Circumstances shift, and so do fortunes. As an enraged Rani Jindan Kaur swore to take revenge from the Khalsa troops, a war is triggered with the British East India Company that changes the fortunes of many a figure in the darbar, including that of Raja Gulab Singh.

Many of his kinsmen die, yet Gulab Singh becomes victim to the intrigues and stratagem of the Lahore Durbar's grandees. Despite much pain inflicted on him in person, Gulab Singh manages to stave off a life threatening period to see another day, with the tide turning in his favour in ways only the divine can will

Dhian Singh becomes part of the plot to assassinate him and Maharaja Sher Singh. While Suchet Singh and Dhian Singh's son Raja Hira Singh take revenge, soon things turn for the worse. Thanks to the madness of Pandit Jalla, Suchet Singh, Hira Singh and Jalla himself see a gory end to themselves.

After Zorawar Singh's death, Ladakh and Gilgit were swarmed by enemy forces. It takes skill to secure without Gulab Singh's presence. Gulab Singh himself is supposed to help the British on Maharaja Sher Singh's orders, who has nefarious plans up his sleeve for the Dhian Singh and Gulab Singh.

In this final part on the life and conquests of Mian Zorawar Singh, we look into the ill fated Tibet campaign that led to his eventual demise. We delve into sources from Indian historians and primary Chinese sources (who called the Dogras as Shen-pas or Singhs) to delve into the campaign record and note the legacy of the man in the Tibetan lands that endures to this day.

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We traverse into the harsh terrain of Baltistan, as we follow the bravado of the Dogra soldiers led by the military genius of Mian Zorawar Singh and his mavericks which led to the conquest of Baltistan. From battling soldiers to losing limbs to frostbite, dive into the world of the 1840 campaign.

in this chapter, we look back at the audacious campaign of Zorawar Singh and his band of men that eventually led to the frontier of Jammu stretching to include the kingdom of Ladakh. Using the writings of S S Charak and C L Dutta, we take a deep dive into the difficult conditions that were overcome to achieve what was seen as near impossible by many a contemporary of the time.

This episode marks a three part series on the enigmatic Zorawar Singh Kahluria, who as the Wazir of Raja-i-Rajgan Gulab Singh permanently altered the boundaries of India and even led an audacious military campaign into Tibet, at least fifty years before the much celeberated Francis Younghusband expedition.