Duggar Rattan
"Duggar de Anmol Ratan"
Important Rulers of Duggar
S No. Name of the Ruler Period
1. Raja MalDev 1347 to 1387
He shifted from Babor present day Manwal/ Kishanpur to Purani Mandi, Jammu
2. Raja Hamir Dev 1387 to 1413
3. Raja Ajab Singh 1413 to 1444
4. Raja Bairam Dev 1444 to 1489
5. Raja Khokhar Dev 1489 to 1530
6. Raja Kapur Dev 1530 to 1570
7. Raja Smail Dev 1570 to 1594
8. Raja Sangram Dev 1594 to 1624
9. Raja Bhup Dev 1624 to 1650
10. Raja Hari Dev 1650 to 1686
11. Raja Gaje Dev 1686 to 1703
12. Raja Dhruv Dev1703 to 1733
(Started construction of Mubarak Mandi)
13. Maharaja Ranjit Dev 1733 to 1782
(Consolidated small principalities in the Jammu region, and established a Kingdom of peace, and as a result large number of artisans, artists and traders from other parts of North India migrated to Jammu)
14. Raja Brij Dev 1782 to 1787
15. Raja Sampuran Dev 1787 to 1797
16. Raja Jit Singh 1797 to 1812
17. Maharaja Gulab Singh 1846 to 1857
(Consolidated and founded the the state of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and parts of Tibet)
18. Maharaja Ranbir Singh 1857 to 1885
19. Maharaja Pratap Singh 1885 to 1925
20. Maharaj Hari Singh 1825 to 1947
(As the Ruler of Jammu and Kashmir, he signed the 'Instrument of Accession' on 26th Oct. 1947, by virtue of which Jammu and Kashmir became a part of India.)
Dr. Karan Singh ji, a Suryavanshi, and Last Ruler of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, as Sadar- e- Riyasat, and later Governor for many decades.
Dr Karan Singh ji worthy son of Maharaja Hari Singh ji who signed the Instrument of Accession of Jammu and Kashmir with India on 26th October 1947.
Yuvraj Karan Singh was born at the Martinez Hotel, Cannes, France, into the Dogra dynasty. He was the only son of Sir Hari Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir.His mother, Maharani Tara Devi, daughter of a landowning Katoch Rajput family and came from (Vijaypur near Bilaspur) in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh
Dr Karan Singh was educated at Doon School, Dehradun, a boarding school, which represented a departure from the usual practice of princes being educated by tutors at home. The school was very elite, but it nevertheless meant that Karan Singh shared the classroom (though not the hostel).
Subsequently he did an M.A. degree in Political Science, and a PhD from University of Delhi on the life and and philosophy of Sri Aurobindo.
In 1950, the 19-year-old Karan Singh was married to 13-year-old Yasho Rajya Lakshmi, granddaughter of Mohan Shumsher Rana, Maharajah of Nepal, belonging to the Rana dynasty of Nepal. Her father, General Maharajkumar Sharada Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, was a son of Mohan Shumsher.[15] The match, arranged by their families in the usual Indian way, lasted all their lives.
Dr. Karan Singh a philosopher and scholar of global repute who made easy the philosophy of Hinduism, and presented it before the world.
He played an important role in national and global politics for the benefits of the nation and our state of Jammu and Kashmir.
In the union cabinet, he served the nation in many capacities, as Union Education minister, Health and Medical Education minister, and minister of Civil Aviation. As an Indian Ambassador in US of America he played a pivotal role in the emergence and progress role as an envoy of India.
As a staunch nationalist, and patron of Fine Arts and Music, Dr. Karan Singh is an ardent writer in Dogri, Hindi and English language. A devout Hindu who gave us many beautiful bhajans in our mother language Dogri.
During the conclusion of the Cold War, he was India's ambassador to the USA. Singh received the Padma Vibhushan in 2005.
He is the chairperson trustee of the Dharmarth Trust of Jammu and Kashmir which maintains 175 temples in north India and works in other areas such as historical preservation.
He is a life trustee and was president of India International Centre. He was elected chancellor of Banaras Hindu University for three terms
The couple had three children:
Yuvraj Vikramaditya Singh, elder son and crown prince; married Chitrangada Scindia, the daughter of Madhavrao Scindia of Gwalior, in 1987.
Ajatshatru Singh, second son; took to politics, was elected to the state assembly from the Nagrota constituency and became a minister in the state government. His wife is the daughter of an army officer.
Jyotsna Singh, only daughter, married to Dhirendra Singh Chauhan, belonging to Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh.
Dr. Karan Singh ji, is a trained singer and has a beautiful voice, with a flair for Bhajans and Folk songs, few of his superb renditions:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=VodprWgUsU8&si=WFz53D1ZgUUFQxTi
Shiv Stuti- Natraj a beautiful bhajan
https://www.jiosaavn.com/song/durga/IxkvYyF2QGs
Durga Stuti Mata Meriae Bhav Tarini Maa, Rakhi laian bhagtein di laaj.
https://youtu.be/4NSwEqQI8gQ?si=esuvw9ScAjBulVaI
Dogri Folk song "Jammu dia kandiya barkha lagi di"
Honourable Dr. Karan Singh ji addressing Dogra Samaj Delhi, in Duggar Malati
More coming up..
Dr. Karan Singh
