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{{infobox royalty<br />
| title = [[Maharao Raja]]<br />
| succession = [[Maharao Raja]] of [[Bundi State|Bundi]]<br />
| reign = {{circa|1730}} – {{circa|1749}}<br />
| predecessor = [[Budh Singh]]<br />
| successor = Umaid Singh<br />
| spouse = {{ubl|Krishna Kanwar|Sringar Kanwar}}<br />
| father = Salim Singh<br />
}}<br />
'''Dalel Singh''' was the [[Maharao Raja]] of [[Bundi State|Bundi]] from 1730 to 1749.<br />
==Early life and family==<br />
Dalel Singh was born to Salim Singh of Kharwar.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Soszynski |first=Henry |title=BUNDI |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/b/bundi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703190306/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/b/bundi.html |archive-date=2017-07-03 |access-date=2026-03-31 |website=members.iinet.net.au}}</ref> He had an older brother, Pratap Singh.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sarkar |first=Jadunath |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_History_of_Jaipur/O0oPIo9TXKcC |title=A History of Jaipur: C. 1503-1938 |date=1984 |publisher=Orient Blackswan |isbn=978-81-250-0333-5 |pages=194 |language=en}}</ref> He married, among others, Krishna Kanwar, a daughter of [[Sawai Jai Singh|Jai Singh II]], and Sringar Kanwar, a daughter of the [[Rao (title)|Rao]] of [[Uniara Jagir|Uniara]].<ref name=":0" /> His marriage to Jai’s daughter was done on the understanding that his son from her would succeed to his title, rank and dignity as the [[Maharao|Maharao Raja]] of [[Bundi State|Bundi]] in due course of time.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rajasthan (India) |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Rajasthan_district_Gazetteers_Bundi/oU1uAAAAMAAJ |title=Rajasthan [district Gazetteers].: Bundi |date=1964 |publisher=Printed at Government Central Press |pages=46 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Reign ==<br />
After Jai Singh had removed [[Budh Singh]] from the throne of [[Bundi State|Bundi]] in 1730, he nominated Dalel as Budh’s successor on that throne.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Encyclopaedia_Indica_Jai_Singh_Mughals_a/_gEwAQAAIAAJ |title=Encyclopaedia Indica: Jai Singh, Mughals and Marathas |date=1999 |publisher=Anmol Publications |isbn=978-81-7041-859-7 |pages=220–221 |language=en}}</ref> He then called Dalel’s father, Salim Singh, to come and take Bundi in his possession, and told him that the [[Rājyābhiṣeka|rajyaabhishek]] of Dalel would be performed in due course of time.<ref name=":1" /> Jai then, using influence on the [[Mughal Emperor]], sought a [[firman]] from him that recognised Dalel as the new ruler of Bundi.<ref name=":1" /> When the Emperor granted it, he had Salim Singh install Dalel on the throne.<ref name=":1" /> He continued to reign until 1749, when Umaid Singh captured Bundi, removed him from the throne and installed himself.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Dhoundiyal |first=B. n |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.147239 |title=Gazetteer Of India Rajasthan Bundi |date=1964 |pages=45–46}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.02572 |title=The Hind Rajasthani : an annual of the native states of India |date=1896 |publisher=Times, Ahmedabad |pages=316}}</ref> During the time Dalel reigned over Bundi, his state was nothing more than a fiefdom under [[Kingdom of Amber|Jaipur]], and he had to regularly attend the [[Dussehra]] [[Durbar (court)|durbar]] of the [[Maharaja]] of [[Kingdom of Amber|Jaipur]].<ref name=":2" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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