Rajendra Singh of Jhalawar

Rajendra Singh
Maharaj Rana
Maharaj Rana of Jhalawar
Reign	13 April 1929 – 2 September 1943
Investiture	13 April 1929
Predecessor	Bhawani Singh
Successor	Virendra Singh
Born	(1900-07-15)15 July 1900
Died	2 September 1943(1943-09-02) (aged 43)
Spouse	Hira Kunverba
Issue	Virendra Singh
Names Rajendra Singh Jhala
House	Jhalawar
Dynasty	Jhala
Father	Bhawani Singh

Lieutenant Sir Rajendra Singh KCSI was the Maharaj Rana of Jhalawar from 1929 until his death in 1943.

Birth

He was born on 15 July 1900 to Bhawani Singh and his wife, the daughter of Maharaja Durjan Sal of Kherli.[1]

Education

He was educated at Mayo College in Ajmer where he remained from 1907 to 1919.[1][2] In 1920, he came to Oxford, where he studied at New College and then at Christ Church.[3][4][5][6]

Reign

Upon the death of his father, Bhawani Singh, on 13 April 1929, he succeeded him as the Maharaj Rana of Jhalawar.[7] He administered his state through a Prime Minister, a Dewan, and two Ministers.[6] The state maintained five dispensaries and 42 schools, six of which were for girls.[6] He was deeply interested in Harijan welfare and is said to have taken Harijans into the state temple.[8] He reorganized the army and police, established a High Court, electrified the towns of Jhalawar and Jhalrapatan, constructed a bridge over the Chhoti Kāli Sindh River near Gangadhar, and improved roads and irrigation facilities.[8]

Military career

In 1926, he joined the 11/19th Hyderabad Regiment and was attached to it as an honorary second Lieutenant.[2] He later resigned his commission in the Indian Territorial Force and was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant in the regular army on 14 January 1931.[2]

Personal life

Marriage

He married Hira Kunverba, daughter of the Thakore of Kotda Sangani, on 6 September 1920.[9]

Children

While at Oxford, a son, Virendra Singh, was born to them on 27 September 1921.[9]

Death

He died on 2 September 1943, after a reign of 13 years, and was succeeded by his son Virendra Singh (Harish Chandra) as the Maharaj Rana of Jhalawar.[8]

Titles and styles

• 1900 – 1929: Maharaj Kumar Shri Rajendra Singh[10]
• 1929 – 1943: His Highness Dharam Divakar Prajavatsal Maharajadhiraj Maharaj Rana Shri Rajendra Singh Dev Bahadur, Maharaj Rana of Jhalawar[10]

References

1. Rai Bahadur (1909). Report On The Administration Of The Jhalawar State(1909). p. 1.
2. Rajputana and Ajmer (1931). Government Of India. 1931. p. 93.
3. Oxford, University of (1921). Oxford University Gazette. Oxford University Press. p. 724.
4. "1930MNRAS..90..370. Page 370". articles.adsabs.harvard.edu. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
5. Lord, Isabel Garland (1 April 2010). A Summer to Be: A Memoir by the Daughter of Hamlin Garland. U of Nebraska Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-8032-3243-3.
6. The Imperial Publishing Co., Lahore. His Imperial Majesty King George 5 And The Princes Of India And The Indian Empire ( Historical Biographical) Compiled By K. R. Khosla, 1937, Lahore The Imperial Publishing Co., Lahore. p. 77.
7. Not Available (1933). Memoranda On The Indian States 1930. p. 142.
8. B.N. Dhoundiyal (1964). Rajasthan District Gazetteers: Jhalawar. Jaipur, Government Central Press. p. 34.
9. Not Available (1924). The Ruling Princes Chiefs And Leading Personages In Rajputana And Ajmer. p. 169.
10. Encyclopaedia Indica: Princely States in colonial India. Anmol Publications. 1996. p. 188. ISBN 978-81-7041-859-7.