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He was a successful ruler and fine soldier, and his talents led him to being created Raja of Jammu in 1822. Following Ranjit Singh's death  in 1839, the unity of the kingdom rapidly disintegrated, and Gulab Singh began to misappropriate the revenues of the territories assigned to his care. He finally passed on military intelligence to the British before the first Anglo-Sikh war in 1845-46, and as a reward was given part of the Sikh territory ceded to the British under the terms of the Treaty of Lahore of 1846. \r\nThe unknown artist of this famous portrait has captured the undoubted wiliness of his subject. 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