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{{Infobox royalty
| succession = [[Sikh Empire|Maharani of the Sikh Empire]]
| reign = {{circa}} 1847 (nominal power)
| reign-type = Tenure
| predecessor = [[Duleep Singh]] (as Maharaja)
| reign-type2 = [[Regency]]
| reign2 = {{circa}} 1843 – {{circa}} 1847
| pre-type2 = Monarch
| predecessor2 = [[Duleep Singh]]
| succession2 = [[Regent]] of the [[Sikh Empire]]
| name = Maharani Jind Kaur
| title = [[Maharani]] of the [[Sikh Empire]] <br> [[Rajmata]] of the [[Sikh Empire]]
| image = Maharani Jind Kaur.jpg
| image_size = 250
| caption = Portrait by [[George Richmond (painter)|George Richmond]], {{circa|1862}}
| successor = ''Office abolished''{{efn|Sikh Empire annexed by [[Company rule in India|East India Company]]}}
| birth_date = {{birth-date|1817}}
| birth_place = Chichrianwali, [[Gujranwala]], [[Sikh Empire]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ahluwalia|first1=M. L.|title=Maharani Jind Kaur|date=2001|publisher=Singh Brothers|url=https://indiabookworld.ca/products/maharani-jind-kaur|page=13|quote=Since she was the daughter of his friend-officer who hailed from a nearby village (Chichrianwali) of his own birth-place, Gujranwala}}</ref> <br /> {{small|(present-day [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]])}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1863|08|1|1817|9|6|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Kensington]], [[Middlesex]], [[United Kingdom]]
| religion = [[Sikhism]]
| house = [[Sukerchakia]] (by marriage)
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Ranjit Singh|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]]|1829|1839|end=died}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Atwal|first1=Priya |title=Royals and Rebels:The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Empire |date=2020|publisher= C. Hurst (Publishers) Limited|location=London|isbn=9781787383081}}</ref>
| issue = [[Maharaja Duleep Singh]]
| mother =
| father = Manna Singh Aulakh
}}

'''Maharani Jind Kaur''' ({{Circa|1817}} – 1 August 1863), also known as '''Rani Jindan Kaur''', was regent and, shortly the regnant of the [[Sikh Empire]] from 1843 until 29 March 1847. After the [[Sikh Empire]] was dissolved on 29 March 1847, the Sikhs claimed her as the [[Maharani]] and successor of Maharaja [[Duleep Singh]]. However, on the same day the British took full control and refused to accept the claims.<ref>{{Cite ODNB |last=Bance |first=Bhupinder Singh |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/73521 |title=Jind Kaur (1817–1863), maharani and regent of Lahore |date=2004-09-23 |series=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/73521 }}</ref>

She was the youngest of [[Wives of Ranjit Singh|the wives of the first Maharaja]] of the [[Sikh Empire]], [[Ranjit Singh]], and the mother of the last Maharaja, [[Duleep Singh]]. She was renowned for her beauty, energy and strength of purpose and was popularly known as ''Rani Jindan'', but her fame is derived chiefly from the fear she engendered in the British in India, who described her as "the [[Messalina]] of the Punjab".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/dec/31/rebel-queen-thorn-crown|title=Rebel Queen – a thorn in the crown|author=Herpreet Kaur Grewal|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=31 December 2010 |access-date=4 October 2015}}</ref>

After the assassinations of Ranjit Singh's first three successors, Duleep Singh came to power in September 1843 at the age of 5 and Jind Kaur became Regent on her son's behalf.
After the Sikhs lost the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]] she was replaced in December 1846 by a Council of Regency, under the control of a British Resident. However, her power and influence continued and, to counter this, the British imprisoned and exiled her. Over thirteen years passed before she was again permitted to see her son, who was taken to England.<ref name=Campbell5/>

