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| name = Balbhadra Singh<br />
| native_name = <br />
| honorific_prefix =[[Raja]]<br />
| honorific_suffix = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]<br />
| image = Raja-Balbhadra-Singh-of-Raghogarh.jpg<br />
| caption = Raja Balbhadra Singh of [[Raghogarh State|Raghogarh]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|04|16}}<br />
| death_date = 1967 (aged 50 or 51)<br />
| office = Member of the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| constituency = [[Raghogarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raghogarh]]<br />
| term_start = [[1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1952]]<br />
| term_end = 1957<br />
| predecessor = <br />
| successor = Dulichand<br />
| education = <br />
| alma_mater = <br />
| profession = [[Politician]] and Raja of Raghogarh<br />
| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br />
| father = <br />
| spouse = <br />
| website = <br />
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}}<br />
'''Balbhadra Singh''' (April 16, 1916 – 1967) was the 12th ruler of the former [[princely state]] of [[Raghogarh State|Raghogarh]] in the present-day [[Guna district]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]], and a former elected member of the legislative assembly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/research/raj-of-the-royals-part-ii-the-madhya-pradesh-scions-who-continue-to-dictate-power/|title=Raj of the Royals (Part II): How the scions still dominate power in MP|date=27 November 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Digvijay Singh |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=16 October 2003 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM2/Digvijay-Singh/Article1-8453.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004142008/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM2/Digvijay-Singh/Article1-8453.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 October 2013 |accessdate=16 July 2013}}</ref> He became a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) as independent candidate for the [[Raghogarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raghogarh Vidhan Sabha constituency.]] He was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] till 1947 but remained independent thereafter till his death in 1967.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Raghogarh |url=http://www.digvijayasingh.in/raghogarh.html |website=digvijayasingh.in}}</ref><br />
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Balbhadra Singh was the father of two politician sons, [[Digvijaya Singh]] and [[Lakshman Singh (politician)|Lakshman Singh]].<ref name="outlook">{{cite news|last=Dasgupta|first=Debarshi|date=27 April 2009|title=Tornapartism: Families divided by party colours talk about living under one roof|publisher=Outlook|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?240313|accessdate=16 July 2013}}</ref><br />
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