| His Highness Maharaja Shrimant Sir Sajjan Singh of Ratlam | |
| Birth Date: | 13 January 1880 |
| Birth Place: | Ranjit Vilas Palace Ratlam Madhya Pradesh |
| Death Place: | Ratlam |
| Allegiance: |  British Empire |
| Rank: | Major-General |
| Battles: | First World War Third Anglo-Afghan War |
| Awards: | Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
| Spouse: | HH Maharaniji Jadejiji Shri Pran Kunwarba Saheba d.of HH Maharajadhiraj Maharaja Mirza Maharao Sir Khengarji III of Kutch State Gujarat HH Maharaniji Parmarji Shri Basant Kunwarba Saheba d.of HH Maharana Raja Pratap Sinhji of Santrampur State Gujarat HH Maharaniji Sodhiji from a Sodha Parmar house in Jamnagar State Gujarat |
| Children: | Maharaja Lokendra Singhji Maharaj Ranbir Singhji Maharajkumariji Gulab Kanwarji m.to Colonel HH Hatendra Shiromani Deo Sar Buland Rai Maharajadhiraj Maharao Raja Shri Sir Bahadur Singh of Bundi State Rajasthan Maharajkumariji Chandra Kanwarji m.to Rao Brajendra Singhji of Baler Estate Uttar Pradesh Maharajkumariji Ratan Kanwarji (died young) |
| Father: | HH Maharaja Sir Ranjit Singh |
| Mother: | HH Maharaniji Jhaliji Shri Raj Kunwarba Saheba d.of HH Maharajadhiraj Maharana Shri Raj Saheb Sir Man Sinhji II of Dhrangadhra State Gujarat |
Major-General Maharaja Shrimant Sir Sajjan Singh Bahadur (13 January 1880 - 3 February 1947) was an esteemed British Indian Army officer and Maharaja of the Princely State of Ratlam State in modern-day Madhya Pradesh, ruling from the year 1893 until 1947, six months before the independence of India from the imperial British Rule .
The only son of Ranjit Singh, Sajjan Singh succeeded to the Ratlam throne at the age of 13, and was educated at Daly College, Indore and at Mayo College, Ajmer. He served with the Imperial Cadet Corps, Dehradun, and reigned under a regency until he came of age in 1898. Commissioned an honorary Captain in the British Indian Army in 1908, he was promoted to major in 1911 and served on the Western Front during the First World War from 1914 to 1915. He was mentioned in despatches and promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1916 and to colonel in 1918.[1] Owing to his wartime service, he was raised from an 11-gun to a 13-gun salute in 1918, and was promoted to the rank of a hereditary Maharaja in 1921, also receiving a 15-gun local salute at the same time.
After the war, Singh served as regent of Rewa State from October 1918 to October 1922. He also served in the Third Anglo-Afghan War as aide-de-camp to the General Officer Commanding 1st Division on the North-West Frontier. From 1915 to 1936, Sajjan Singh served as aide-de-camp to George V and was also aide-de-camp to the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) when the latter toured India from 1921 to 1922; he was appointed a KCVO for this in 1922. Singh subsequently served as an honorary and extra ADC to George VI until 1947.
A polo aficionado, he served as Steward of the Indian Polo Association, and also as member of the general councils of Daly and Mayo Colleges.[2]
Singh married five times and had two sons and three daughters by his fifth wife, Sodhabai of Nawanagar:[3]
Singh died on 3 February 1947, aged 67, and was succeeded by his elder son Lokendra Singh.
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