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DHULEEP SINGH (1837-1893) , maharaja of See also:

LAHORE

Lahore, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

FEBRUARY

February 1837, and was proclaimed maharaja on the 18th of See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1843, under the regency of his See also:

MOTHER

mother the rani Jindan, a woman of See also:

GREAT

great capacity and strong, will, but extremely inimical to the See also:

BRITISH

British. He was acknowledged by Ranjit Singh and recognized by the British See also:

government. After six years of See also:

peace the Sikhs invaded British territory in 1845, but were defeated in four battles, and terms were imposed upon them at Lahore, the See also:

capital of the See also:

PUNJAB

Punjab. Dhuleep Singh retained his territory, but it was administered to a great extent by the British government in his name. This arrangement increased the See also:

REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent's dislike of the British, and a fresh outbreak occurred in 1848-49. In spite of the valour of the Sikhs, they were utterly routed at See also:

GUJARAT

Gujarat, and in See also:

March 1849 Dhuleep Singh was deposed, a See also:

PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of £40,000 a See also:

YEAR

year being granted to him and his dependants. He became a See also:

Christian and elected to live in See also:

England. On coming of See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age he made an arrangement with the British government by which his income was reduced to £25,000 in See also:

CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration of advances for the See also:

PURCHASE

purchase of an See also:

ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate, and he finally settled at Elvedon in See also:

Suffolk. While passing through See also:

Alexandria in 1864 he met See also:

MISS

Miss Bamba See also:

Muller, the daughter of a See also:

German See also:

MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant who had married an Abyssinian. The maharaja had been interested in See also:

MISSION

mission See also:

WORK

work by See also:

Sir See also:

John Login, and he met Miss Muller at one of the missionary See also:

SCHOOLS

schools where she was teaching. She became his wife on the 7th of See also:

JUNE

June 1864, and six See also:

CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children were the issue of the See also:

MARRIAGE

marriage. In the year after her See also:

DEATH

death in 1890 the maharaja married at See also:

Paris, as his second wife, an See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady, Miss Ada See also:

Douglas Wetherill, who survived him.

The maharaja was passionately fond of See also:

SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport, and his See also:

SHOOTING

shooting parties were celebrated, while he himself became a persona grata in English society. The result, however, was See also:

FINANCIAL

financial difficulty, and in 1882 he appealed to the government for assistance, making various claims based upon the alleged See also:

possession of private estates in the Punjab, and upon the surrender of the Koh-i-nor See also:

DIAMOND

diamond to the British See also:

CROWN

Crown. His demand was rejected, where-upon he started for See also:

India, after See also:

DRAWING

drawing up a See also:

PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation to his former subjects. But as it was deemed inadvisable to allow him to visit the Punjab, he remained for some See also:

time as a See also:

guest at the residency at See also:

ADEN

Aden, and was allowed to receive some of his relatives to See also:

witness his See also:

ABJURATION (from Lat. abjurare, to forswear)

abjuration of See also:

CHRISTIANITY

Christianity, which actually took See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place within the residency itself. As the See also:

CLIMATE

climate began to affect his See also:

HEALTH

health, the maharaja at length See also:

LEFT

left Aden and returned to See also:

EUROPE

Europe. He stayed for some time in See also:

Russia, hoping that his claim against England would be taken up by the Russians; but when that expectation proved futile he proceeded to Paris, where he lived for the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

LIFE

life on the pension allowed him by the See also:

INDIAN

Indian government. His death from an attack of See also:

APOPLEXY (Gr. arov n i.a, from aroaMvvew, to strike down, to stun)

apoplexy took place at Paris on the 22nd of See also:

OCTOBER

October 1893. The maharaja's eldest son, See also:

Prince See also:

Victor See also:

Albert See also:

Jay Dhuleep Singh (b. 1866), was educated at Trinity and See also:

DOWNING, SIR GEORGE

Downing Colleges, See also:

Cambridge. In 1888 he obtained a See also:

COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission in the 1st Royal See also:

DRAGOON (Fr. dragon, Ger. Dragoner)

Dragoon See also:

GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

Guards. In 1898 he married Lady See also:

Anne See also:

Coventry, youngest daughter of the See also:

EARL

earl of Coventry. (G.

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