Raja Nahar Singh (1823–1858) was a king of the princely state of Ballabhgarh in Faridabad District of Haryana, India. His forefathers were Jats who had built a fort in Faridabad around 1739. He was involved in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.[citation needed]
Commemoration
There is a road named after Singh near Wazirpur Depot in Delhi, and India Post produced a postage stamp.[1]
Letter
On 10 September 1857, four days before the British army attacked Delhi, Singh wrote a letter to the Governor General of India, Lord Elllenborough, whom he had met as a young man, seeking his protection. According to an official of Bonhams, the auctioneers tasked with selling it in 2011, "it seems was written as a ruse to deceive the British in the event of his capture ... as he was fully committed to the cause of Indian Independence".[2]
References
- ↑ Raja Nahar Singh
- ↑ "Princely letter up for sale". IBN Live. September 14, 2011. http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/princely-letter-up-for-sale/822618.html.
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