| Mohar Singh Rathore | |
| Office: | Member of Lok Sabha |
| Term Start: | 1984 |
| Term End: | 1985 |
| Office1: | Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly |
| Termstart1: | 1962 |
| Termend1: | 1967 |
| Termstart2: | 1972 |
| Termend2: | 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Lakhau, Churu district, Rajasthan, India |
| Birth Date: | 5 January 1926 |
| Death Date: | 22 June 1985 (aged 59) |
| Death Place: | New Delhi |
| Occupation: | Social activist and political activist |
| Party: | Indian National Congress |
| Education: | L.L.B |
| Constituency: | Churu Lok Sabha constituency |
| Constituency1: | Churu Assembly constituency |
| Predecessor: | Daulat Ram Saran |
| Successor: | Narendra Budania |
| Successor1: | Megh Raj Mali |
| Successor2: | Megh Raj Mali |
| Predecessor2: | Megh Raj Mali |
Mohar Singh Rathore (5 January 1926 – 22 June 1985)[1] was a social reformer and politician from Indian National Congress. He was elected as a member of Lok Sabha from Churu constituency in 1984.[2] He was also elected as member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly for two terms from Churu assembly in 1962 and 1972.[3] [4] In year 1985 he died as sitting Member of Parliament.
He was a follower of Arya Samaj and Acharya Vinoba Bhave's Bhoodan movement (land donation movement). He advocated for social reforms such as discouraging purdah, dowry, child marriage & un-touchability. He was always instrumental in the overall development of Churu area. He founded the girls college at Churu under a public trust known as Churu Balika Mahavidyalaya.
He was born in the village of Lakhau, 15 km east of Churu into a Rajput family to Moti Singh and Bhur Kanwar.[5]
He was taught by his grandfather Thakur Mohabat Singh Ji and his mother, then by Seduram Ji from 1929 to 1933. From 1933 to 1935 he went Alsisar, 25 km away, at J K High School. In 1935 he joined Birla High School, Pilani, then the following year he was sent with his elder brother to Walter Noble High School, Bikaner until 1942. He passed the High School Examination with First Division. He passed Inter Science with First Division from Birla Engineering College, Pilani. He passed BA (Hons) as a non-collegiate student and then L.L.B. from Jaipur.
He was married to Pan Kanwar Bhati from Randhawa village, Sirsa, Haryana and had seven children, five sons namely Jai Singh Rathore, Devi Singh Rathore, Narender Singh Rathore, Prithvi Singh Rathore and Vimal Singh Rathore and two daughters, Sumitra and Saroj Kanwar.
Veli
An epic poetry written in Dingal dialect and Nagri script by writer—Mukun Singh.