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Jagatjit Singh GCSI GCIE GBE
Maharaja of Kapurthala
Reign
3 September 1877 – 15 August 1947
Coronation
24 November 1890
Predecessor
Kharak Singh (as Raja)
Successor
Monarchy abolished Paramjit Singh (titular ruler)
Born
(1872-11-24)24 November 1872 Kapurthala, Kapurthala State, British India
Died
19 June 1949(1949-06-19) (aged 76) Bombay, Bombay State, India
Spouse
six wives
Issue
five sons and one daughter
Names
Sir Jagatjit Singh Sahib Bahadur
Dynasty
Ahluwalia dynasty
Father
Kharak Singh Sahib Bahadur
Mother
Anand Kaur Sahiba
Religion
Sikh
Maharajah Sir Jagatjit Singh Sahib BahadurGCSI GCIE GBE (24 November 1872 – 19 June 1949) was the last ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Kapurthala during the British Raj in India, from 1877 until his death, in 1949. He ascended to the throne of Kapurthala state on 16 October 1877 and assumed full ruling powers on 24 November 1890 as well indulging in traveling the world and being a Francophile.[1] He was born in an Ahluwalia Sikh family. He received the title of Maharaja in 1911. He built palaces and gardens in the city of Kapurthala; his main palace, Jagatjit Palace there was modelled on the Palace of Versailles. He also built a gurdwara at Sultanpur Lodhi.
Portrait of the Maharaja of Kapurthala, Jagatjit Singh. Digitized by Panjab Digital Library.
He served as the Indian Representative to the League of Nations General Assembly in Geneva in 1925, 1927, and 1929,[2] attended the Round Table Conference in 1931 and was Lt Governor of the PEPSU at the time of his death in 1949, aged 76. He was cousin of Sardar Bhagat Singh, one of the few Indian Justices of High Court during the British Raj. His grandson Sukhjit Singh served as a Brigadier in the Indian Army. Another grandson Arun Singh was a Minister in the Rajiv Gandhi government.
^Singh, Brig. Sukhjit; Frederick, Cynthia Meera (2019). Prince, Patron & Patriarch ;Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala. New Delhi, India: Roli Books. ISBN 9788193860854.
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