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summary of medieval jammu and kashmir

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Jammu and Kashmir was, from 1846 until 1952, a princely state of the British Empire in India and ruled by a Jamwal Rajput Dogra Dynasty.[1] The state was created in 1846 from the territories previously under Sikh Empire after the First Anglo-Sikh War. The East India Company annexed the Kashmir Valley,[2] Jammu, Ladakh, and Gilgit-Baltistanfrom the Sikhs, and then transferred it to Raja Gulab Singh of Jammu in return for an indemnity payment of 7,500,000 Nanakshahee Rupees.


StatusSovereign Monarchy(1947–1952)
Princely State (1846–1947)CapitalSrinagar
JammuCommon languagesKashmiri, Dogri, Ladakhi, Balti, Shina, Pahari-Pothwari, Gujari, Kundal Shahi, Bhaderwahi, Burushaski, Brokskat, Domaaki, Khowar, Bateri, Purgi, Zangskari, Tibetan, Punjabi, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu), SanskritReligionIslam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, SikhismGovernmentSovereign Monarchy(1947–1952)
Princely state of the Company rule in Indiaand later British India(1846–1947)Maharaja 

At the time of the British withdrawal from India, Maharaja Hari Singh, the ruler of the state, preferred to become independent and remain neutral between the successor dominions of India and Pakistan.[3] However, an uprising in the western districts of the State followed by an attack by raiders from the neighbouring Northwest Frontier Province, supported by Pakistan, put an end to his plans for independence. On 26 October 1947, the Maharaja signed the Instrument of Accessionjoining the Dominion of India in return for military aid.[4] The western and northern districts presently known as Azad Kashmirand Gilgit-Baltistan passed to the control of Pakistan, while the remaining territory became the Indian state Jammu and Kashmir.[5]