Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir, were annexed after the Anglo-Sikh Wars in 1849 ; however, Kashmir was immediately sold under the Treaty of Amritsar ( 1850 ) to the Dogra Dynasty of Jammu, and thereby became a princely state.

Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir were annexed after the Second Anglo-Sikh War in 1849 ; however, Kashmir was immediately sold under the Treaty of Amritsar ( 1850 ) to the Dogra Dynasty of Jammu and thereby became a princely state.

The bridge and road secured, an armoured column of the 1st Armoured Brigade-part of the Smash force-moved into the town of Jalkot, 8 km from Naldurg, at 0900 hours, paving the way for the Strike Force units under Lt. Col Ram Singh Commandant of 9 Dogra ( a motorised battalion ) to pass through.

The force was then placed under the command of Major Muhammad Tufail Shaheed ( Nishan-i-Haider ), Honorary Captain Muhammad Baber Khan of 1st Northern Light Infantry Regiment, who played a vital role in the war of liberation ( from the Dogra Raj ) in 1947.

:" The ' king ' or governor of Tibet was no longer appointed by the Chinese after 1750, and the Dalai Lama was tacitly recognized as sovereign of Tibet, with the exception of Kham and Amdo on the one hand and, on the other, Ladakh — which was at first under Moghul suzerainty before being annexed by Kashmir after the Dogra war ( 1834 – 1842 ).

The rule of Gulab Singh extended over whole of Jammu Region and large part of Ladakh region even by March 1846 and was more known as Dogra Raj ( although a large part of Punjab ( now Himachal Pardesh ) too was traditionally known as Dogra clan / race irrespective of the religious faith one held ); and it was in March 1846 that the Kashmir Valley was also handed over to Gulab Singh by British Government ( being part of the territories ceded to the British Government by the Lahore State according to the provisions of Article IV of the treaty of Lahore, dated 9 March 1846 ) under Treaty of Amritsar, the Dogra king of Jammu and the State was thereafter known as the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir State ( Raj ), also referred as Kashmir State thereafter.

The Dogra Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army, formerly the 17th Dogra Regiment when part of the British Indian Army.

The Dogra Regiment was among the regiments of the British Indian Army, which made significant contributions in both the world wars on all fronts from the Far East to Europe and North Africa.

Although the Dogra Maharaja of Kashmir restricted the building of houses in the valley, the British circumvented this rule by commissioning lavish houseboats to be built on the Dal Lake.

The 17th Dogra Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army.

Subsequently Dr. Dogra appeared in the court of Shri Mahesh Chandra as an expert witness ( PW-5 ), and his testimony lasted several sessions.

The Sikh general, Nathu Shah, left garrison troops and Karim Khan ruled until Gilgit was ceded to Gulab Singh of Jammu and Kashmir in 1846 by the Treaty of Amritsar, and Dogra troops replaced the Sikh in Gilgit.

Gaur Rahman then ruled Gilgit until his death in 1860, just before new Dogra forces from Ranbir Singh, son of Gulab Singh, captured the fort and town.

The Kashmiri Pandits, the only Hindus of the Kashmir valley, who had stably constituted approximately 4 to 5 % of the population of the valley during Dogra rule ( 1846 – 1947 ), and 20 % of whom had left the Kashmir valley by 1950, began to leave in much greater numbers in the 1990s.

The Kashmiri Pandits, who had stably constituted approximately 4 to 5 per cent of the population of the valley during Dogra rule ( 1846 – 1947 ), and 20 per cent of whom had left the Kashmir valley by 1950, began to leave in much greater numbers in the 1990s.

The Treaty of Amritsar marked the beginning of Dogra rule in Kashmir, which was to end in 1948 after an attack by the Pakistani army which led to Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.

On 31 October 1947, in the afternoon, Honorary Captain Muhammad Baber Khan called a meeting of the Junior Commissioned Officers of the Gilgit Scouts in their mess, where it was unanimously decided to over throw the Dogra rule.

Towards the middle of 1947, the Dogra forces were forced to leave due to happenings of 1947 in the princely state of J & K.

