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wrote to Ranbir Singh about a proposal to appoint a
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which were followed in the Indian part of Jammu and
Kashmir. Now it has been removed as the Parliament of India has passed the bill to scrap provisions of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution on 5 August 2019. The judicial system was handed over to the executive officers. Separate prisons were
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was amended in 1860 and a new provision was inserted which allowed a Dogra ruler to adopt a child from a collateral branch of the family. Previously, according to the treaty, the state would have been annexed by the
British if a ruler did not have a natural heir. He was also rewarded with the
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caused heavy casualties to the Dogra troops. In 1860, Ranbir Singh sent his army under the leadership of
Colonel Devi Singh Narania, Colonel Bijai Singh and General Hoshiara Singh to Gilgit. They successfully recaptured Gilgit. By the end of 1870, the states of
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state. Ranbir Singh ascended the throne in 1856 after Gulab Singh's abdication due to his poor health. Unlike
European women and children, Indian mutineers were not allowed to take refuge in his state. He also sent his troops to help the British to
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at the time of its establishment in 1882. In return he was made the first fellow of the university. Ranbir Singh frequently met scholars of various subjects and discussed the subjects with them.
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Ranbir Singh founded separate departments for foreign affairs, home affairs, civil affairs and army. He founded a silk factory in the state. He also promoted its trade. The
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in the state. With the appointment of an
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announced that Pratap Singh would succeed him. In return, Pratap Singh yielded to the
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catalogued 5,000 such works. Besides religious books, books on medical sciences were also translated into
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as a gift in lieu of his services during the Sepoy Mutiny.
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built for political prisoners. Ranbir Singh organized two
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