh|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]], while his brother [[Dhian Singh Dogra|Dhian Singh]] served as the prime minister of the Sikh Empire. Appointed by Ranjit Singh as the hereditary [[Raja]] of the [[Jammu]] principality, Gulab Singh established his supremacy over all the hill states surrounding the [[Kashmir Valley]]. After the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]] in 1846, under the terms of the [[Treaty of Lahore]], 1846, the British Indian government acquired Kashmir from the Sikh Empire and transferred it to Gulab Singh, recognising him as an independent maharaja. Thus, Jammu and Kashmir was established as one of the largest princely states in British India,{{efn|Jammu and Kashmir was the largest among the princely states by land area and third largest by the amount of annual revenue.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9eKbW3ukh9oC&q=jammu+and+kashmir+largest+princely+state&pg=PA68|title=India's Princely States: People, Princes and Colonialism|last1=Ernst|first1=Waltraud|last2=Pati|first2=Biswamoy|date=2007|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134119882|pages=68|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VVxlfDHGTFYC&q=jammu+and+kashmir+largest+princely+state&pg=PA378|title=India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic [2 volumes]|last1=Kaminsky|first1=Arnold P.|last2=Ph.D|first2=Roger D. Long|date=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9780313374630|pages=378|language=en}}</ref>}} receiving a [[salute state|21-gun salute]] for its Maharaja in 1921. It was ruled by Gulab Singh and his descendants till 1947.<ref name="kashmir-issue">{{cite web|url=http://www.kashmir-issue.com/images3/treatyOfamritsar.pdf|date=1 September 2009|title=TREATY OF AMRITSAR|author=Yakub|access-date=20 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826235201/http://www.kashmir-issue.com/images3/treatyOfamritsar.pdf|archive-date=26 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rai |first=Mridu |title=Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects: Islam, Rights, and the History of Kashmir |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2004 |pages=27, 133 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x5azvT2hjW0C |isbn=0-691-11688-1}}</ref>

The last ruling [[Maharaja]] of Jammu and Kashmir was [[Hari Singh]], who contributed troops to the British war effort in [[World War II]] and served on [[Winston Churchill|Churchill]]'s Imperial War Cabinet.{{sfn|Schofield, Kashmir in Conflict|2003|p=22}} Following the [[Partition of India]] in 1947, Hari Singh faced a rebellion in the western districts of the state and a Pakistan - supported [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947|tribal invasion]], leading him to [[Instrument of Accession (Jammu and Kashmir)|accede]] to the [[Dominion of India|Union of India]] and receive military assistance. Pakistan contested the accession, giving rise to the enduring [[Kashmir conflict]].

With India's support, the popular leader of Jammu and Kashmir, [[Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah]], forced the Maharaja to abdicate in favour of his son, ''Yuvraj'' (Crown Prince) [[Karan Singh]], who subsequently accepted the position of a constitutional head of state (''Sadr-i-Riyasat'') and voluntarily gave up the title of ''Maharaja''.<ref name="Lyon2008">{{citation |last=Lyon |first=Peter |title=Conflict Between India and Pakistan: An Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vLwOck15eboC&pg=PA150 |year=2008 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-57607-712-2 |pages=150–151}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The term [[Dogra]] is thought to derive from ''Durgara'', the name of a kingdom mentioned in an eleventh century copper-plate inscription in [[Chamba State|Chamba]]. In medieval times the term became ''Dugar'', which later turned into Dogra. Kalhana's ''[[Rajatarangini]]'' makes no mention of a kingdom by this name, but it could have been referred to by its capital (either ''Vallapura'', modern Balor, or ''Babbapura'', modern Babor). In modern times, the term Dogra turned into an ethnic identity, claimed by all those people that speak the [[Dogri language]].<ref>{{citation |last=Hāṇḍā |first=Omacanda |title=Textiles, Costumes, and Ornaments of the Western Himalaya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JFPnh9B5zncC&pg=PA178 |year=1998 |publisher=Indus Publishing |isbn=978-81-7387-076-7 |pages=178–179}}</ref>

