Bijai Singh
Bijai Singh | |
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Maharawal | |
Maharawal of Dungarpur | |
Reign | 1898 – 1918 |
Coronation | 1898 |
Investiture | 27 February 1909 |
Predecessor | Udai Singh II |
Successor | Laxman Singh |
Born | 17 July 1887 |
Died | 15 November 1918 | (aged 31)
Spouse |
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Issue |
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House | Dungarpur |
Dynasty | Sisodia |
Father | Khuman Singh |
Sir Bijai Singh KCIE (also spelled as Bijay Singh or Vijay Singh) was the Maharawal of Dungarpur from 1898 to 1918.
Early life
Singh was born on 17 July 1887 to Khuman Singh.[1][2][3] While he was five years old, he lost his father, Khuman Singh, and became the heir to the throne of his grandfather, Udai Singh.[4] Shortly afterward, he also lost his mother.[4]
Education
He was educated at Mayo College, Ajmer, where he received the college diploma in 1906.[3][4] He then entered the Imperial Cadet Corps for a brief period of time and later returned to Mayo College to join the post-diploma course.[3] He left the college in 1907.[3]
Reign
He succeeded his grandfather, Udai Singh II, as Maharawal of Dungarpur in February 1898.[2][3] As he was a minor at the time of his succession, the state was placed under direct management, and its administration was carried out by a political agent, assisted by a chief executive officer and a council of two consultative members.[2][5] He was formally invested with full ruling powers by Colonel F. H. Pinhey, the Agent in Rajputana to the Governor-General of India, on 27 February 1909.[4] He had demarcated the Dungarpur's 450 miles of reserved jungles and instituted a regular forest law.[6]
He attended the Delhi Durbar in 1903 and 1911.[2][7]
Personal life
Marriage
He married Devendra Kanwar, the daughter of the Raja of Sailana, on 19 January 1907.[3][8]
Children
Bijai Singh was the father of four sons: Laxman Singh, Virbhadra Singh, Nagendra Singh, and Pradyuman Singh, as well as one daughter, Rama Kumari.[9][10]
Death
He died on 15 November 1918 and was succeeded by his son, Laxman Singh, as Maharawal of Dungarpur.[11]
Honours
He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire by George V in the 1912 Birthday Honours list.[5]
Country | Year | Honour | Class | Ribbon | Post-nominal letters |
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British Empire | 1912 | Order of the Indian Empire | Knight Commander | KCIE |
References
- ^ Bayley, C. S. (2004). Chiefs and leading families in Rajputana. Public Resource. New Delhi : Asian Educational Services. p. 37. ISBN 978-81-206-1066-8.
- ^ a b c d Department, India Foreign and Political (1909). A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads, Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries. Superintendent Government Printing, India. pp. 22–23.
- ^ a b c d e f Memoranda on Native States in India, Together with a List of Independent Ruling Chiefs, Chiefs of Frontier States, and Other Notables with Their Proper Forms of Address. Superintendent Government Print., India. 1911. p. 119.
- ^ a b c d Xxxxxxxx (1911). Short History Of The Dungarpur State. pp. 131–132.
- ^ a b Vadivelu, A. (1915). The Ruling Chiefs, Nobles and Zamindars of India. G.C. Loganadham. p. 201.
- ^ Hughes, Julie E. (1 March 2013). Animal Kingdoms. Harvard University Press. p. 254. ISBN 978-0-674-07478-1.
- ^ The historical record of the imperial visit to India, 1911. John murray, London. 1914. pp. 79, 124, 132, 302.
- ^ Ahuja, M. L. (2009). Great Administrators of India. Gyan Publishing House. pp. 57–60. ISBN 978-81-7835-729-4.
- ^ K.K. Sehgal (1974). Rajasthan District Gazetteers: Dungarpur. Jaipur, Government Central Press. p. 36.
- ^ Allen, Charles (1984). Lives of the Indian princes. Internet Archive. London : Century Pub. in association with the Taj Hotel Group. pp. 120, 337. ISBN 978-0-7126-0910-4.
- ^ Not Available (1920). Report On The Administration Of The Dungarpur State, Rajputana For 1918-19. p. 2.