The correct answer is: C. Kashmir
Gulab Singh purchased the princely state of Kashmir from the East India Company in 1846 for 75 lakhs. The Treaty of Amritsar was signed on 16 March 1846, after the First Anglo-Sikh War. The treaty gave the East India Company control of the Punjab, while Gulab Singh was given control of Kashmir.
Jammu and Poonch were already under Gulab Singh’s control, and he now added Kashmir to his kingdom. He ruled Kashmir until his death in 1857.
Ladakh was not part of the treaty, and it remained under the control of the Ladakh Kingdom until 1842, when it was annexed by the Dogra Kingdom of Jammu and Kashmir.
Gulab Singh was a Dogra Rajput prince who was born in 1792. He was the son of Raja Suchet Singh of Jammu. Gulab Singh joined the army of the Sikh Empire in 1808, and he rose to the rank of general. He played a key role in the Sikh victory over the Afghans at the Battle of Jamrud in 1837.
After the First Anglo-Sikh War, Gulab Singh was rewarded by the East India Company with the princely state of Kashmir. He ruled Kashmir wisely and well, and he is remembered as a great ruler.
Gulab Singh died in 1857 at the age of 65. He was succeeded by his son, Ranbir Singh.