The family of Raja Gulab Singh is referred to as [[Jamwal]] (or ''Jamuwal''). According to some accounts, Raja Kapur Dev, who ruled the area of Jammu around 1560 AD had two sons named Jag Dev and Samail Dev. The two sons ruled from the [[Bahu Fort|Bahu]] and [[Jammu]] on the opposite banks of the [[Tawi River]] and their descendants came to be called ''Bahuwals'' and ''Jamuwals'' respectively.<ref>{{citation |last=Charak |first=Sukh Dev Singh |title=Maharaja Ranjitdev and the Rise and Fall of Jammu Kingdom, from 1700 A.D. to 1820 A.D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y7U5AQAAIAAJ |year=1971 |publisher=Dogra-Pahari Itihas Kendra |page=141}}</ref> The members of the family however claim descent from a legendary [[Suryavansha|Suryavanshi]] (solar) dynasty ruler [[Jambu Lochan]], who is believed to have founded the city of Jammu in antiquity.<ref>{{citation |last=Sufi |first=G. M. D. |title=Kashīr, being a history of Kashmīr from the earliest times to our own |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hc0BAAAAMAAJ |year=1949 |publisher=Univ. of Panjab |page=35}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ROfsAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Raja+Jambu+Lochan,+who+lived+in+fourteenth+Century+B.C.%22|title=The economy of Jammu & Kashmir|last=Singh|first=Jasbir|date=2004|publisher=Radha Krishan Anand & Co.|isbn=9788188256099|language=en}}</ref>

==History of Jamwal rulers==
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[[Raja]] Dhruv Dev laid down the foundations of the Jamwal rulers of Jammu in 1703.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

His son Raja Ranjit Dev (1728–1780), introduced social reforms such as a ban on sati (immolation of the wife on the pyre of the husband) and female infanticide.

Raja Ranjit Dev was succeeded by Raja Braj Dev who killed his brother and nephew to become king.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} Braj Dev was killed during the [[Battle of Rumal|Sikh invasion of Jammu in 1787]]. His infant son Raja Sampuran Singh (1787–1797) succeeded with Jammu becoming an autonomous tributary under the Sikh Confederacy [[Misl]]s.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kugq3wEh-W4C&q=Raja+jit+Singh+jammu+sikh&pg=PA29|title=Pahāṛi Styles of Indian Murals|last1=Charak|first1=Sukh Dev Singh|last2=Billawaria|first2=Anita K.|date=1998|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=9788170173564|pages=29|language=en}}</ref> Sampuran Singh with no issue, was succeeded by his uncle Raja Jit Singh.

Jit Singh was involved in another conflict with the Sikh empire, which he lost and was exiled into British territory. With Jammu fully annexed by the Sikhs around 1808, Ranjit Singh first allotted it to his son [[Kharak Singh]]. However, Kharak Singh's agents were unable to maintain law and order, with locals led by Mian Dedo rebelling against the Sikh ''jagirdar'' (governor).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OzZzFm4pLWQC&q=kishore+singh+jammu+gulab+singh&pg=PA183|title=Advance Study in the History of Modern India (Volume-2: 1803-1920)|last=Chhabra|first=G. S.|date=1 January 2005|publisher=Lotus Press|isbn=9788189093075|pages=184|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/sikhsofpunjab0000grew|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/sikhsofpunjab0000grew/page/106 106]|quote=jit singh jammu.|title=The Sikhs of the Punjab|last=Grewal|first=J. S.|date=8 October 1998|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521637640|language=en}}</ref> In 1820, Ranjit Singh then bestowed the territory as a hereditary [[fiefdom]] to Gulab Singh's father Kishore Singh,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-B7aAAAAMAAJ&q=%22kishore+singh%22|title=Dogra wall paintings in Jammu and Kashmir|last=Seth|first=Mira|date=1987|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=3|isbn=9781956154924|language=en}}</ref> a distant kinsman of Raja Jit Singh. On his father's death in 1822, Jammu passed to Gulab Singh.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cz2qDQAAQBAJ&q=kishore+singh+jammu&pg=PT47|title=Kashmir Dispute Terrorism and Pakistan|last=Choudhry|first=Dr Shabir|date=28 November 2016|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=9781524664213|language=en}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rulers of Jammu
! Reign
|-
| Raja Dhruv Dev
| 1703 – 1728
|-
| Raja Ranjit Dev
| 1728 – 1780
|-
| Raja Braj Dev
| 1780 – 1787
|-
| Raja Sampuran Singh
| 1787 – 1797
|-
| Raja Jit Dev
| 1797 – 1808
|-
| ''Direct Sikh Rule''
| ''1808 – 1820''
|-
| Raja Kishore Singh
| 1820 – 1822
|-
| Raja Gulab Singh
| 1822 – 1846
|}

==Gulab Singh==
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[[File:Gulabsingh1840.jpg|thumb|right|x250px|[[Gulab Singh of Jammu and Kashmir|Maharaja Gulab Singh]], the founder of princely state of Jammu and Kashmir]]