In January 1861 Duleep Singh was allowed to meet his mother in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] and took her with him back to England, where she remained until her death in [[Kensington, London]], on 1 August 1863 at the age of 46. She was temporarily buried in [[Kensal Green Cemetery]] and cremated the following year at [[Nashik]], near [[Bombay]]. Her ashes were finally taken to the ''samadh'' (memorial) in Lahore of her husband, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, by her granddaughter, [[Bamba Sutherland|Princess Bamba Sofia Jindan Duleep Singh]].<ref>Anglo-Sikh Heritage Trail – [http://www.asht.info/anglosikh/865/maharani-jindan-kaur.html Maharani Jind Kaur] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721184845/http://www.asht.info/anglosikh/865/maharani-jindan-kaur.html |date=21 July 2011 }}</ref>

== Family ==
[[File:A wall painting of Maharani Jind Kaur from the old haveli of Sandhanwalia Sardars at Raja Sansi in Amritsar.jpg|thumb|A wall painting of Maharani Jind Kaur from the old [[haveli]] of Sandhanwalia Sardars at [[Rajasansi|Raja Sansi]] in [[Amritsar district|Amritsar]]]]
Jind Kaur was born in Chachar, Gujranwala, the daughter of Manna Singh, into an [[Aulakh]] [[Jat]] family the overseer of the royal kennels.<ref name=Hasrat /> She had an elder brother, [[Jawahar Singh (wazir)|Jawahar Singh Aulakh]] and an elder sister, Bibiji Aas Kaur Ji, who married Sardar Jawala Singh Padhania, the Chief of Padhana in the Lahore District.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Padhana |url=https://jatchiefs.com/jagir/padhania/ |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=Jat Chiefs |language=en-US}}</ref> Manna Singh extolled Jind Kaur's beauty and virtues to Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who summoned and married her in 1835 by sending his 'arrow and sword' to the village.<ref>B S Nijjar' – p10</ref> On 6 September 1838 she gave birth to her only child, Duleep Singh.

On 7 June 1864 Duleep Singh married Bamba Müller, daughter of Ludwig and Sofia Müller, by whom he had four sons, one of whom died in infancy, and three daughters. After the death of his first wife he married Ada Wetherill, daughter of Charles and Sarah Wetherill, and had two more daughters.<ref>Christy Campbell – preface</ref> All his children died without issue. [[Sophia Duleep Singh|Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh]], Duleep Singh's daughter from his first marriage, was active in the [[suffragette]] movement in the United Kingdom.<ref>ODNB – Duleep Singh</ref>

== Regency ==
[[File:Jind Kaur with son, Duleep Singh.jpg|left|thumb|170x170px|Jind Kaur with her son, Duleep Singh]]
After the death of Ranjit Singh, Jind Kaur and her son lived in relative obscurity under the care of Raja [[Dhian Singh|Dhian Siṅgh]] at [[Jammu]] that was governed by his brother [[Gulab Singh]]. On 16 September 1843, after the assassination of Maharaja [[Sher Singh]] and his ''[[Vizier|wazir]]'' (vizier), the army proclaimed the 5-year-old Duleep Singh as sovereign. At first the new wazir, Hira Singh, took little notice of the young Maharaja and his mother. Jind Kaur became fiercely defensive of the rights of her son and pleaded with the regimental committees to protect his position asking 'who is the real sovereign, Duleep Singh or Hira Singh? If the former, then the Khālsā should ensure that he was not a king with an empty title.' The council supported her and she gradually became the symbol of sovereignty. She took control of the government with the approval of the army and cast off her veil. As Regent, she reconstituted the Supreme Council of the [[Khalsa]] and restored a balance between the army and the civil administration. She held court, transacted State business in public and reviewed and addressed the troops.<ref name=Hasrat>{{cite book |last=Hasrat |first=B.J. |editor-last=Singh |editor-first=Harbans |editor-link=Harbans Singh |title=The encyclopaedia of Sikhism: Volume II: E–L |date=2011 |publisher=[[Punjabi University]] |isbn=978-8173802041 |pages=381–383 |edition=3rd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AUhOAQAAMAAJ |access-date=15 January 2020}}</ref>

