Nahar Singh of Shahpura explained

HH Raja Nahar Singh
Reign:1870–1932
Predecessor:Raja Lakshman Singh
Successor:Umed Singh
Birth Date:7th November 1855
Birth Place:Dhanope,Shahpura State,Rajputana
Death Date:24th June 1932
Death Place:Shahpura,Shahpura State,Rajputana
Spouse:
Issue:
  • Umed Singh
  • Maharajkumarji Sardar Singh
  • Maharajkumariji Baiji Lal Shri Gulab Kanwarji
  • Maharajkumariji Baiji Lal Shri Phool Kanwarji
  • Maharajkumariji Baiji Lal (name unknown) (died young)
  • Maharajkumariji Baiji Lal Shri Lakshmi Kanwarji
House:Sisodia
Father:Raj Thakuran Dhirat Singh
Mother:Rathorji d.of Thakur Megh Singhji of Kotri in Kishangarh State
Awards:Prince of Wales's Medal (1876), Kaiser-i-Hind Medal (1877), Coronation Medal (1902), Delhi Durbar Medals (1903, 1911)-->

HH Swasti Shri Rajadhiraj Sir Nahar Singh Bahadur (7 November 1855 – 24 June 1932) was the ruler of Princely State of Shahpura in Rajputana from the year 1870 to 1932.[1]

He attended the Coronation of the King-Emperor Edward VII and Queen-Empress Alexandra at Westminster Abbey in London in 1902. He was granted a permanent salute of 9-guns in the year 1925.

He mortgaged the family jewels and private property to construct two massive irrigation tanks named Nahar Sagar and Umed Sagar to assist his drought-ridden subjects. He established a system of local government, with a large measure of representation, modeled on the London County Council. An energetic and modern ruler, he built schools, hospitals and roads, which transformed his little state out of all recognition.

He was the Chairman of Paropkarini Sabha 1893-1932, Member of Mahand Raj Sabha, All India Kshatriya Mahasabha - 1922.[2]

He received the imperial Prince of Wales's Medal (1876), Kaiser-i-Hind Medal (1877), Coronation Medal (1902), and the Delhi Durbar Medals of 1903 and 1911. He was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire(KCIE) in the 1903 Durbar Honours.[3]

He was one of the longest ruling monarchs in the 20th century.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Laurie . Martin . The Journals of a Victorian Traveller . 24 June 2020 . Book Guild Publishing . 978-1-913551-55-1 . xx . HH Rajadhiraj Sir Nahar Singh, Sahib Bahadur KCIE, 13th Raja of Shahpura from 1870–1932, born 1855.] . 26 March 2021 . en.
  2. Web site: Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha . 25 May 2022 .
  3. The Durbar Honours . 1 January 1903 . 8 . 36966.