This book, the distinguished author argues, is not merely about the founder of the Kashmir state, but fills a gap in the history of India in the nineteenth century. Based on original records and Lahore Political Diaries the book examines how, why and when the Jammu and Kashmir state was established by Gulab Singh an intrepid general and a far-seeing statesman. The author offers this work as a contribution to the history of India and not merely a chapter in the history of Jammu and Kashmir. In order to examine and understand the Kashmir problems the history of India and Maharajah Gulab Singh this is a must read book.