Around 1808, Jammu became part of the [[Sikh Empire]], under [[Ranjit Singh|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]]. Ranjit Singh in 1820, bestowed the place as a jagir on Gulab Singh's father Kishore Singh, who belonged to the Jamwal Rajput clan that ruled Jammu. As a ''jagirdar'' (governor) for the Sikhs, Gulab Singh extended the boundaries of the Sikh Empire to western Tibet with the help of his fine General [[Zorawar Singh Kahluria|Zorawar Singh]]. The Sikh rule was then extended beyond the Jammu Region and the Kashmir Valley to include the Tibetan Buddhist Kingdom of Ladakh and the Emirates of [[State of Hunza|Hunza]], [[Gilgit Agency|Gilgit]] and [[State of Nagar|Nagar]].

In the turmoil for succession of the Sikh empire that followed Maharaja Ranjit Singh's death in 1839, two of Gulab Singh's sons Udham Singh, and Sohan Singh were killed in the feuding between the Sikh heirs. His youngest brother Suchet Singh, was killed by his own nephew Hira Singh, the ''Vizir'' (prime minister) of the Sikh empire. Hira Singh, was a great favourite of Maharaja Ranjit Singh<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a19eCwAAQBAJ&q=Hira+Singh+emperor+sikh+ranjit+singh&pg=PT70|title=Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris|last=Snedden|first=Christopher|date=15 September 2015|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781849046220|language=en}}</ref> and Gulab Singh once even aspired to have him installed as the Sikh emperor.<ref name=":3" /> Hira Singh had become prime minister aged 24, after his father and Gulab Singh's brother ''Vizir'' Dhian Singh was assassinated in his blotched September 1843 coup d'état against Sikh emperor [[Sher Singh]] in Lahore. During the regency of Maharani [[Jind Kaur]], Hira Singh was killed by the Sikh army in December 1844.

Gulab Singh, came into possession of the [[Koh-i-Noor|Koh-i-noor]] diamond, after Maharaja [[Kharak Singh]]'s mysterious death in prison in 1840, and had previously presented the famous stone to Maharaja Sher Singh to win his favour.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7dymBAAAQBAJ&q=dhian+singh+dogra+prime+minister+ranjit+singh&pg=PT121|title=The Koh-i-noor Diamond|last=Amini|first=Iradj|date=1 June 2013|publisher=Roli Books Private Limited|isbn=9789351940357|language=en}}</ref>

After the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]] in 1846, Sir Henry Lawrence was appointed British Resident and ''Vizir'' [[Lal Singh]] on behalf of infant emperor [[Duleep Singh]] was asked to surrender Kashmir.<ref>[http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?uid=019XZZ000007381U00013000 Raja Lal Singh] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214225152/http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?uid=019XZZ000007381U00013000 |date=14 February 2012 }}</ref> ''Vizir'' [[Lal Singh]] was also a Dogra, and along with Gulab Singh colluded with the British to deliberately break the Sikh army and facilitate the British victory.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DQeKTUXphPMC&q=lal+singh+gulab+singh+betrayed+sikh&pg=PA63|title=Glimpses of Sikhism|last=Jawandha|first=Major Nahar Singh|date=2010|publisher=Sanbun Publishers|isbn=9789380213255|pages=63, 64|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/sikh-wars-and-annexation-of-the-panjab/|title=Sikh Wars & Annexation of the Panjab|website=Victoria and Albert Museum|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref>

Under the terms of the [[Treaty of Amritsar, 1846|Treaty of Amritsar]] that followed in March 1846, the British government sold Kashmir for a sum of 7.5 million Nanakshahee rupees to Gulab Singh, hereafter bestowed with the title of Maharaja. Thus the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir came into being under Gulab Singh, as per the [[treaty of Lahore]], signed between the [[United Kingdom|British]] and the [[Sikhs]].

[[Partab Singh of Kashmir|Maharaja Partab Singh]] (enthroned in 1885) saw the construction of Banihal Cart Road (B.C. Road) mainly to facilitate telegraph services. During [[WWI]] he provided one Mountain Battery and three Infantry Battalions to fight for the British in East Africa, Palestine and [[Mesopotamia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyo.in/politics/world-war-i-dogra-regiment-sikh-battalion-jammu-and-kashmir/story/1/7215.html|title=Why we must not forget J&K state forces who fought World War I|last=Khajuria|first=Manu|website=Daily O|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref> For the services of his troops the state was awarded a hereditary 21-guns salute.

One of the main residences of the maharajas was the [[Sher Garhi Palace]] in their summer capital [[Srinagar]].