The young Maharani was faced with many problems. [[Pashaura Singh|Pashaura Singh Kanvar]], half brother of Duleep Singh, was seeking to replace Duleep Singh as Maharaja. The feudal chiefs wanted a reduction in the taxation imposed on them by Hira Singh and the restoration of their ''[[jagir]]s'', land grants from which they received income. The army wanted an increase in pay. The cost of the civil and military administration had increased and [[Gulab Singh of Jammu and Kashmir|Gulab Singh Dogra]], Raja of [[Jammu]] and uncle of Hira Singh, had taken most of the Lahore Treasury. The power struggle between the various Sikh factions was continuing and some were secretly negotiating with the British [[East India Company]] forces amassing on the border.

In tackling these problems, the Maharani had the advice and support of the newly appointed council of elder statesmen and military leaders. To strengthen her power base, Jind Kaur betrothed Duleep Singh to the daughter of [[Chattar Singh Attariwalla]], the Governor of [[Hazara region|Hazara]] province and a powerful and influential member of the Sikh nobility. Army pay was increased. Gulab Singh was brought to Lahore to face charges of treachery and his nephew, Hira Singh, was replaced as wazir by Jawahar Singh. Gulab Singh was allowed to return to Jammu after paying a fine of {{formatnum:6800000}} rupees (68 ''[[lakh]]'') and promising future good behaviour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.learnpunjabi.org/eos/index.aspx |title= Gulab Singh (1792-1857) |last1=Jagjit Singh |first1=K. |website=Encyclopaedia of Sikhism |publisher=Punjabi University Patiala |access-date=18 August 2015}}</ref>

[[File:War-elephant-illustrated-london-news.jpg|thumb|right|upright|The killing of Jawahar Singh on 21 September 1845, as portrayed in the ''[[Illustrated London News]]'']]
Pashaura Singh arrived in Lahore in January 1845. He was received with honour but was persuaded to return to his estates by the army and with the promise of an increase in his jagir. However, in July he took the fort at [[Attock]] and declared himself the ruler of the Punjab. A force commanded by Chatar Singh besieged the fort and forced him to surrender on the promise of a safe conduct. However Jawahar had decided that Pashaura posed too great a risk to the young Maharaja and he was secretly taken back to Attock and strangled. For his involvement in this, Jawahar Singh was stabbed to death in front of his sister, the agonised Maharani.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.learnpunjabi.org/eos/index.aspx |title= Pashaura Singh Kanvar (1821-1845) |last1=Khurana |first1=J. S. |website=Encyclopaedia of Sikhism |publisher=Punjabi University Patiala |access-date=18 August 2015}}</ref>

On 13 December 1845 the British [[Governor-General of India|Governor-General]], [[Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge|Sir Henry Hardinge]], issued a proclamation declaring war on the Sikhs. The causes and conduct of the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]] are described fully elsewhere. The Sikhs lost the war, due, they claimed, to the treachery of their commander-in-chief, [[Lal Singh]] and [[Tej Singh]], who failed to attack when the British were at his mercy during the battle of Ferozeshah and later sank the Sikh bridge of boats in the [[battle of Sobraon]]. The terms of the [[Treaty of Lahore]], signed in March 1846, were punitive but the seven-year-old Duleep Singh remained as Maharaja and Jind Kaur was to remain as regent. However, in December, she was replaced by a Council of Regency, controlled by a British Resident, and awarded an annual pension of 150,000 rupees.

== Imprisonment ==
[[File:Drawing of Maharani Jind Kaur rallying the Sikh troops.jpg|thumb|Drawing of Maharani Jind Kaur rallying the Sikh troops]]
After the war the British rewarded the leaders who had helped them, including Lal Singh and Tej Singh. However, the Sikh commanders were seething at what they saw as his treachery. When in August 1847 Duleep Singh refused to invest [[Tej Singh]] as Raja of Sialkot, the British Resident, [[Henry Montgomery Lawrence|Henry Lawrence]], imprisoned the Maharani in the Samman Tower of the [[Lahore Fort]] and, ten days later, moved her to the fortress in [[Sheikhupura]] and reduced her pension to 48,000 rupees.<ref name=Hasrat /> The bitterest blow to the Maharani was the separation from her 9-year-old son. She wrote to Lawrence imploring him to return Duleep to her. "He has no sister, no brother. He has no uncle, senior or junior. His father he has lost. To whose care has he been entrusted?"
She did not see her son again for thirteen and a half years.<ref name=Campbell5/>

