Duleep Singh never actually ruled. The last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire was deposed by the British in 1849 at age ten, following the Second Anglo-Sikh War, and the Punjab was annexed outright. Coins bearing his name continued to circulate under British administrative tolerance during the transitional period, but the empire that issued them had effectively ceased to exist within years of his nominal reign beginning.
Duleep was later pensioned off, converted to Christianity under disputed circumstances, and spent most of his life in England — eventually dying in a Paris hotel in 1893, the closing date of this type's issue range.
Duleep Singh never actually ruled. The last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire was deposed by the British in 1849 at age ten, following the Second Anglo-Sikh War, and the Punjab was annexed outright. Coins bearing his name continued to circulate under British administrative tolerance during the transitional period, but the empire that issued them had effectively ceased to exist within years of his nominal reign beginning.
Duleep was later pensioned off, converted to Christianity under disputed circumstances, and spent most of his life in England — eventually dying in a Paris hotel in 1893, the closing date of this type's issue range.