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{{short description|Heir-apparent of Orchha}}
{{infobox royalty
| title = [[Raja Bahadur]]
| name = Bhagwant Singh Ju Deo
| death_date = December 1920
| issue = {{ubl|[[Vir Singh Judeo|Vir Singh Ju Deo]]|Karan Singh Ju Deo|Jayanendra Singh Ju Deo|Mahendra Singh Ju Deo|Saraswati Devi}}
| house = {{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Orchha_State.svg}} [[Orchha State|Orchha]]
| father = [[Pratap Singh Judeo|Pratap Singh Ju Deo]]
| dynasty = [[Bundela]]
}}
'''Bhagwant Singh Ju Deo''' was son and heir-apparent of [[Pratap Singh Judeo|Pratap Singh Ju Deo]], the [[Maharaja]] of [[Orchha State|Orchha]].
== Early life, family, and education ==
He was born as the eldest son of Pratap Singh Ju Deo.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Soszynski |first=Henry |title=ORCHHA |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/o/orchha.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708052038/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/o/orchha.html |archive-date=2017-07-08 |access-date=2026-04-05 |website=members.iinet.net.au}}</ref> He married thrice.<ref name=":0" /> He married firstly into the [[Panwar]] family of Janharia in [[Datia State|Datia]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=India |first=Central |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Rulers_Leading_Families_and_Officials_in/x87FebHL6xcC |title=Rulers, Leading Families and Officials in the States of Central India |date=1928 |publisher=Government of India, Central Publication Branch |pages=74 |language=en}}</ref> Secondly, on 25 December 1897, he married secretly a daughter of the [[Thakur (title)|Thakore]] of [[Wadhwan State|Wadhwan]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Department |first=India Foreign and Political |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Central_Indian_Agency/icwkAQAAIAAJ |title=Central Indian Agency |date=1909 |publisher=Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India |pages=10 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Memoranda_on_Native_States_in_India_Toge/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=54 |language=en}}</ref> His father disapproved of this marriage, and he consequently had to live outside [[Orchha State|Orchha]].<ref name=":1" /> It was only in December 1902, after he was able to calm his father, that he was permitted to return to the state.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=India |first=Central |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Report_on_the_Political_Administration_o/PNQ_AQAAMAAJ |title=Report on the Political Administration of the Territories Within the Central India Agency |date=1903 |pages=27 |language=en}}</ref> He married thirdly a daughter of Padam Singh of [[Jubbal State|Jubbal]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soszynski |first=Henry |title=JUBBAL |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/j/jubbal.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713114125/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/j/jubbal.html |archive-date=2017-07-13 |access-date=2026-04-05 |website=members.iinet.net.au}}</ref> He had four sons from his second wife: [[Vir Singh Judeo|Vir Singh Ju Deo]], Karan Singh Ju Deo, Jayanendra Singh Ju Deo, and Mahendra Singh Ju Deo.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /> He also had one daughter named Saraswati Devi.<ref name=":0" />
His daughter married [[Yashodar Singh]], the [[Raja]] of [[Khilchipur State|Khilchipur]], in 1937.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Soszynski |first=Henry |title=KHILCHIPUR |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/k/khilchipur.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106133433/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/k/khilchipur.html |archive-date=2018-01-06 |access-date=2026-04-05 |website=members.iinet.net.au}}</ref> He accompanied his father to the [[Delhi Durbar]] of 1903.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stephen Wheeler |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278857 |title=History Of The Delhi Coronation Durbar |pages=127,302}}</ref> He also accompanied his father to attend the Delhi Durbar of 1911.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.02623 |title=The Historical Record of the Imperial Visit to India, 1911 |date=1914 |publisher=[[John Murray (publishing house)|John Murray]] |year=1914 |location=Albemarle Street, London |pages=80,156,158,298,299,309,335}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Coronation_Durbar_Delhi_1911/4WxBAQAAMAAJ |title=Coronation Durbar, Delhi 1911: Official Directory, with Maps |date=1911 |publisher=Superintendent Government Printing, India |pages=241 |language=en}}</ref> On that occasion, his son Vir served as page to [[George V]], and Karan served as page to [[Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst|Lord Hardinge]].<ref name=":2" />.

== Death ==
He died in December 1920.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Government of India |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.34582 |title=Memoranda on the Indian States 1932 |date=1933 |pages=49|publisher=Central Publication Branch, Calcutta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=The Imperial Publishing Co. |first=Lahore |url=http://archive.org/details/TwiK_his-imperial-majesty-king-george-5-and-the-princes-of-india-and-the-indian-empir |title=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 |pages=39}}</ref>
== Title ==
* [[Raja Bahadur]] Bhagwant Singh Ju Deo of Orchha<ref>{{Cite book |last=Department |first=India Foreign and Political |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Collection_of_Treaties_Engagements_and/hGMNAAAAIAAJ |title=A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries |date=1933 |publisher=Government of India Central Publication Branch |pages=10 |language=en}}</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:People from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Bundelkhand]]
[[Category:Indian royalty]]

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