Dalip Singh
E406697
Dalip Singh, better known as Maharaja Duleep Singh, was the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire who was deposed by the British and spent much of his life in exile in Britain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dalip Singh canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3931626 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dalip Singh Context triple: [Duleep Singh, alsoKnownAs, Dalip Singh]
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A.
Sher Singh
Sher Singh was a 19th-century Maharaja of the Sikh Empire who briefly ruled Punjab during the turbulent period following Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s death.
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B.
Gurdial Singh
Gurdial Singh was a prominent Indian Punjabi novelist and short story writer known for his realistic portrayals of rural life and marginalized communities.
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C.
Satwant Singh
Satwant Singh was one of the Sikh bodyguards who assassinated Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984, an event that triggered widespread anti-Sikh riots across India.
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D.
Beant Singh
Beant Singh was one of the Sikh bodyguards who assassinated Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984.
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E.
Budh Singh
Budh Singh was the birth name of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the famed founder and ruler of the Sikh Empire in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dalip Singh Target entity description: Dalip Singh, better known as Maharaja Duleep Singh, was the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire who was deposed by the British and spent much of his life in exile in Britain.
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A.
Sher Singh
Sher Singh was a 19th-century Maharaja of the Sikh Empire who briefly ruled Punjab during the turbulent period following Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s death.
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B.
Gurdial Singh
Gurdial Singh was a prominent Indian Punjabi novelist and short story writer known for his realistic portrayals of rural life and marginalized communities.
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C.
Satwant Singh
Satwant Singh was one of the Sikh bodyguards who assassinated Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984, an event that triggered widespread anti-Sikh riots across India.
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D.
Beant Singh
Beant Singh was one of the Sikh bodyguards who assassinated Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984.
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E.
Budh Singh
Budh Singh was the birth name of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the famed founder and ruler of the Sikh Empire in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maharaja
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British India
ⓘ
surface form:
British Raj
British East India Company ⓘ
surface form:
East India Company
Koh-i-Noor diamond ⓘ Punjab ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1838-09-06 ⓘ |
| birthName | Duleep Singh ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Lahore
ⓘ
Sikh Empire ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Elveden Hall
ⓘ
surface form:
Elveden
Suffolk ⓘ |
| child |
Bamba Sophia Jindan Duleep Singh
ⓘ
surface form:
Bamba Duleep Singh
Catherine Hilda Duleep Singh ⓘ
surface form:
Catherine Duleep Singh
Duleep Singh ⓘ
surface form:
Edward Duleep Singh
Duleep Singh ⓘ
surface form:
Frederick Duleep Singh
Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh ⓘ
surface form:
Sophia Duleep Singh
Duleep Singh ⓘ
surface form:
Victor Duleep Singh
|
| convertedFrom | Sikhism ⓘ |
| convertedTo |
Anglicanism (broadly)
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglicanism
Christianity ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Sikh Empire
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1893-10-22 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
French Third Republic
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Sikh people
ⓘ
surface form:
Sikh
|
| father | Ranjit Singh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house |
Sandhanwalia family
ⓘ
surface form:
Sandhawalia family
Sukerchakia Misl ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Punjabi language ⓘ
surface form:
Punjabi
|
| memberOf | British aristocracy ⓘ |
| mother | Jind Kaur ⓘ |
| name |
Dalip Singh
self-link
ⓘ
Duleep Singh ⓘ Duleep Singh ⓘ
surface form:
Maharaja Duleep Singh
|
| notableFor |
being deposed by the British
ⓘ
being the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire ⓘ living in exile in Britain ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Maharaja of Lahore
ⓘ
Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
surface form:
Maharaja of the Sikh Empire
|
| predecessor | Sher Singh ⓘ |
| religion |
Anglicanism (broadly)
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglicanism
Christianity ⓘ Sikhism ⓘ |
| residence |
Elveden Hall
ⓘ
Elveden Hall ⓘ
surface form:
Elveden, Suffolk
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| spouse |
Ada Douglas Wetherill
ⓘ
Bamba Müller ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Anglo-Sikh Wars
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglo-Sikh relations
studies of colonialism in India ⓘ |
| successor |
Second Anglo-Sikh War
ⓘ
surface form:
British annexation of the Punjab
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dalip Singh Description of subject: Dalip Singh, better known as Maharaja Duleep Singh, was the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire who was deposed by the British and spent much of his life in exile in Britain.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.