He died on 26 April 1961, after fourteen years of banishment. Nehru and Abdullah conspired to banish Singh from Jammu and Kashmir and forced him to exile in Bombay. Abdullah would later be dismissed from his position as prime minister of Kashmir and jailed by Karan Singh. Karan Singh was appointed 'Sadr-e-Riyasat' ('Head of State') in 1952 and Governor of the State in 1964.
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He had a contentious relationship with both Nehru and Abdullah. He was also forced to appoint the popular Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdullah as the prime minister of Kashmir. Pressure from Nehru and Sardar Patel eventually compelled Singh to appoint his son and heir, Yuvraj (Crown Prince) Karan Singh, as Prince Regent of Jammu and Kashmir in 1949, although he remained the titular Maharaja of the state until 1952 when the monarchy was abolished by Nehru's government. These events triggered the first Indo-Pakistan War. Hence, considering the emergency, the Maharaja signed the Instrument of Accession on 26 October 1947, joining the whole of his princely state (including Jammu, Kashmir, Northern Areas, Ladakh, Trans-Karakoram Tract, and Aksai Chin) to the Dominion of India. Although the Indian Prime Minister Nehru was ready to send troops, the Governor-General of India, Lord Mountbatten of Burma, advised the Maharaja to accede to India before India could send its troops. Pashtun tribe members from Pakistan then invaded Kashmir and defeated Singh's forces. Singh originally maneuvered to maintain his independence by playing off India and Pakistan.
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In 1947, after India gained independence from British rule, Jammu and Kashmir could have joined India, joined Pakistan, or remained independent. I have never disguised from my friends, my warm support of the idea of an All-India Federation". It is said that Princes have forced the pace and that in any case they should have opposed a Federation with British India. But ever since the idea of a Federation was taken up in this Conference, some surprise has been expressed in various quarters in India and in England at the willingness of the Princes to join an All-India Federation. I feel deeply gratified at the progress which has been made with the scheme of an All-India Federation as worked out in the Report of the Federal Structure Sub-Committee. This is the first occasion on which the Princes of India meet in person at a Conference Table along with the representatives of British India and His Majesty's Government to discuss the political future of India. "I must express our deep gratitude to His Most Gracious Majesty for the cordial welcome tendered to us and I pray that providence may grant us the vision and the will to realize the hopes expressed in the inspiring words uttered this morning by our beloved Emperor. While replying to the inaugural address by King-Emperor George V, Hari Singh said: He suggested that the Indian Princely states would join an “All India Federation” and pleaded for equal status for Indians in the British Commonwealth of Nations. In 1930, Hari Singh attended the First Round Table Conference in London. Seal of Maharaja Hari Singh as printed on the Civil List of his government Singh was also a controversial figure due to his involvement in a blackmail scandal by a prostitute in Paris in 1921, the agitation in Kashmir against his government in 1931, and the rebellion against him in Poonch in 1947. After spending his final days in Bombay, he died on 26 April 1961. Singh remained the titular Maharaja of the state until 1952, when the monarchy was abolished by the Indian government. He was required to accede to the Dominion of India to get the support of Indian troops against an invasion by tribal armed men and the Pakistan Army into his state. After Indian Independence in 1947, Singh wanted Jammu and Kashmir to remain as an independent kingdom. In 1923, following his uncle's death, Singh became the new Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Hari Singh was the son of Amar Singh and Bhotiali Chib.
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Maharaja Sir Hari Singh GCSI GCIE GCVO (23 September 1895 – 26 April 1961) was the last ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.