It was here in 1947 that a contingent of local men headed by Col. Mahmood defeated and chased out the Dogra army.

Dogra dynasty was a dynasty of Hindu Rajputs who ruled Jammu & Kashmir from 1846 to 1947.

After the partition of India in 1947, it was allocated to the new Indian Army and renamed the Dogra Regiment.

Dogra forces however promised Yasinis that no harm will be inflicted if they surrender, however when they surrender their forces, Dogra took all men as prisoner, Many Dogra soldiers entered the back portion of the Mandoori Hill which was full of Yasin women and their children.

They could trace their origins to 1900, when they were raised as the 41st ( Dogra ) Bengal Infantry. After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.

* Girdhari Lal Dogra Freedom Fighter, former MLA and former Member of Parliament, Jammu & Udhampur, from partition till death

However the most major allegation of atrocities on Muslims in the state came in 1863 to punish the rebels Dogra Maharaja Ranbir Singh ordered major invasion of the frontier areas of Yasin, Hunza etc.

Prior to establishment of Princely state of Jammu and Kashmir by the Dogra rulers in the mid-nineteenth century, the Gilgit region had been ruled by princes who were styled Raas.

The people of Baltistan being predominantly Muslims revolted against the Dogra rulers and after a struggle lasting a year became independent.

Dwigart Desh ( meaning country of two hollows ) was converted into Duggar and Dugra, which then became Dogra.

The Dogra culture is descended from that of the Indo-Aryans who settled in and became the main population of India.

At Independence, it became an infantry regiment of the Indian Army composed largely but not exclusively of the Dogra people.

The Treaty of Amritsar was signed on March 16, 1846, to settle a dispute over territory in Kashmir after the First Sikh War with the United Kingdom, ceding some land to Maharaja Gulab Singh Dogra.

Dr. Dogra extracted bullets to establish the identity of the weapons and to correlate each weapon with the bullets recovered by ballistic examination.

These states were subjugated by force by the Dogra rulers of Kashmir in the nineteenth century.

Gilgit fell to the Hunza and their Yasin and Punial allies, but was soon reconquered by Gulab Singh's Dogra troops.

In 1870s Chitral was threatened by Afghans Maharaja Ranbir Singh was firm in protecting Chitral from Afghans the Mehtar of Chitral ask for help, In 1876 Chitral accepted the authority of Jammu Clan and in reverse get the protection from the Dogras who have in the past took part in many victories over Afghans during the time of Gulab Singh Dogra.

Kathua is overwhelmingly Hindu, the religion practiced by 85 % of its population, another 8 % is Sikh, and 7 % Muslim. However people have a strong faith in Sufistic culture too as there are large number of sufi shrines in and around the city. Most of the people are of Dogra race and Dogri is the principal language. Recently Basohli has emerged as a district itself.

* The Highest Gallantry Award with Dogra Regiment in post-independence era is Ashok Chakra that was conferred posthumously to Maj. Sandeep Shankla in 1992 by then President of India Shri.

The current regiment was formed in 1922 through the amalgamation of three separate regiments of Dogras as the 17th Dogra Regiment.

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, some Dogras embraced Sikhism and some embraced Islam ; these factors, together with the effects of immigration into the region, have resulted in the J & K “ Dogra ” population including members of all three religions.

The Hindus of Kashmir established themselves in the Northern area of India, first in the Mughal courts and then in the service of the Dogra rulers of Kashmir.

Because they could not readily raise this sum, the East India Company allowed the Dogra ruler Gulab Singh to acquire Kashmir from the Sikh kingdom in exchange for making a payment of 750, 000 rupees to the East India Company.

Kak's parents are from different parts of India ; his father is a Kashmiri, of the Kak caste, while his mother is a Dogra.

According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India the origin of the word " Dogra " is said to have arisen from the fact that the cradle of the Dogra people lies between the two lakes of Sruinsar and Mansar.

* Premchand Dogra, bodybuilder ; Mr. Punjab, Mr. India ( 9 times ), Mr. Asia ( 8 times ) and IFBB Mr. Universe 1988.