==List of Maharajas of Jammu and Kashmir (1846–1952)==
[[File:Seal of Maharaja Hari Singh on the cover of the Civil List.jpg|thumb|right|Detail of the Seal of [[Maharaja Hari Singh]] as printed on the Civil List of his government. The Seal of Maharaja Hari Singh had a Crown at the top. A ''[[Katar (dagger)|katar]]'' or ceremonial dagger sat below the crown. Two soldiers held the flags. An image of the sun was between them, that symbolised his [[Suryavansha]] [[Kshatriya]] lineage from Lord [[Rama]], the [[Hindu pantheon|Hindu]] [[Solar deity|Sun God]]]]
*[[Gulab Singh of Jammu and Kashmir|Gulab Singh]] (1846–1856)
*[[Ranbir Singh (Maharaja)|Ranbir Singh]] (1856–1885)
*[[Pratap Singh of Jammu and Kashmir|Pratap Singh]] (1885–1925)
*[[Hari Singh]] (1925–1952) (Monarchy abolished)
*[[Karan Singh]] (Titular) (1952–1961)

===Family tree===

{{Tree list}}
*[[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''I. Gulab Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir''' (1792–1857; Maharaja: 1846 (abdicated 1856))
**{{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''II. Ranbir Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir''' [[Order of the Star of India|GCSI]], [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] (1830–1885; r. 1856–1885)
***[[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''III. Pratap Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir''' [[Order of the Star of India|GCSI]], [[Order of the Indian Empire|GCIE]], [[Order of the British Empire|GBE]] (1848–1925; r. 1885–1925)
***{{Tree list/final branch}} Raja Amar Singh [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]] (1864–1909)
****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''IV. Hari Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir''' [[Order of the Star of India|GCSI]], [[Order of the Indian Empire|GCIE]], [[Royal Victorian Order|GCVO]] (1895–1961; r. 1925–1947; titular Maharaja: 1952–1961)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]]'''V. Karan Singh, President of Jammu and Kashmir''' (b. 1931; Regent of Jammu and Kashmir: 1949–1952; ''Sadar-e-Riyasat'' (President) of Jammu and Kashmir: 1952–1965; Governor of Jammu and Kashmir: 1965–1967;
******Vikramaditya Singh (born 1964)
*******{{Tree list/final branch}}Martand Singh (b. 1992)
******{{Tree list/final branch}}Ajatshatru Singh (born 1966)
*******{{Tree list/final branch}}Ranvijay Singh (born 1992)
{{Tree list/end}}

{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

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==The last ruling maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir==
[[File:Sir Hari Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, 1944.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Maharaja Hari Singh]], the last monarch from the Royal House of Jammu and Kashmir.]]
The last ruler of [[Kashmir and Jammu (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] was Maharaja [[Hari Singh]], who ascended the throne in 1925. He made primary education compulsory in the State, introduced laws prohibiting child marriage and allowed low castes to go to places of worship.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} Hari Singh was as a member of Churchill's [[British War Cabinet]] in WWII, and supplied troops for the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]].{{sfn|Schofield, Kashmir in Conflict|2003|p=22}}

Singh's reign saw the accession of Jammu and Kashmir to the newly independent [[Dominion of India|Indian Union]] in 1947. He originally manoeuvered to maintain his independence by playing [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] off against each other. There was an armed movement against the Maharaja's rule, especially in the [[Poonch district, India|Poonch]] district of Jammu, where his troops were unable to control the fighters and retreated to Jammu. In October 1947, Singh appealed to India for help and acceded Jammu to India, although there is considerable controversy over exactly at what point,<ref name=bbc>{{Cite news|title = Kashmir: The origins of the dispute|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1762146.stm|newspaper = BBC|date = 16 January 2002|access-date = 17 October 2015}}</ref> and whether or not his accession included the sovereignty of the state.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/maharaja-wanted-kashmir-to-be-an-independent-country-says-farooq/297460|title=Maharaja Wanted Kashmir To Be An Independent Country, Says Farooq|last=Ganai|first=Naseer|date=5 December 2016|newspaper=Outlook India|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/sc-rejects-hc-ruling-no-sovereignty-for-jk-outside-constitution-of-india-4431380/|title=Supreme Court rejects HC ruling: No sovereignty for J-K outside Constitution of India|last=Anand|first=Utkarsh|date=17 December 2016|newspaper=The Indian Express|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref>

In June 1952, Singh's rule was terminated by the state government of Indian-administered Kashmir.<ref>{{Cite web|title = J&K terminates hereditary monarchy - This Day in India|url = http://thisdayinindia.com/jk-terminates-hereditary-monarchy/|website = thisdayinindia.com|access-date = 18 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title = dated June 14, 1952: Rulership of Kashmir|url = http://www.thehindu.com/2002/06/14/stories/2002061400870800.htm|access-date = 18 October 2015|newspaper = [[The Hindu]]|date = 14 June 2002}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> His son [[Yuvraj]] (Crown Prince) [[Karan Singh]] too abdicated and was elected ''Sadr-e-Riyasat'' ('President of the Province') and [[Governor of Jammu and Kashmir|Governor]] of the state in 1964.

