Ranbir Singh

Maharajah Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir

Ranbir Singh,(Urdu; رنبیر سنگھ) CIE (August 1830 – 12 September 1885) was the son of Maharaja Gulab Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir and head of the Jamwal Rajput clan.

The trans-Himalayan territories of Gilgit, Astore, Hunza-Nagar were conquered and made part of Jammu and Kashmir in his time. He was noted as a great scholar of classical Persian, and was also learned in Swedish and English.Maharaja Ranbir Singh established a Translation Bureau called "Daarul Tarjumah" under the patronage of a learned Hakim of Afghan descent, Agha Muhammad Baqir who also happened to be the Chief Physician to the Maharaja. It was under this bureau that Maharaja Ranbir Singh got "Tibb-e-Unaani" translated from Arabic and Latin into Persian and Dogri.

Family

Singh married five times and had six children, four sons:

1. Pratap Singh (18 July 1848 – 23 September 1925). Succeeded his father as Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir in 1885.
2. Ram Singh, KCB (31 May 1861 – 22 June 1899); issue
3. Amar Singh, KCSI (14 January 1864 – 1909). Married twice and had one son:
   1. Hari Singh (30 September 1895 – 26 April 1961). Succeeded his uncle as Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir in 1925.
4. Mian Lakshman Singh (1870–1875)

and two daughters.

Ranbir Singh Dogra dynasty Born: August 1830 Died: 12 September 1885
Regnal titles
Preceded by Gulab Singh (as Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir)	Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir 1857–1885	Succeeded by Pratap Singh

References

• Genealogy of the ruling chiefs of Jammu and Kashmir