Mehta Basti Ram was a Dogra officer and commander of the Fateh Shibji battalion under Raja Gulab Singh of Jammu. Basti Ram later served as the governor of Leh in Ladakh between 1847 and 1861. Basti Ra
Zorawar Fort Ladakh, where Basti Ram was the first Qiladar (commandant)
The Dogras, or Dogra people, are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group living primarily in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. They speak their native Dogri language. They live predominant
Gulab Singh, the first Maharaja of Dogra Rajput dynasty which ruled Jammu and Kashmir.