Jammu under the Sikhs and the Rise of Gulab Singh

Sikh rule in Jammu (1808 to 1846)

• In the battle of Jammu (1808) between the Sikhs and the Dogras, Hukam Singh Chimni together with Hari Singh Nalwa captured Jammu (the exam notes give these names). Prince Kharak Singh received Jammu as a jagir.

Gulab Singh in the Sikh service

• Gulab Singh, a descendant of Ranjit Dev, was the first of the Dogra family to enter Ranjit Singh's service (the exam notes say 1811).
• Mian Dido Jamwal (1780 to 1821), a Dogra Rajput warrior of the Jamwal clan, rebelled against the Sikh overlords of Jammu. He was descended from Raja Hari Dev of Jammu and was born in Jagti village. Gulab Singh put down the rebel and killed him in 1821.
• Gulab Singh got the title Raja of Jammu. On 16 January 1822, Ranjit Singh gave him the Raj Tilak at Akhnoor.
• Gulab Singh conquered Poonch, Rajouri, Reasi, Chenani, Kishtwar, Kashmir (for the Sikh empire), Ladakh, Baltistan, Zanskar and Dardistan. The chief architect of these victories was Zorawar Singh, an able general in Gulab Singh's army.
• Meanwhile the Sikhs under Duleep Singh lost the First Anglo-Sikh War and signed the Treaty of Lahore (9 March 1846). The Treaty of Amritsar followed (16 March 1846) and gave Jammu and Kashmir to Gulab Singh for 75 lakh rupees.