Rana Nihal Singh
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Rana Nihal Singh, was the Jat ruler of Dholpur
state (1873–1901) in Rajasthan
, India
. He was from Bamraulia
gotra of Jats. He was born on 4 May 1863 as son of Kulender Singh and succeeded Rana Bhagwant Singh
on 9 February 1873 after his death. He was of 11 years of age when ascended to the throne in 1873.
He married on 30 April 1879 with the second daughter of Shah Dev Singh of Pandriganeshpur in Lahore and had issue.
He was popular as ‘Pyare Raja Saheb’. He got his education under the guidance of his mother who was daughter of Maharaja Narender Singh of Patiala. He got educated in English language
in 1873-74 and also learnt Hindi
, Sanskrit
and Persian language
s. He attended the Prince of Wales (VII Adward) darbar at Delhi
in 1876. He got done the settlement of land, first time, in the state in 1875. He got full rights in 1884.
He was a good horse rider. There is a story that he did relay horse riding with the train and he won the train under terms of agreement with British. This train was in his ownership till his reign. He got constructed hospitals, ponds, repaired buildings, spread a network of roads and rail during his reign. He was a popular ruler.
He received honorary Major in the Central India Horse, and received the C.B. and Frontier Medal for services in the Tirah campaign.
He died on 28 July 1901. His successor was Rana Ram Singh
.
Dholpur (princely state)
The Dholpur State was a kingdom of eastern Rajputana, India, which was founded in AD 1806 by the Bamraulia clan Jat Rana rulers. After 1818 the state was placed under the authority of British India's Rajputana Agency...
state (1873–1901) in Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. He was from Bamraulia
Bamraulia
Bamraulia is a clan or gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in India. This gotra is based on village Bamrauli situated near Agra. The early history of Bamraulia gotra is not known. As per the books maintained by traditional Jagas, Jats in Yudhistir Samvat had...
gotra of Jats. He was born on 4 May 1863 as son of Kulender Singh and succeeded Rana Bhagwant Singh
Rana Bhagwant Singh
Rana Bhagwant Singh, GCSI was the Jat ruler of Dholpur state in Rajasthan, India. He was from Bamraulia gotra of Jats. He was younger son of Rana Kirat Singh and successor of Rana Pohap Singh. After the death of Rana Pohap Singh his younger brother Rana Bhagwant Singh ascended to the...
on 9 February 1873 after his death. He was of 11 years of age when ascended to the throne in 1873.
He married on 30 April 1879 with the second daughter of Shah Dev Singh of Pandriganeshpur in Lahore and had issue.
He was popular as ‘Pyare Raja Saheb’. He got his education under the guidance of his mother who was daughter of Maharaja Narender Singh of Patiala. He got educated in English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
in 1873-74 and also learnt Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
, Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
and Persian language
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
s. He attended the Prince of Wales (VII Adward) darbar at Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
in 1876. He got done the settlement of land, first time, in the state in 1875. He got full rights in 1884.
He was a good horse rider. There is a story that he did relay horse riding with the train and he won the train under terms of agreement with British. This train was in his ownership till his reign. He got constructed hospitals, ponds, repaired buildings, spread a network of roads and rail during his reign. He was a popular ruler.
He received honorary Major in the Central India Horse, and received the C.B. and Frontier Medal for services in the Tirah campaign.
He died on 28 July 1901. His successor was Rana Ram Singh
Rana Ram Singh
Rana Ram Singh, KCIE was the Jat ruler of Dholpur state in Rajasthan, India. He was from Bamraulia gotra of Jats. He was born on 26 May 1883 and succeeded Rana Nihal Singh in 1901 after his death. He was not of age when ascended to the throne...
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