The following year, the new British Resident, [[Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet|Sir Frederick Currie]], described her as "the rallying point of rebellion" and exiled her from Punjab. She was taken to the [[Chunar Fort]], about 45 km from [[Varanasi]], and her jewellery was taken from her. Her treatment by the two Residents caused deep resentment among Sikhs. The Muslim ruler of neighbouring Afghanistan, [[Dost Mohammad Khan]], protested that such treatment is objectionable to all creeds.<ref>All About Sikhs – [http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/historical-events/annexation-of-punjab-1849 The Annexation of the Punjab]</ref>

A year later she escaped from the Chunar Fort, disguised as a servant, and travelled through 800 km of forest to ask for sanctuary in Nepal. She arrived at [[Kathmandu]] in April 1849.

== Exile in Nepal ==
The mid-19th century was a time of great political upheaval in the [[Indian subcontinent]] with expanding British power. Noting a common adversary in the British, Nepal's Prime Minister [[Bhimsen Thapa]] and Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]] forged a secret alliance against the [[East India Company|British East India Company]]. However, Maharaja Ranjit Singh died suddenly in 1839 and the [[Sikh Empire]] started to disintegrate.

Rani Jind Kaur became the [[regent]] in 1843, as her son King [[Duleep Singh]] was still an infant. Led by her, [[Punjab]] went to war with the British in 1845. [[Lahore]] sought help from [[Kathmandu]], but the Nepalese court in Kathmandu was divided and King, [[Rajendra Bikram Shah]] did not respond positively.

Following Punjab's annexation, the British imprisoned the Rani Jind Kaur in [[Chunar Fort]] near [[Varanasi]]. However, two years later in 1849, she managed to escape from the fort disguised as a maid and traveled 800 km north to reach [[Kathmandu]]. Initially, she stayed at the residence of Amar Bikram Shah, son of [[Chautariya Pushkar Shah|General Pushkar Shah]], who had briefly served as Prime Minister of Nepal (1838–1839). Amar Bikram Shah's residence in the Narayanhiti area provided her with the facilities and dignity offered to royalty. But whenever outsiders came, she would disguise herself and was introduced as a “maid from Hindustan.” Rani Jind Kaur had chosen to stay at Amar Bikram Shah's residence because [[Chautariya Pushkar Shah|General Pushkar Shah]] was one of the key officials engaged in forging an alliance between Nepal and Punjab against the British when Maharaja Ranjit Singh was alive. She stayed in Amar Bikram Shah's house for a few months before she decided to come out of her hiding and approach the then Prime Minister of Nepal, [[Jung Bahadur Rana]].

The Rani Jind Kaur was given refuge by the then Prime Minister of Nepal, [[Jung Bahadur Rana]], and was treated with full dignity as a Queen consort of [[Ranjit Singh|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]]. A brand new residence, [[Charburja Durbar]], was built within the [[Thapathali Durbar|Thapathali Durbar complex]] and an allowance was set by the Nepalese government.<ref name=Hasrat /> The British Resident in Kathmandu kept an eye on her, believing that she was still intriguing to revive the Sikh dynasty.<ref name="PurushottamShamsher2007">{{cite book |last=JBR|first=PurushottamShamsher|date=2007 |title=Ranakalin Pramukh Atihasik Darbarharu|trans-title=Chief Historical Palaces of the Rana Era|url=https://www.amazon.com/Ranakalin-Pramukh-Atihasik-Darbarharu-Historical/dp/B00CWSP1U2/ |language=ne|publisher=Vidarthi Pustak Bhandar|isbn=978-9994611027}}</ref> She lived in Nepal for 11 years.

