puzzled Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 I once read how Prince Nau Nihal Singh was crowned Maharaja of Punjab after the death of his father Kharak Singh, but after a few hours of being crowned a stone/bricks fell in his head and after a few hours he was dead. Even then there were speculations of it being a planned murder. I think it's pretty obvious that it was murder. Soon after his mother chand kaur took over and became empress. He was 19 years old and had a son, not sure what happened to his son ... I don't anyone ever got to the bottom of this incident though I think there was an "investigation" I think if it was a murder then the obvious choices are either the British or the dogra brothers. Sher Singh, his uncle? Sounds like a fishy character to me, maybe it was plotted by him because soon after he did become Maharaja. I think Sher Singh did end up getting a bit too friendly with the British. After Ranjit Singh i don't think the raj was stable, too much drama, plot twists, betrayals, mysteries. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amit12 Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 5 minutes ago, puzzled said: I once read how Prince Nau Nihal Singh was crowned Maharaja of Punjab after the death of his father Kharak Singh, but after a few hours of being crowned a stone/bricks fell in his head and after a few hours he was dead. Even then there were speculations of it being a planned murder. I think it's pretty obvious that it was murder. Soon after his mother chand kaur took over and became empress. He was 19 years old and had a son, not sure what happened to his son ... I don't anyone ever got to the bottom of this incident though I think there was an "investigation" I think if it was a murder then the obvious choices are either the British or the dogra brothers. Sher Singh, his uncle? Sounds like a fishy character to me, maybe it was plotted by him because soon after he did become Maharaja. I think Sher Singh did end up getting a bit too friendly with the British. After Ranjit Singh i don't think the raj was stable, too much drama, plot twists, betrayals, mysteries. I read it in history back in 3rd sem, he was murdered by someone within the family..... Probably Dogras 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jigsaw_puzzled_singh Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 Quote Who murdered prince Nau Nihal Singh? I don't know who it was but all I can say is don't bother asking the Metropolitan Police to solve it. My bike was reported stolen to them in 1997 and they still haven't found the thief...or the bike. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puzzled Posted December 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 3 hours ago, Amit12 said: I read it in history back in 3rd sem, he was murdered by someone within the family..... Probably Dogras But the Dogras were not family, they were trusted members of the court. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amit12 Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 9 hours ago, puzzled said: But the Dogras were not family, they were trusted members of the court. yeh i mean they were the most trusted WAZIRs of the darbar and Dogras were also helped by Sher Singh, Half Brother of Kharak Singh whom Dogras used as a puppet because he wasn't as smart. Back to the topic, " But some calls death of Nau Nihal Singh a Miracle Because The Chajja where he was supposed to be sitting was far away from the cremation thingy ( Cremation of his Father KHARAK SINGH ) , and suddenly it caught fire and a boulder fell on his head, he was immediately taken to his room and nobody was allowed to visit him. Eye witnesses says that he had minor injuries when he was taken to his room, But when his mother was allowed in the room, he was Dead."- Dont even remember the book name XD. People called it a miracle because Nau Nihal Singh was asking Chand Kaur ( His Mother ) to set herself on fire, and some people thought that its RABB DA BHANA WART REHA HAI... But it wasn't because it was all DHian singh Dogra and Sher Singh's BHAANA. But Nau Nihal Singh and Brahmins and Dogras were asking Chand Kaur to immolate herself the moment he set kharak Singh's Body on fire, Which she was refusing to Accept. I Think the planning was to kill Both Royal Mother-Son the same day but Chand kaur refused to self-immolate. So only Nau Nihal Singh Died that day, after whom Chand Kaur sat on the throne, but not for a long time because Dhian Singh Dogra Changed her Servants and the servants killed her by smashing her head on the wood. The Dogras Then throned Sher singh the King, who would later be killed By sandhawalias at point blank range. and after that Only Jind Kaur and Duleep Singh were left from the Royal Family. Rest is history. Side Note:- Chand Kaur never liked Nau Nihal Singh and she used to call him CHUHR SINGH ( sweeper ). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaamTiharoJoJape Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 On 12/17/2018 at 8:54 PM, Amit12 said: yeh i mean they were the most trusted WAZIRs of the darbar and Dogras were also helped by Sher Singh, Half Brother of Kharak Singh whom Dogras used as a puppet because he wasn't as smart. Back to the topic, " But some calls death of Nau Nihal Singh a Miracle Because The Chajja where he was supposed to be sitting was far away from the cremation thingy ( Cremation of his Father KHARAK SINGH ) , and suddenly it caught fire and a boulder fell on his head, he was immediately taken to his room and nobody was allowed to visit him. Eye witnesses says that he had minor injuries when he was taken to his room, But when his mother was allowed in the room, he was Dead."