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[[File:Detail of a Pahari painting of a seated raja with two courtiers before him presenting a white hawk, possibly depicting Raja Brij Raj Dev of Jammu State, Punjab Hills, Jammu, ca.1760–80.jpg|thumb|Detail of a Pahari painting of a seated raja with two courtiers before him presenting a white hawk, possibly depicting Raja Brij Raj Dev of Jammu State, likely by the Nainsukh atelier, Punjab Hills, Jammu, ca.1760–80<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Lot 131: BY A MASTER PAHARI ARTIST: A SEATED RAJA WITH TWO COURTIERS BEFORE HIM PRESENTING A WHITE HAWK |url=https://www.lyonandturnbull.com/auctions/islamic-and-indian-art-12345/lot/131 |access-date=21 October 2024 |website=Lyon & Turnbull}}</ref>]]
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'''Raja Braj Raj Dev''' was a ruler of the [[Deva dynasty of Jammu]], [[Jamwal]] Dogras, who ruled from 1782 to 1787.{{Efn|His name is alternatively rendered as 'Raja Brij Raj Dev' and he is also known as 'Raja Brij Lal Dev'.|group=note}} He was a ruler, but failed to stop [[Sikhs|Sikh]] invasions in [[Jammu]]. In 1785, the Sikhs occupied [[Basholi]], [[Jasrota]], and [[Ramnagar, Udhampur|Ramnagar]]. The [[Battle of Jammu (1774)]] was fought between him and [[Ranjit Dev]].{{sfn|Singh|2010|p=99}}{{sfn|Siṅgha|1993|p=153}}{{sfn|Gupta|1999|p=215}}

==Death==
Two years later, In 1787, Raja Braj Dev tried to recover his territories from the [[Sikhs]], but he was killed<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kugq3wEh-W4C&q=Raja+jit+Singh+jammu+sikh&pg=PA29|title=Pahāṛi Styles of Indian Murals|last1=Charak|first1=Sukh Dev Singh|last2=Billawaria|first2=Anita K.|date=1998|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=9788170173564|pages=29|language=en}}</ref><ref name=Encyclopedia>{{Cite book|author=Harbans Singh|url=https://archive.org/details/TheEncyclopediaOfSikhism-VolumeIvS-z/page/194/mode/2up|title=The Encyclopedia Of Sikhism - Volume IV S-Z|date=1992|pages=194}}</ref> in the Battle of Rumal,<ref name="Gupta">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfTheSikhsVol.IvTheSikhCommonwealthOrRiseAndFallOfSikh/page/n349/mode/2up?q=1772|title=History Of The Sikhs Vol. IV The Sikh Commonwealth Or Rise And Fall Of Sikh Misls|author=Hari Ram Gupta|date=1982|pages=339–340}}</ref> with the combined forces of Sikhs Sardars of [[Sukerchakia Misl]] and [[Bhangi Misl]].<ref name=":0">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12482/page/n41/mode/2up|title=Indian Conquest of the Himalayan Territories|author=Sukhdev Singh Charak|date=1978|pages=37}}</ref> He was succeeded by Raja Sampuran Singh, who surrendered to the Sikhs.<ref name=Encyclopedia/><ref>{{cite book |last=Singh |first=Dalbir |date=2010 |url=https://archive.org/details/RiseGrowthAndFallOfTheBhangiMisal/page/n139/mode/2up |title=Rise, Growth And Fall Of Bhangi Misal |ref=DalbirSingh2010}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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==References==
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==Sources==
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* {{cite book |last=Gupta |first=Hari Ram |date=1999 |publisher=[[Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers]] |isbn=9788121501651 |edition=3rd, illustrated |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S1wwAQAAIAAJ&q=Jammu+Jhanda |title=History Of The Sikhs: The Sikh Commonwealth Or Rise And Fall Of Sikh Misls, Vol. IV}}
* {{cite book |last=Singh |first=Dalbir |date=2010 |url=https://archive.org/details/RiseGrowthAndFallOfTheBhangiMisal/page/n139/mode/2up |title=Rise, Growth And Fall Of Bhangi Misal }}
* {{cite book |last=Siṅgha |first=Bhagata |date=1993 |publisher=Publication Bureau, [[Punjabi University]] |location=Punjab (India) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BihuAAAAMAAJ |title=A History of the Sikh Misals }}
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