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He was frail in constitution and unable to withstand the plotting against him that took place as rival factions at court tried to take power. His most trusted courtier and former tutor, Chet Singh, was murdered in front of him in 1839 by Dhian Singh, a member of the Hindu Dogra family, and Kharak Singh was then effectively Dhian Singh’s prisoner. He was slowly poisoned and died on 5 November 1840.","physicalDescription":"Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Kharak Singh seated in a gold chair, set with jewels, beneath an arch on a white terrace dressed in a dark green coat speckled with gold. He has a black beard and a green turban, holds a rose in his right hand and in his left a white cloth, and faces left. The background is red, with a band of white and pale blue at the top. 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