== Reunion and final years ==
[[File:Dalip Singh Sukerchakia 1861.png|thumb|left|140px|Duleep Singh, 1861]]In November 1856 [[Jung Bahadur Rana]] sent the Governor-General of India a letter which he had intercepted from Duleep Singh to Jind Kaur, suggesting that she come to England. The letter was dismissed as a forgery. However, shortly afterwards Duleep Singh commissioned Pundit [[Nehemiah Goreh]] to visit [[Kathmandu]] on his behalf and find out how his mother was managing. This attempt was also doomed to failure and the Pundit was forbidden to contact the Maharani. Duleep Singh then decided to go himself, using the pretext of a tiger shoot in Bengal. In 1860 he wrote to the British Resident in Kathmandu, enclosing his letter in one from Sir John Login so that it would not be intercepted or dismissed as a forgery.<ref name=Login>Lady Login, Chapter 14</ref> The Resident reported that the Rani had 'much changed, was blind and had lost much of the energy which formerly characterised her.' The British decided that she was no longer a threat and on 16 January 1861 she was permitted to join her son at [[Spence's Hotel]], in Calcutta. At the time several Sikh regiments were returning home via Calcutta at the end of the Chinese war. The presence of Sikh royalty in the city gave rise to demonstrations of joy and loyalty. The hotel was surrounded by thousands of armed Sikhs and the Governor-General, [[Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning|Lord Canning]], requested Duleep Singh, as a favour, to leave for England with his mother by the next boat.<ref name=Login/>

During the passage to England, Duleep Singh wrote to Sir John Login, who had been his guardian throughout his adolescence in British hands, asking him to find a house for his mother near [[Lancaster Gate]]. Soon after her arrival, Lady Login visited with her three youngest children. She had heard tales of the Maharani's beauty and influence and strength of will and was curious to meet the woman who had wielded such power. Her compassion was aroused when she met a tired half-blind woman, her health broken and her beauty vanished. ''"Yet the moment she grew interested and excited in a subject, unexpected gleams and glimpses through the haze of indifference and the torpor of advancing age revealed the shrewd and plotting brain of her, who had once been known as the 'Messalina of the Punjab'."''<ref name=Login/>

While in India Duleep Singh had negotiated the return of the Maharani's jewellery, which had been kept in the treasury at [[Varanasi|Benares]]. These arrived at Lancaster Gate just before the Maharani returned Lady Login's visit, and her delight was so great that ''"she forthwith decorated herself, and her attendants, with an assortment of the most wonderful necklaces and earrings, strings of lovely pearls and emeralds"'', to wear during the visit. The portrait of the Maharani by [[George Richmond (painter)|George Richmond]] shows her wearing some of the jewels, including the emerald and pearl necklace, which was sold by auction on 8 October 2009 at [[Bonhams]] for £55,200.<ref>Description of the [http://www.internetstones.com/maharani-jindan-kaur-emerald-and-seed-pearl-necklace-one.html emerald and pearl necklace]</ref>

