Maharaja Hari Singh: Social Reforms, Constitutional Developments and Modernization
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Maharaja Hari Singh's reign from 1925 to 1947 witnessed major social, educational, judicial and constitutional developments in Jammu and Kashmir. This article examines his reforms, the State Subject system, Praja Sabha, the 1939 Constitution and the…
Dogra Administration: Institutions, Law, Revenue and Governance in Jammu & Kashmir
Dogra administration transformed Jammu & Kashmir from a ruler-centred princely state into a progressively institutionalized system of courts, departments, revenue records, written laws and limited representative government. This article traces that…
Ranbir Singh and the Administrative Development of Jammu & Kashmir
Maharaja Ranbir Singh transformed the administrative machinery of the Dogra state between 1857 and 1885. This article examines his judicial, revenue, legal, educational, communication and frontier reforms and their significance in the development of…