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Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)
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Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)
Jammu and Kashmir
was, from 1846 until 1952, a
princely state
in the
British Empire in India
, and was ruled by Jamwal Rajput
Dogra Dynasty
. The state was created in 1846 after the
First Anglo-Sikh War
as per the
Treaty of Amritsar
. The
East India Company
annexed the
Kashmir Valley
,
Ladakh
, and
Gilgit-Baltistan
from the Sikhs, and then transferred it to
Gulab Singh
in return for an indemnity payment of 7,500,000 Nanakshahee Rupees.
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