Person · last Sikh Maharaja
Duleep Singh
Also known as Duleep Singh, Dalip Singh
Maharaja Duleep Singh (6 September 1838 - 22 October 1893), the youngest son of Ranjit Singh and the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire (1843-1849). Enthroned at age 5 after the 1843 assassination of Sher Singh and Dhian Singh, he was eleven years old when he signed the 29 March 1849 Last Treaty of Lahore surrendering the Koh-i-Noor to Queen Victoria. Placed in the guardianship of Dr John Spencer Login, he was baptised Christian in 1853 and moved to England in 1854. In 1854 Queen Victoria presented him with the recut Koh-i-Noor to hold during her Winterhalter portrait sitting; he was reportedly unable to speak for several minutes. He died in exile at Paris on 22 October 1893.
- Date
- 1838–1893
- Function
- Authority & administration
- Patron dynasty
- Sikh Empire · British Raj
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
Connections (1)
- Power passed toKoh-i-Noor
After the 15 September 1843 assassination of Sher Singh and Dhian Singh by Ajit Singh Sandhawalia, Dhian's son Hira Singh installed the five-year-old Duleep Singh as the Sikh Empire's last Maharaja. The Koh-i-Noor was fastened to Duleep Singh's arm at the Lahore court. After the 27 March 1844 assassination of Hira Singh and the subsequent First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46) and Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-49), Duleep Singh was the eleven-year-old defeated Maharaja who signed the 29 March 1849 Last Treaty of Lahore surrendering the Koh-i-Noor to Queen Victoria.
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