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Maharaja Sir Umaid Singh
Maharaja of Jodhpur
Maharaja of Jodhpur
Tenure
3 October 1918 - 9 June 1947
Predecessor
Sumer Singh
Successor
Hanwant Singh
Born
(1903-07-08)8 July 1903 Mehrangarh Fort Jodhpur,Jodhpur State,Rajputana
Died
9 June 1947(1947-06-09) (aged 43) Lake House,Mount Abu,Sirohi State Rajputana
Spouse
HH Maharaniji Sa Bhatiyaniji Shri Badan Kanwarji Saheba of Osiyan in Jodhpur State
Issue
Hanwant Singh
Maharajkumarji Shri Himmat Singh
Maharajkumarji Shri Hari Singh
Maharajkumarji Shri Devi Singh
Maharajkumarji Shri Dileep Singh
Maharajkumariji Baiji Lal Shri Rajendra Kanwarji m.to Lieutenant Colonel HH Farzand-e-Khas-e-Daulat-e-Inglishia, Maharaja Shrimant Fatehsinhrao Gaekwad, Sena Khas Khel Shumshair Bahadur of Baroda State
House
Jodha[disambiguation needed] Rathore
Father
Sardar Singh I of Jodhpur
Mother
HH Maharaniji Sa Hadiji Shri Lakshman Kanwarji Maji Saheba d.of HH Maharao Raja Sir Ram Singh of Bundi State
Religion
Hinduism
Lieutenant-General HH Shri Raj Rajeshwar Saramad-e-Raja-e-Hindustan Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Sir Umaid Singh Bahadur ,GCSI GCIE KCVO Assoc KStJ (8 July 1903 – 9 June 1947), also spelled Umed Singh, was the Maharaja of Jodhpur State of the historic Rathore dynasty of Marwar from the year 1918 to 1947 until his death.
The second son of HH Maharaja Sir Sardar Singh of Jodhpur, he succeeded his elder brother Maharaja Sir Sumer Singh upon his untimely death to a disease in 1918; in 1922 he served as the aide-de-camp to the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII). Ruling under the regency of his granduncle HH Maharaja Sir Pratap Singh of Idar State until 1923, he was then formally invested as Maharaja by Governor General Sir Lord Reading. During his reign, Sir Umaid Singh reformed and reorganised the Jodhpur State Forces and the judicial department, introduced a scheme for extending primary education, revised the land revenue settlement and established state pensions and a Provident Fund for state employees. Enjoying a distinguished military career, he died at his estate the Lake House on Mount Abu on 9 June 1947 after a progressive reign of 29 years, aged but 43. He died from an acute attack of appendicitis while on a tiger hunt.
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left a daughter at his death, he was succeeded by his younger brother UmaidSingh.[citation needed] 1911 Delhi Durbar medal in gold 1914 Star (with August...
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Singh II and younger brother of Maharana Hamir Singh II.[citation needed] At ten years of age Maharana Bhim Singh succeeded his brother, Hamir Singh II...
he and Gaj Singh were present at a dinner ceremony at the Umaid Bhawan Palace when Hukum Singh charged in, brandishing a sword, and was hacked to death...
executed in Kerala in the post-Independence period". Rasha alias Raghuraj Singh, executed on 9 September 1947 at Jabalpur Central Jail, is presumed to be...
1707–1752, by R. S. Sangwan. Published by Pragati Publications, 2006. Jodhpur's Umaid Bhawan: The Maharaja of Palaces, by Aman Nath. Published by India Book House...
depths of wells in the region. He used a small aircraft owned by Maharaja UmaidSingh to conduct aerial surveys for this purpose. He then prepared a desert...
the Jaipur court by Robert Elgood p.10 Prasad (1966, pp. 1–3) Jodhpur's Umaid Bhawan: The Maharaja of Palaces, by Aman Nath. Published by India Book House...
District of Rajasthan state in India. The dam was built by Maharaja UmaidSingh of Jodhpur. The idea of building a dam over River Jawai was conceived...
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