ABSTRACT
In the nineteenth century, embassies from Indian princely states started visiting Tsarist Russia seeking its support for their freedom struggle. Indian kings had on many occasions sent their emissaries to the Russian Tsars seeking support from the latter for India's freedom struggle. The emissaries had come to seek the Russian Tsar’s friendship and support on behalf of Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. After complete and final incorporation of Turkestan in Russian empire and formation of Trans-Caspian district, the movement of ‘embassies’ from India were shifted in the direction Trans-Caspian territory. In 1890, Pamir emerged as the new issue in Anglo-Russian relations in Asia. Dulip Singh established contact with Russian embassy in Paris and expressed his desire to be a Russian citizen. The only Russian Tsar, the crown prince of Russia, Nikolas II, had visited British India in the year 1890.
