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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Maharawal of Jaisalmer (1864–1891)}}<br />
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| name = Bairi Sal<br />
| title = [[Chhatrala Yadupati]]<br>Rukn-ud-Daula<br>Maharajadhiraja Raj-Rajeshwar<br>Parama Bhattarak<br>Muzaffar Jang Bijaimand<br />
| succession = [[Maharawal]] of [[Kingdom of Jaisalmer|Jaisalmer]]<br />
| reign = {{circa|1864}}– 10 March 1891<br />
| predecessor = Ranjit Singh<br />
| successor = [[Shalivahan Singh]]<br />
| birth_date = {{circa|1848}}<br />
| death_date = 10 March 1891<br />
| house = {{flagicon image|Jaisalmer_Flag.svg}} [[Kingdom of Jaisalmer|Jaisalmer]]<br />
| father = Kesari Singh<br />
| dynasty = [[Bhati]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Bairi Sal''' was the [[Maharawal]] of [[Kingdom of Jaisalmer|Jaisalmer]] from 1864 until his death in 1891.<br />
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== Early life and family ==<br />
He was born in 1848 to Kesari Singh.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Soszynski |first=Henry |title=JAISALMER |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/j/jaisalmer.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718093208/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/j/jaisalmer.html |archive-date=2017-07-18 |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=members.iinet.net.au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Solomon |first1=R. V. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=47sfj8DUwNgC |title=Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey |last2=Bond |first2=J. W. |date=2006 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=978-81-206-1965-4 |pages=329 |language=en}}</ref> His father was the [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] of [[Nachna, Rajasthan|Nachna]] and a Rajvi of [[Kingdom of Jaisalmer|Jaisalmer]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sherring |first=Herbert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-hYVyPVmrqkC |title=The Mayo College, "the Eton of India": A Record of Twenty Years, 1875-1895 |date=1897 |publisher=Thacker, Spink and Company |pages=240 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Sehgal |first=K. k |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.120390 |title=Rajasthan District Gazetteers Jaisalmer |date=1961 |pages=43–44}}</ref> He married, amongst others, in 1857, a daughter of Amar Singh, [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] of Mahajan; a daughter of Shivdan Singh, [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] of [[Daspan]]; and, in 1873, a daughter of [[Udai Singh II of Dungarpur|Udai Singh II]], [[Maharawal]] of [[Dungarpur state|Dungarpur]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Reign ==<br />
On the death of his elder brother, Ranjit Singh, in 1864, he succeeded him as the [[Maharawal]] of [[Kingdom of Jaisalmer|Jaisalmer]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m9Ck1BUI_JUC |title=A collection of treaties, engagements, and sunnuds relating to India and neighbouring countries, compiled by C.U. Aitchison, revised and continued by A.C. Talbot. [With] An index, compiled by M. Belletty. revised |date=1892 |pages=138 |language=en}}</ref> He was adopted by the widows of his deceased brother.<ref name=":3" /> But he refused to sit on the [[throne]] of [[Kingdom of Jaisalmer|Jaisalmer]] and requested that someone else be selected, as he felt he would never be happy as the ruler of [[Kingdom of Jaisalmer|Jaisalmer]].<ref name=":3" /> In view of this, and owing to his minority, the [[British government of India|Government of India]] permitted the question of installation to remain in abeyance.<ref name=":3" /> Sixteen months later, he had overcome his diffidence and was formally installed as [[Maharawal]] on 19 October 1865.<ref name=":3" /><br />
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During his minority, his father, Kesari Singh, managed the affairs of state.<ref name=":3" /> Upon the death of Kesari Singh, Chattar Singh continued administering the affairs of state.<ref name=":3" /> He was granted an imperial flag in honour of [[Queen Victoria]] being proclaimed [[Empress of India]] at the [[Delhi Durbar]] on 1 January 1877.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mauji |first=Purushottama Viṣrama |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.03015 |title=Imperial Durbar Album |date=1911 |publisher=Lakshmi Arts, Bombay |pages=86–88}}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
He died on 10 March 1891.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rp92JkMbiaIC |title=Memoranda on Native States in India, Together with a List of Independent Ruling Chiefs, Chiefs of Frontier States, and Other Notables with Their Proper Forms of Address |date=1911 |publisher=Superintendent Government Print., India |pages=122 |language=en}}</ref> His widows, with the consent of the [[British government of India|Government of India]], adopted Sham Singh, who succeeded him as the [[Maharawal]] of [[Kingdom of Jaisalmer|Jaisalmer]] under the [[regnal name]] [[Shalivahan Singh]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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