Rani Khem Kour

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Rani Khem Kour of Patiala was wife of of Raja Amar Singh.

Lepel H. Griffin writes:[1]Before the affair of Bhawanigarh was settled, another outbreak occurred at Kot Sumer, headed by Rajo, the widow of Sirdar Baksho Singh of Saboka. The fort held by this lady was very strong, and, before the Diwan was able to reduce it, he was summoned away to quell a still more serious revolt at Bhikhe, which Sirdar Ala Singh, the brother of Rani Khem Kour, one of Raja Amar Singh's widows, had seized, with the aid of the zamindars of the neighbourhood, expelling the Pattiala Governor, Thamman Singh, from the town and fort.

The intrigues of Rani Khem Kour

Lepel H. Griffin writes:[2]The old Rani Khem Kour, a widow of Raja Amar Singh, was much disappointed with the affairs were taking, and busied herself with stirring up fresh disturbances, in the hope of obtaining some share of power by placing on the throne Ajit Singh, a younger son of the late Raja. This was the woman who was the originator of the plot against the life of Misr Noudha, and there can be little doubt but that it was she who employed the assassin to murder Colonel Ochterlony. Her intrigues were not without powerful support.

Aided by Raja Jaswant Singh of Nabha: Raja Jaswant Singh of Nabha, one of the ablest Chiefs in the Protected States, was a man of the most unscrupulous character, who, for an acre of fresh territory would sacrifice truth and honor without a thought. He had married the niece of Rani Khem Kour, and, partly from this connection, party from a jealousy of the power of Pattiala, but chiefly from a desire to see that State divided and in the hands of a minor, who would nominally be under the guidance and guardianship of Rani Khem Kour, but, in reality, of him-self, aided her scheme as far as was in his power. But these intrigues seemed destined to be disappointed.

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