PARTAP KAUR, RANI

PARTAP KAUR, RANI

PARTAP KAUR, RANI (d. 1857), daughter of Jagat Singh of Kot Kapura, now in Faridkot district of the Punjab, was married to Karivar Sher Singh, son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, in 1825. She died on 23 August 1857, leaving an adopted son, Thakar Singh, aged 14 years. Thakar Singh was the son of her cousin, Gajja Singh. She had adopted him in 1847 and, on her death, he was granted a pension of Rs 1,800 per annum by the British.

References :

1. Prem Singh, Baba, Maharaja Sher Singh. Ludhiana, 1951

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