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    Maharaja Duleep Singh was the last ruler of the Sikh Empire in India. He came to power at age 5 but was deposed by the British at age 15 and exiled to Britain. He converted to Christianity under pressure but later regretted the decision. He married twice and had eight children total. He spent most of his later life in the UK, financially drained and isolated from friends, until his death at age 55 when his body was buried in Britain against his wishes to return to India.

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    Maharaja Duleep Singh was the last ruler of the Sikh Empire in India. He came to power at age 5 but was deposed by the British at age 15 and exiled to Britain. He converted to Christianity under pressure but later regretted the decision. He married twice and had eight children total. He spent most of his later life in the UK, financially drained and isolated from friends, until his death at age 55 when his body was buried in Britain against his wishes to return to India.

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    THE BLACK PRINCE

    INTRODUCTION:
    Maharaja Duleep Singh or Sir Dalip Singh, later nicknamed the "Black Prince of Perthshire" was the last king of the Sikh
    Empire. He was the youngest son of the legendary Shere-e-Punjab (Lion of Punjab) (Maharaja Ranjit Singh) and (Maharani
    Jind Kaur).He came in power at age of 5, in the year 1843. He was declared as the Maharaja of Punjab with his mother,
    Maharani Jind Kaur, as his Regent. As he was very young to take the decisions his mother took control of the affairs of the
    kingdom on his behalf, and after their defeat in the Anglo-Sikh War, they were put under a British Resident. Afterward, he
    was deposed by the British Crown and exiled to Britain, at the age of 15, where Queen Victoria befriended him. The majority
    of his final years were spent in the United Kingdom, where he died young. He was able to reunite with his mother, on January
    16, 1861, in Calcutta, and travel back to the UK. During the last two years of his mother's life, his mother explained his Sikh
    heritage and the Empire that once belonged to him.
    Conversion to Christianity :

    The Governor-General Lord Dalhousie approved his conversion to Christianity at Fatehgarh in 1853 under the tutelage of his
    long-time retainer Bhajan Lal he was himself a Christian convert. Later maharaja regrated his decision.
    FAMILY
    Sir Duleep Singh married twice, first to Bamba Müller in
    Alexandria, then to Ada Douglas Wetherill in 1889. He had eight
    children in total.He had seven children with Maharani Bamba. In
    1865, their first child, their male heir, died. The other children
    were:
    Prince Victor Albert Jay Duleep Singh (10 Jan 1866-7 Jun 1918)
    Prince Frederick Victor Duleep Singh (23 Jan 1868-15 Aug 1926)
    Princess Bamba Sofia Jindan Duleep Singh (29 Sep 1869-10 Mar
    1957)
    Princess Catherine Hilda Duleep Singh[34] (27 Oct 1871-8 Nov
    1942)
    The Princess Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh (18 Aug 1876-22
    Aug 1948)
    Prince Albert Edward Alexander Duleep Singh (1879-1 May 1893)

    The marriage of Maharaja with Wetherill blessed him with two


    children:
    Princess Pauline Alexandra Duleep Singh (26 Dec 1887-10 Apr
    1941)
    Princess Ada Irene Beryl Duleep Singh (25 Oct 1889-14 Sep 1926)
    DEATH:
    • Drained financially and lost his friends, he passed away on October 22, 1893, at the age of 55. Maharaja
    Duleep Singh's wish to return his body to India was not honored, due to fear of unrest. Under the supervision
    of the India Office, his body was buried at Elveden Church.

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    • It is movie based on Late Maharaja Duleep Singh related to all difficulties.

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