died (August 18). Died October 22, 1893 in Paris exile. (Claim WiU-4-019.)Thakar Singh died (August 1), and his cousin KatkovLast ruler of the Sikh Empire (deposed at age 11, 1849); raised in England, converted to Christianity, favorite of Queen Victoria. The 1885-1887 conspiracy in his name attempted a Sikh-French-Russian alliance to drive the British out of India. May 10, 1887 letter to Tsar Alexander III in Moscow guaranteed "easy conquest of India" if Russia attacked. The conspiracy collapsed when Russia gave him "the cold shoulder,"
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