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Maharaja Pratap Singh: Reform, Politics in the Dogra State of Jammu and Kashmir
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April 8, 2026April 8, 2026Primer

Maharaja Pratap Singh: Reform, Politics in the Dogra State of Jammu and Kashmir

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When Maharaja Pratap Singh ascended the throne in 1885, Jammu and Kashmir stood at a delicate crossroads. The Dogra state his grandfather had built through conquest and his father had administered through consolidation was now entering the modern age of empire — an age of telegraphs, railways, and bureaucracy. The young Maharaja inherited a realm...

The British Residency and the Question of Sovereignty in Jammu and Kashmir
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April 8, 2026April 8, 2026Primer

The British Residency and the Question of Sovereignty in Jammu and Kashmir

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By the late nineteenth century, the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir stood formally independent under its Dogra ruler yet practically enclosed within the web of British Indian paramountcy. The British Residency in Srinagar was the visible symbol of that paradox — a presence that was not quite a government and not merely a guest....