==Dogras in politics since 1952 ==
''[[Yuvraj]]'' (Crown Prince) [[Karan Singh]] after serving as the President of Jammu and Kashmir from 1952 to 1964 went on to become the youngest cabinet minister as a leading member of the [[Indian Congress party|Indian Congress Party]] in 1967. He was also the Indian ambassador to the US in 1989. His elder son [[Vikramaditya Singh (politician, born 1964)|Vikramaditya Singh]] was a member of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party|Peoples Democratic Party]]. Currently in Congress party,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Karan Singh's elder son to join Mufti's PDP - The Times of India|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Karan-Singhs-elder-son-to-join-Muftis-PDP/articleshow/39853626.cms|website = The Times of India|access-date = 18 October 2015}}</ref> Karan Singh's younger son Ajatshatru Singh was a member of the [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|National Conference]] (NC) headed by [[Omar Abdullah]], grandson of Sheikh Abdullah who had abolished the monarchy in 1952. [[Ajatshatru Singh]] had served with the NC as a minister in the Jammu and Kashmir Government from 1996 to 2002. In 2014 he quit the NC to join the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]], stating that he had done so to satisfy the "people’s desire to have a corruption and dynasty-free government".<ref>{{Cite web|title = After Ajatshatru's switch, family has a member each in BJP, Cong, PDP|url = http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/after-ajatshatrus-switch-family-has-a-member-each-in-bjp-cong-pdp/|website = The Indian Express|date = 13 November 2014|access-date = 18 October 2015}}</ref>

[[Ankit Love]], son of [[Bhim Singh (politician)|Bhim Singh]] the founder of the [[Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party]], claimed to be the "Emperor (Maharaja) of the Sovereign State of Jammu and Kashmir"<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bose|first=Adrija|date=2 May 2016|title=Meet Ankit Love, The 32-Year-Old 'Maharaja Of Jammu & Kashmir' Running For London Mayor|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/05/02/ankit-love-london-electio_n_9819070.html|access-date=21 April 2021|website=HuffPost|language=en}}</ref> when he was a candidate in the [[2016 London mayoral election| 2016 London Mayoral Election]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 May 2016|title=London mayoral polls: 'Maharaja' with message of peace|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/london-mayoral-polls-maharaja-with-message-of-peace/|access-date=21 April 2021|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=11 April 2016|title=Is this the most regal election ever? Exiled emperor Ankit Love is running in the London mayoral elections, and wants to ban cars from the capital|url=https://www.cityam.com/is-this-the-most-regal-election-ever-exiled-emperor-ankit-love-is-running-in-the-london-mayoral-elections-and-wants-to-ban-cars-from-the-capital/|access-date=21 April 2021|website=CityAM|language=en-GB}}</ref> and again in the [[2016 Richmond Park by-election]] for the [[United Kingdom parliament]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 November 2016|title=A Dogra bids to make it in UK politics – again|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/a-dogra-bids-to-make-it-in-uk-politics-again/story-Nj728TNlFVH6C7SjG2kEmM.html|access-date=21 April 2021|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
*[[Kashmir region]]
*[[List of Hindu Empires and Dynasties]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{citation |last=Schofield |first=Victoria |author-link=Victoria Schofield |title=Kashmir in Conflict |publisher=I. B. Taurus & Co |location=London and New York |year=2003 |orig-year=First published in 2000 |isbn=1860648983 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rkTetMfI6QkC |ref={{sfnref|Schofield, Kashmir in Conflict|2003}}}}

==External links==
{{commons category|The Royal House of Jammu and Kashmir}}
* [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_077.gif Kashmir and Jammu, ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India'', 1909, v. 15, p. 71.]
* [http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/SouthAsia/kashmir.html ''Conflict in Kashmir: Selected Internet Resources by the Library, University of California, Berkeley, USA'']; [[University of California at Berkeley]] Library Bibliographies and Web-Bibliographies list

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Dogra dynasty - Revision history

Ajay Kumar at 19:12, 23 July 2023