KOUR

Jenda , Maharanee of Lahore. A dancing girl; favourite of the maharajah Ranjeet Singh ( b. 2 Nov. 1780, founder of the Sikh empire, d. Lahore 27 June 1839); murdered all the near relatives of Ranjeet Singh 1839 etc., and placed her own son Dhuleep Singh b. 1838 on the throne of the Punjaub 1848; declared war against the British 1845, Moodkee, Aliwal and Ferozeshah ended the first Sikh war March 1846, she was granted annuity of 1 lac and 50,000 rupees 16 Dec. 1846; taken prisoner after second Sikh war 1849; a pensioner of the English government. d. Abingdon house, Kensington at 6.15 a.m. 1 Aug. 1863. bur. privately without ceremony, Kensal Green cemetery. Daily Telegraph 5 Aug. 1863 p. 4; G.M. Sep. 1863 pp. 378–9; Spectator 8 Aug. 1863 p. 2335. Note. —Two of her servants wrote to a London paper to complain that their mistre ought to have been burnt and her ashes thrown into the Ganges.