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Dhuleep Sing - from a collodion by O. G. Rejlander, Wolverhampton, 1856. Portrait of the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, '...Dhuleep Sing, now on a visit to this country [England].... On the 15th September, 1843, the Maharajah of Lahore, Shere Sing, and his two sons, were murdered; and, the murderer himself being slain almost immediately afterwards, Dhuleep Sing, then only ten years of age, was placed upon the throne. Executions and bloodshed followed in the Sikh capital...On the 18th May, 1849, the Maharanee Chunda, the mother of Dhuleep, made her escape, and arrived at Nepaul. Dhuleep himself came to an amicable arrangement with the Government, and is actually a guest of Great Britain, where his quiet, unassuming manners have earned for him the respect of all whom he has honoured with his acquaintance'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.