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'''Brigadier Janak Singh''' (surname [[Katoch]]) [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]], [[Order of British India|OBI]], (7 August 1872 – 15 March 1972) was an officer of the [[Jammu and Kashmir State Forces]] in the princely state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. After retirement, he briefly served as the prime minister of the state during a crucial period in 1947, which was evidently a temporary appointment while the Maharaja looked for a more permanent candidate.<ref> | |||
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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Singh hailed from the village of Khaira, Kangra district, in the present-day state of Himachal Pradesh in India. He was army minister and later revenue minister in the government of [[Maharaja]] [[Hari Singh]] of Jammu and Kashmir. On 11 August 1947 he was brought out of retirement to be the prime minister at a turbulent time on the eve of the independence of India and Pakistan.<ref>Robert. G. Wirsing. India, Pakistan, and the Kashmir Dispute.On Regional conflict and its Resolution. P.33. St Martins Press, New York, 1998</ref> | Singh hailed from the village of Khaira, Kangra district, in the present-day state of Himachal Pradesh in India.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} He was army minister and later revenue minister in the government of [[Maharaja]] [[Hari Singh]] of Jammu and Kashmir.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} On 11 August 1947 he was brought out of retirement to be the prime minister at a turbulent time on the eve of the independence of India and Pakistan.<ref>Robert. G. Wirsing. India, Pakistan, and the Kashmir Dispute.On Regional conflict and its Resolution. P.33. St Martins Press, New York, 1998</ref> | ||
He steered the [[Standstill agreement (India)|Standstill Agreement]] that Kashmir wanted to sign with India and Pakistan. The agreement was not signed by India, and before further deliberations were done Pakistan-assisted raiders had marched into Kashmir state. Singh | He steered the [[Standstill agreement (India)|Standstill Agreement]] that Kashmir wanted to sign with India and Pakistan. The agreement was not signed by India, and before further deliberations were done Pakistan-assisted raiders had marched into Kashmir state. Singh was replaced by [[Mehr Chand Mahajan]] on 15 October 1947. On 13 September 1947 Maharaja Hari Singh requested the loan of the services of Lt. Col. [[Kashmir Singh Katoch]] (son of Janak Singh) to act as the military adviser to the Maharaja. This request was granted by the Indian government.<ref>Maj. K. Brahma Singh. History of Jammu and Kashmir Rifles, 1820-1956.Lancer International, New Delhi, 1990</ref> Lt. Col. Kashmir Singh Katoch was the eldest of the three sons of Janak Singh. | ||
He had won a Military Cross with a unit of the Frontier Force Rifles during World War II in action in Italy. He ultimately retired as a Lt. General in the Indian Army. The other two sons also served in the Indian Army, one in the 5 Gorkha Rifles Brigadier Devendra Singh Katoch, AVSM, and the youngest, Lt. Colonel Rajendra Singh Katoch, followed his father into the J&K State forces, where he was commissioned into the J&K Bodyguard Cavalry. | He had won a Military Cross with a unit of the Frontier Force Rifles during World War II in action in Italy. He ultimately retired as a Lt. General in the Indian Army. The other two sons also served in the Indian Army, one in the 5 Gorkha Rifles Brigadier Devendra Singh Katoch, AVSM, and the youngest, Lt. Colonel Rajendra Singh Katoch, followed his father into the J&K State forces, where he was commissioned into the J&K Bodyguard Cavalry. | ||