For a while Duleep Singh moved with his mother to [[Mulgrave Castle]] in Yorkshire. Attempts were made to arrange a separate establishment for her on the estate, but she was determined not to be separated from her son again. In the last two years of her life she reminded the Maharaja of his Sikh heritage and told him of the empire that had once been his, sowing the seeds that twenty years later led him to research for weeks in the British Library and to petition Queen Victoria, hoping naïvely to remedy the injustice he had suffered.<ref name=Campbell5>Christy Campbell – Chapter 5</ref>
[[File:Telegram on Maharani Jind Kaur's death, sent by Duleep Singh to his guardian Sir John Login, 1863.jpg|thumb|Telegram on Maharani Jind Kaur's death, sent by Duleep Singh to his guardian Sir John Login, 1863 [Peter Bance Collection]]]
On the morning of 1 August 1863 Maharani Jind Kaur died peacefully in her sleep in Abingdon House, Kensington. [[Cremation]] was illegal in Great Britain before 1885 and Duleep Singh was refused permission to take his mother's body to the Punjab, so it was kept for a while in the Dissenters' Chapel in [[Kensal Green Cemetery]]. In the spring of 1864 the Maharaja obtained permission to take the body to [[Mumbai|Bombay]] in India, where it was cremated, and he erected a small samadhi in memory of his mother on the [[Panchavati]] side of the [[Godavari River]]. Jind Kaur's wishes to be cremated in [[Lahore]] had been denied by British authorities.<ref name=bansal>{{cite book|last1=Bansal|first1=Bobby|title=Remnants of the Sikh Empire: Historical Sikh Monuments in India & Pakistan|date=2015|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-9384544935}}</ref> The memorial in Bombay was maintained by the Kapurthala State authorities until 1924, when [[Princess Bamba Sutherland]] moved her remains and the memorial to the [[Samadhi of Ranjit Singh]] in Lahore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maharajaranjitsingh.com/maharaja_ranjit_singh_information.html|title=Maharaja Ranjit Singh Information|work=maharajaranjitsingh.com|access-date=4 October 2015}}</ref> In 1997, a marble headstone with her name was uncovered during restorations at the Dissenters' Chapel in Kensal Green and in 2009 a memorial to the Maharani was installed at the site.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Basu|first=Shrabani|newspaper=The Telegraph|title=Rebel With a Cause|date=26 July 2009|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090726/jsp/7days/story_11282837.jsp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630094442/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090726/jsp/7days/story_11282837.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 June 2013}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
The [[Samadhi of Ranjit Singh#Associated monuments|samadhi of Jind Kaur]] was located in Lahore near the samadhis of her husband, Ranjit Singh. However, her samadhi has since been demolished and replaced with a recent construction.<ref name=":022">{{Cite book |last=Butalia|first=Tarunjit Singh|url=https://jeevaysanjhapunjab.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Sikh-Historical-Shrines-in-Pakistan-Lahore-District.pdf|title=Sikh Historical Shrines in Pakistan: Lahore District|date=April 2025|publisher=Jeevay Sanjha Punjab|edition=1st|pages=14|chapter=}}</ref> A photograph of Jind Kaur was taken by [[John McCosh]] but is now lost.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Madra |first=Amandeep Singh |title=Warrior Saints |last2=Singh |first2=Parmjit |publisher=Kashi House: Four Centuries of Sikh Military History |isbn=9780956016867 |edition=illustrated |volume=1 |pages=153 |chapter=73. The Siege of Multan: Diwan Mul Raj}}</ref>

== Popular media ==
In 2010, ''The Rebel Queen'', a docudrama short was released by Michael Singh and starred Indian actress Diana Pinto as the Maharani.<ref>The Guardian, 31 December 2010, [https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/dec/31/rebel-queen-thorn-crown Rebel Queen]</ref> In January 2020, [[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni]] released ''The Last Queen'' a book inspired of her life.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-17|title=In conversation with Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: The bestselling author on new book The Last Queen, and her craft|url=https://www.firstpost.com/art-and-culture/in-conversation-with-chitra-banerjee-divakaruni-the-bestselling-author-on-new-book-the-last-queen-and-her-craft-9297111.html|access-date=2021-05-04|website=Firstpost}}</ref> She is also a major character in George MacDonald Fraser's comic historical novel ''[[Flashman and the Mountain of Light]]''.

Maharani Jind Kaur is also portrayed in [[The Black Prince (film)|The Black Prince]] by [[Shabana Azmi]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3962984/?ref_=vp_vi_tt | title=The Black Prince | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Jung Bahadur Rana]]
* [[Charburja Durbar]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* ''The Encyclopedia of Sikhism'', Harbans Singh, Editor-in-Chief, Punjabi University, 2002
* ''The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, January 2012 edition
* B S Nijjar, ''Maharani Jind Kaur'', Punjab Govt. Records
* Christy Campbell, ''The Maharajah's Box'', Harper Collins, 2010, {{ISBN|9780730446415}}
* E Dalhousie Login, ''Lady Login's Recollections'', Smith Elder, 1916

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