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Prem Kaur

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In 1831, she gave birth to Partap Singh. 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.

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