Leh protest: Zorawar Singh's conquest and how Ladakh became a part of India
Published on: Sept. 26, 2025, 1:48 p.m. | Source: India Today
It was the bravery and military campaign of Zorawar Singh Kahluria, a General of Jammu king Gulab Singh, that first brought Ladakh into the Dogra fold in 1834. The sale of Jammu and Kashmir by the British to Gulab Singh in 1846, and his great-grandson Hari Singh's signing of the treaty of accession in 1947, made Ladakh an integral part of India.
