Duleep Singh, Sikh ruler, c1890.;Duleep Singh, Sikh ruler, c1890. The son of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Duleep Singh (1838-1893) was the Maharaja of Lahore and King of the Sikh Empire. He was deposed in 1855 by the East India Company and spent the rest of his life in exile.

Maharajah Duleep Singh dressed for a State function, c. 1875.

Maharaja Dalip Singh,^[1] (Black Prince of Perthshire),^[2] GCSI (b. 6 September 1838 in Lahore, Sikh Empire - d. 22 October 1893 in Paris,France) was the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire. He was the youngest son of the legendary "Lion of the Punjab" Maharaja Ranjit Singh andMaharani Jind Kaur, and came to power after a series of intrigues, in which several other claimants to the throne and to the Koh-i-Noordiamond killed each other.^[3] After his exile to Britain at age 13 following the British annexation of the Punjab, he was befriended by Queen Victoria. In June 1850, Lord Dalhousie presented the Kohinoor Diamond by Dalip Singh after it was confiscated by the British Raj. From that date the diamond became part of the Crown Jewels,^[4] set in the Crown of Queen Elizabeth and on display in the Jewel House in the Tower of London.^[5]