Sajjan Singh of Ratlam

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His Highness Maharaja Shrimant Sir Sajjan Singh of Ratlam
portrait by Raoul Hideux, 1909-1911
Born13 January 1880 (1880-01-13)
Ranjit Vilas Palace Ratlam Madhya Pradesh
Died3 February 1947 (1947-02-04) (aged 67)
Ratlam
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Spouse(s)HH Maharaniji Jadejiji Shri Pran Kunwarba Saheba d.of HH Maharajadhiraj Maharaja Mirza Maharao Sir Khengarji III of Kutch State Gujarat

HH Maharaniji Parmarji Shri Basant Kunwarba Saheba d.of HH Maharana Raja Pratap Sinhji of

Santrampur State Gujarat

HH Maharaniji Sodhiji from a
Jamnagar State Gujarat
ChildrenMaharaja Lokendra Singhji

Maharaj Ranbir Singhji

Maharajkumariji Gulab Kanwarji m.to Colonel HH Hatendra Shiromani Deo Sar Buland Rai Maharajadhiraj Maharao Raja Shri Sir

Bahadur Singh of Bundi State Rajasthan

Maharajkumariji Chandra Kanwarji m.to Rao Brajendra Singhji of Baler Estate Uttar Pradesh

Maharajkumariji Ratan Kanwarji (died young)

British Rule
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Life and career

The only son of Ranjit Singh, Sajjan Singh succeeded to the Ratlam throne at the age of 13, and was educated at Daly College, Indore and at Mayo College, Ajmer. He served with the Imperial Cadet Corps, Dehra Dun, and reigned under a regency until he came of age in 1898. Commissioned an honorary Captain in the British Indian Army in 1908.

Partab Singh. Linghem
, France, 28 July 1915

He was promoted to

lieutenant-colonel in 1916 and to colonel in 1918.[1]

Owing to his wartime service, he was raised from an 11-gun to a 13-gun salute in 1918, and was promoted to the rank of a hereditary Maharaja in 1921, also receiving a 15-gun local salute at the same time.

After the war, Singh served as regent of Rewa State from October 1918 to October 1922. He also served in the

North-West Frontier. From 1915 to 1936, Sajjan Singh served as aide-de-camp to George V and was also aide-de-camp to the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) when the latter toured India from 1921 to 1922; he was appointed a KCVO for this in 1922.[2]
Singh subsequently served as an honorary and extra ADC to George VI until 1947.

A polo aficionado, he served as Steward of the Indian Polo Association, and also as member of the general councils of Daly and Mayo Colleges.[3]

Personal

Singh married five times and had two sons and three daughters by his fifth wife, Sodhabai of Nawanagar[4]

  1. Gulab Kunverba (1923-19?). Married the Bahadur Singh, the Maharao of Bundi.
  2. Raj Kunverba (k. in a fire, 1931)
  3. Lokendra Singh (9 November 1927 - 24 June 1991). Second and last ruling Maharaja of Ratlam; succeeded upon his father's death on 3 February 1947; acceded to the Union of India on 15 August 1947. Derecognised by the Indian Government 28 December 1971; died without issue.
  4. Chandra Kunverba (c1930-1950s). Engaged to Karan Singh until the engagement was broken off in 1949 by Hari Singh. Married Brijendra Singh Tomar, zamindar of Baler; killed in a motor crash in the 1950s.
  5. Ranbir Singh (2 October 1932 - 20 January 2011). Succeeded his elder brother as titular Maharaja on 24 June 1991; died without male issue and without naming an heir, since which time the succession to the throne has been in dispute.[citation needed]

Death

Singh died on 3 February 1947, aged 67, and was succeeded by his elder son Lokendra Singh.

Titles

Honours

(ribbon bar, as it would look today)

References

  1. ISBN 9781897829196
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  2. ^ "No. 32722". The London Gazette. 23 June 1922. p. 4715.
  3. ISBN 9781476619569
    – via Google Books.
  4. ISBN 9783110539455
    – via Google Books.
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