Ranbir Singh

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General Shriman Rajrajeshwar Maharajadhiraj Sri Sir Ranbir Singhji, Indar Mahindar Bahadur, Sipar-i-Sultanat, Mushir-i-Khas-i-Kaiser-i-Hind GCSI, CIE, Kaiser-i-Hind (August 1830–12 September 1885) was the son of Maharaja Gulab Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir and head of the Jamwal Rajput clan.

The trans-Himalayan territories of Gilgit, Astore, Hunza-Nagar were conquered and made part of Jammu and Kashmir in his time. He was noted as a great scholar of classical Persian, and was also learned in Pashtu, Sanskrit and English.

[edit] Family

Maharajadhiraj Sri Sir Ranbir Singh married five times and had six children, four sons and two daughters:

1. Partab Singh of Kashmir (18 July 1848-23 September 1925). Succeeded his father as Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir in 1885.

2. General Raja Sir Ram Singh, KCB, Kaiser-i-Hind (31 May 1861-22 June 1899); issue

3. General Raja Sir Amar Singh, KCSI, Kaiser-i-Hind (14 January 1864-1909). Married twice and had one son:

• Hari Singh (30 September 1895-26 April 1961). Succeeded his uncle as Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir in 1925.

4. Mian Lakshman Singh (1870-1875)

5. daughter

6. daughter

Regnal titles
Preceded by Gulab Singh	Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir 1857-1885	Succeeded by Partab Singh