GULAB SINGH, raja of Jummoo in the time Ranjit Singh, was a Dogra Rajput, brother of raj Dhian Singh, and raja Suchit Singh. He was erne tyrannical, and exacting, but tolerant in religiot matters. After the Sutlej campaign, the treaty Lahore, dated 9th 3farch 1846, left the British i possession of the hill and plain country betwee the rivers Beas and Sntlej, and of the hill countr between the Beas and the Indus, including th provinces of Kashmir and Hazara, and they cox forred on Gulab Singh, territories in the hills, an recognised his independence. He began life r a horseman in a troop commanded by jemadr Khushal Singh, then the favourite chamberlain c Ranjit Singh. He soon raised himself to an indc pendent command, iu which he distinguishc himself by making prisoner Agur Khan, chief c Rajaori. For this service the principality c Jummoo was conferred on his family. He too up his residence in Jummoo, and soon extende his authority over his Rajput neighbours, an eventually into Ladakh. He took an imports/
part in the negotiations which followed the battl of Sobraon. A separate treaty was conclude with him at Amritsar on 16th March 1846, whit put hint in pos.session of all the hill country an its dependencies between the Indus and the Rav including Chumba and excluding Lahoul, on pay ment of 75 lakhs of rupees, and in exchange fc the Cis-Ravi portion of Chumba. By a subsequen arrangement in 1847, Churnba came again en tirely under the British Government. In 185/ Maharaja Gulab Singh died, and was succeeded b his son, Runbir Singh, to whom the right of :Idol tion was guaranteed by sunnud, and the famil now bold sway over Kashmir, Jummdo, Kishtwai Zangskar Ladakh, and Balti.—Prinsep's Antigto ties by Thonias ; Aitcheson's Treatises.