๐ฐ He was the founder of the Dogra dynasty and the first Maharaja of the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir.
๐ฐHe joined the Army of Ranjit Singh in 1809 and was granted a Jagir and 90 horses.
๐ฐLater in 1822, he was declared as Raja of Jammu by Ranjit Singh. He became the richest Raja as he had taken most of the Lahore treasury.
๐ฐJammu was the second largest Princely State in British period. After the first Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46AD), the British sold the land of h through the "Treaty of Amritsar' (1846 AD) as he helped the British against the Sikh.
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๐ฐHe consolidated the regions of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
๐ฐHe died on 30th June, 1857.

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