Ram Singh II | |
Maharawat | |
Succession: | Maharawat of Pratapgarh |
Reign: | 18 January 1929 – 9 January 1949 |
Predecessor: | Raghunath Singh |
Successor: | Ambika Pratap Singh |
Birth Date: | 12 April 1908 |
House: | Pratapgarh |
Father: | Man Singh |
Dynasty: | Sisodia |
Sir Ram Singh II KCSI was the Maharawat of Pratapgarh from 1929 until his death in 1949.
He was born on 12 April 1908 to Man Singh.[1] [2] He was educated at the Mayo College, Ajmer.[3] There he passed his diploma examination in 1927.[4] From a young age, he developed an interest in animals, making their study a hobby that eventually earned him a Fellowship of the Zoological Society.
He succeeded as Maharawat of Pratapgarh upon the death of his grandfather, Raghunath Singh, on 18 January 1929.
Ram Singh was married three times.[5] He first married in 1924 to the eldest daughter of Rao Raja Madho Singh of Sikar, who died in 1931. He married a second time to the second daughter of Maharaja Sir Keshav Prasad Singh of Dumraon. His third marriage was to the third daughter of Maharana Raj Sahib of Dhrangadhra.