Complex sentence: The school at Sanawar was established as the first such asylum on 15 April 1847, its construction being paid for by Lawrence and other British officers, together with a large contribution from Gulab Singh, the first Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Split into simpler sentences: The school at Sanawar was established as the first such asylum on 15 April 1847. The construction of the school was paid for by Lawrence and other British officers, together with a large contribution from Gulab Singh, the first Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.