Birth Date: | 1821 |
Birth Place: | Sialkot, Punjab, Sikh Empire |
Death Place: | Punjab, Sikh Empire |
Spouse: | Chand Kaur[1] Jind Kaur [2] |
Issue: | Fateh Singh |
House: | Sukerchakia |
Father: | Maharaja Ranjit Singh |
Mother: | Rani Daya Kaur |
Kunwar Kashmira Singh (1821 - 7 May 1844), sometimes styled as Shahzada was the son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Sikh Empire and Rani Daya Kaur.
Rani Daya Kaur was the daughter of Deewan Singh Virk and his wife, Raj Kaur Virk. She was married to Sahib Singh Bhangi, son of Gujjar Singh Bhangi of the Bhangi Misl in 1789 after his death in 1811 she was married to Maharaja Ranjit Singh via chadar dala ritual. [3]
Kashmira Singh was procured by Rani Daya Kaur, he was said to be the son of a servant in her household by a Jammu Rajput, he was named Kashmira due to the recent conquest of Kashmir.[4] He was presented to, and accepted by Ranjit Singh as her son along with Kunwar Pashaura Singh.
Kashmir Singh had one son, Sardar Fateh Singh. He was granted a half-share of a large jagir in Baraich, Oudh, after the annexation. He married Rani Lakshman Kaur, daughter of Subadar Jawahir Singh and had one son Fateh Singh.
He was killed in battle against the Sandhawalias, 7 May 1844.