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(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) There was a time when the heart of Jammu echoed not with the voices of vegetable vendors or the bustle of shoppers, but with the thunderous footsteps of royal elephants. Today, thousands pass through the bustling Sabzi Mandi near Parade Chowk without realizing that the same ground once housed the magnificent Hathithan—the Royal Elephant Stable of the Dogra Maharajas. What survives today is...

A rare October 1885 issue of Mir'at-ul-Hind preserved by Kashmir Rechords records Maharaja Ranbir Singh's death due to ذیابیطس (diabetes), while newspaper advertisements from 1930–1945 reveal that diabetes was already a recognised and widely treated disease across pre-Independence India—challenging the popular belief that it is purely a modern lifestyle disorder.