LAHORE, Punjab—The tomb of Maharani Jind Kaur, which is situated in the backside of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s tomb in Lahore, has been made underground due to ongoing construction of new rooms for pilgrims. The Sikhs residing in Pakistan are highly objecting on this move of Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhik Committee.
The Sikhs residing in Pakistan have said that the PSGPC would have considered the historic importance of this tomb.
They informed that reference about this tomb is available in the ‘Mahan Kosh’ written by Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha as well as in all the books illustrating Sikh places in Pakistan.
Maharani Jind Kaur was an acting ruler of the Sikh Empire from 1843 until 1846. She was the youngest wife of the first Maharaja Ranjit Singh, and the mother of the last Maharaja, Duleep Singh.
After the assassinations of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s first three successors, Duleep Singh came to power in September 1843 at the age of 5 and Jind Kaur became an acting ruler on her son’s behalf.
After the Sikhs lost the First Anglo-Sikh War, she was replaced in December 1846 by a Council of Regency, under the control of a British Resident. However, her power and influence continued and, to counter this, the British imprisoned and exiled her. Over thirteen years passed before she was again permitted to see her son Maharaja Duleep Singh, who was taken to England.
In January 1861 Duleep Singh was allowed to meet his mother in Calcutta and he took her with him to England, where she remained until her death in Kensington, London, on 1 August 1863 at the age of 46. She was temporarily buried in Kensal Green Cemetery and cremated the following year at Nashik, near Bombay. Her ashes were finally taken to the samadh (memorial) in Lahore of her husband, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, by her granddaughter, Princess Bamba Sofia Jindan Duleep Singh.
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