Sher Singh

Maharaja Sher Singh (4 December 1807 - 15 September 1843) was a Sikh ruler of the sovereign country of Punjab and the Sikh Empire.

He was the son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Maharani Mehtab Kaur, who was also the mother of Prince Tara Singh (1807-1859). (Mehtab Kaur, who was also known as Mahitab Kaur, is not to be confused with Maharani Mahtab Devi Sahiba, daughter of Maharaja Sansar Chand of Kangra, another wife, who committed sati in 1839 with Ranjit Singh lying with his head on her lap.)

Life

He became Maharaja on 27 January 1841, after the sudden death of Nau Nihal Singh whose death was set in motion, some say purposely, while returning from his father's cremation. He was the half brother of Nau Nihal Singh's father, Maharaja Kharak Singh.

Proclaimed Maharaja by his wazir (prime minister) Dhian Singh Dogra, he won the throne after a protracted siege of the Lahore Fort which was held by the Royal family. Thousands died in the siege.

Historians record that he was not very smart politically and let the Dogra brothers take charge of all functions of state. The Dogras, like puppet masters, pulled the strings of others to bring about the death of Sher Singh.

Sher Singh (administrator)

Sher Singh (born 3 December 1946) is an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), noted for his research on the Mughal emperor Babar (also Babur).

The Book

Sher Singh's book The Secular Emperor Babar, co-authored with Surinder Kaur and Tapan Sanyal in 3 volumes, presented Babar as a tolerant figure, contrary to the conventional view of Babar as an intolerant fanatic. It suggested that Babar was a secular figure, and that the Babri Mosque at Ayodhya had been constructed sixteen years before Babar was born. The mosque was destroyed in 1992.

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Sher Singh (disambiguation)

Sher Singh can refer to: