Ranbir Singh GCIE (August 1830 – 12 September 1885) was Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir belonging to the Dogra dynasty from 1856 until his death in 1885.

Unlike European women and children, Indian mutineers were not allowed to take refuge in his state.

The princely states of Hunza and Nagar started paying tributes to Jammu and Kashmir during his reign.

[6] Subsequently, Ranbir Singh ascended the throne of Jammu and Kashmir on 20 February 1856.

[6] In 1857, the Sepoy Mutiny, an uprising against the British rule broke mainly in present-day Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.

The Treaty of Amritsar was amended in 1860 and a new provision was inserted which allowed a Dogra ruler to adopt a child from a collateral branch of the family.

[7] During the final years of Gulab Singh's reign, a rebellion in Gilgit caused heavy casualties to the Dogra troops.

By the end of 1870, the states of Hunza and Nagar started paying tributes to Jammu and Kashmir.

Civil and criminal laws were written and consolidated into the Ranbir Penal Code which were followed in the Indian part of Jammu and Kashmir.

Now it has been removed as the Parliament of India has passed the bill to scrap provisions of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution on 5 August 2019.

The shawl industry flourished during his reign which provided employment and a minimum income to his subjects.

In 1873, The Lord Northbrook, the then Governor-General of India wrote to Ranbir Singh about a proposal to appoint a British Resident in Kashmir.

[10] He also reminded the British that unlike most of the monarchs of princely states, he refused to take any jagir as a gift in lieu of his services during the Sepoy Mutiny.

[17] In June 1843, Ranbir Singh married Subh Devi Sahiba, the daughter of the raja of Siba State.