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| name = Bishan Singh<br />
| title = [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]]<br />
| succession = [[Kushwaha]] [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] of [[Maihar State|Maihar]]<br />
| reign = {{circa|1826}} – {{circa|1850}}<br />
| predecessor = <!--Please do not add the title or caste-->[[Durjan Singh (ruler)|Durjan Singh]]<br />
| successor = <!--Please do not add the title or caste-->[[Mohan Prasad]]<br />
| death_date = {{circa|1850}}<br />
| issue = [[Mohan Prasad]]<br />
| house = {{flagicon image|Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Maihar_State.png}} [[Maihar State|Maihar]]<br />
| father = <!--Please do not add the title or caste-->[[Durjan Singh (ruler)|Durjan Singh]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Bishan Singh''' was the [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] of [[Maihar State|Maihar]] from 1826 until his death in 1850.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Upon the death of his father, [[Durjan Singh (ruler)|Durjan Singh]], in 1826, his dominions were divided into two portions: [[Maihar State|Maihar]] and [[Bijairaghogarh]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Department |first=India Foreign and Political |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=icwkAQAAIAAJ |title=Central Indian Agency |date=1909 |publisher=Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India |pages=226–227 |language=en}}</ref> Bishan Singh received the former, while his brother, [[Prag Das]], got the latter.<ref name=":0" /> Over time, he fell into serious debt and requested the [[East India Company|British]] in 1849 to place his state under their management.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Atkinson |first=Edwin T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mxiLhPPO9_kC |title=Statistical, Descriptive and Historical Account of the North-Western Provinces of India: Bundelkhand |date=1874 |publisher=North-Western Provinces Government |pages=535 |language=en}}</ref> He died a year later in 1850, and was succeeded by his son, [[Mohan Prasad]], to his title, rank, and dignity.<ref>{{Cite book |last=India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fTK25ExhPzUC |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=253–254 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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