- Dont even remember the book name XD. People called it a miracle because Nau Nihal Singh was asking Chand Kaur ( His Mother ) to set herself on fire, and some people thought that its RABB DA BHANA WART REHA HAI... But it wasn't because it was all DHian singh Dogra and Sher Singh's BHAANA. But Nau Nihal Singh and Brahmins and Dogras were asking Chand Kaur to immolate herself the moment he set kharak Singh's Body on fire, Which she was refusing to Accept. I Think the planning was to kill Both Royal Mother-Son the same day but Chand kaur refused to self-immolate. So only Nau Nihal Singh Died that day, after whom Chand Kaur sat on the throne, but not for a long time because Dhian Singh Dogra Changed her Servants and the servants killed her by smashing her head on the wood. The Dogras Then throned Sher singh the King, who would later be killed By sandhawalias at point blank range. and after that Only Jind Kaur and Duleep Singh were left from the Royal Family. Rest is history. Side Note:- Chand Kaur never liked Nau Nihal Singh and she used to call him CHUHR SINGH ( sweeper ). Wasnt the same chuhr singh beloved of ranjit singh lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaamTiharoJoJape Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 On 12/17/2018 at 8:19 AM, puzzled said: I once read how Prince Nau Nihal Singh was crowned Maharaja of Punjab after the death of his father Kharak Singh, but after a few hours of being crowned a stone/bricks fell in his head and after a few hours he was dead. Even then there were speculations of it being a planned murder. I think it's pretty obvious that it was murder. Soon after his mother chand kaur took over and became empress. He was 19 years old and had a son, not sure what happened to his son ... I don't anyone ever got to the bottom of this incident though I think there was an "investigation" I think if it was a murder then the obvious choices are either the British or the dogra brothers. Sher Singh, his uncle? Sounds like a fishy character to me, maybe it was plotted by him because soon after he did become Maharaja. I think Sher Singh did end up getting a bit too friendly with the British. After Ranjit Singh i don't think the raj was stable, too much drama, plot twists, betrayals, mysteries. Giani sher singh ambala wale says sher singh was educated in a english missionary college and thus was culturally familiar and took a liking to them Hence his tied up beard, and the infantry uniforms, and he apparently had shirt, tie, pants when he came back from college and was beat up by the nihangs angry at his firangi bana 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puzzled Posted May 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 Just now, NaamTiharoJoJape said: Giani sher singh ambala wale says sher singh was educated in a english missionary college and thus was culturally familiar and took a liking to them Hence his tied up beard, and the infantry uniforms, and he apparently had shirt, tie, pants when he came back from college and was beat up by the nihangs angry at his firangi bana I think he had potential to be a decent ruler tbh. The empire was in a bad state and he seemed to be bringing it back on track again. He only ruled for around a year and a half before he was assassinated. Had he not been assassinated I think he would have been quite a decent ruler. I think he tied his beard because of the Rajput influence. He was close to the Dogras who were Rajputs and they used to tie their beards. Kharak Singh was rubbish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaamTiharoJoJape Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 Just now, puzzled said: I think he had potential to be a decent ruler tbh. The empire was in a bad state and he seemed to be bringing it back on track again. He only ruled for around a year and a half before he was assassinated. Had he not been assassinated I think he would have been quite a decent ruler. I think he tied his beard because of the Rajput influence. He was close to the Dogras who were Rajputs and they used to tie their beards. Kharak Singh was rubbish. Yeah he was a capable military strategist But nau nihal singh looked like the future 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puzzled Posted May 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 Just now, NaamTiharoJoJape said: Yeah he was a capable military strategist But nau nihal singh looked like the future Yeah Nau Nihal Singh would have been great, he was like his grandfather, which is the reason why he was murdered. He was murdered by the dogras. That day is quite well documented. When the stone fell on him he got up and was absolutely fine. He then was escorted to his room by servants and the Dogras. Later on in the day he was found dead with blood all over him and the servants which escorted him to his room were found dead. Other than the Dogras and the servants who were murdered, no one knew what happened in his room. Some British were there and they wrote that after the stone hit his head he was escorted to his room by some servants and the Dogras. Dogras then didn't let anyone in the room because Nau Nihal Singh had to "rest" after the stone hit him. Some time later he was declared dead. Other than the British, other people present at the time wrote the same thing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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