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Prem Kaur

Prem Kaur Warraich
Maharani of Sikh Empire
Maharani Sahiba
Queen Consort
Maharani consort of Sikh Empire
Reign18 January 1841 – 15 September 1843
PredecessorNanaki Kaur Atariwala
SuccessorBamba Müller (titular)
Born1809
Gujranwala, Punjab, Sikh Empire
Died1874
Lahore, Punjab, British India
SpouseSher Singh
IssueYuvraj Pratap Singh
HouseSukerchakia (by marriage)
FatherHari Singh Waraich

Maharani Prem Kaur, was the queen consort of Maharaja Sher Singh, the fourth Maharaja of the Sikh Empire. She was the daughter of Lambardar Hari Singh Warraich, a Jat Sikh of the village of Ladhewala Waraich, in Gujranwala district of the Punjab. In 1822 she was married to Prince Sher Singh, the elder of the twins of Maharani Mehtab Kaur and Maharaja Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire.[1]

In 1831, she gave birth to Partap Singh.[2] Installed as heir apparent with the title of Tikka Sahib Yuvraj Bahadur (Crown Prince) at Lahore Fort, 27 January 1841. He was later brutally murdered by Sardar Lahina Singh Sandhanvalia, near Shalamar Bagh in Lahore on September 15, 1843 at the age of 12. Rani Prem Kaur survived her husband and was granted an annual pension of Rs 7,200 by the British after the Annexation of Sikh Empire by the British Raj in 1849.

Sher Singh was succeeded by his five year old brother, Duleep Singh as the Maharaja and his mother, Jind Kaur as regent.

References

  1. ^ Christopher Campbell (2000). The Maharajah's box: an imperial story of conspiracy, love and a guru's prophecy. HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 17.
  2. ^ Barkat Rai Chopra (1969). Kingdom of the Punjab, 1839-45. Vishveshvaranand Institute. OCLC 143192.


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