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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Raja of Panna (1785–1798)}}<br />
{{infobox royalty<br />
| title = [[Raja]]<br />
| succession = [[Raja]] of [[Panna State|Panna]]<br />
| reign = {{circa|1785}} – {{circa|1798}}<br />
| predecessor = [[Anirudh Singh Ju Deo|Anirudh Singh]]<br />
| successor = [[Kishor Singh]]<br />
| death_date = {{circa|1798}}<br />
| issue = [[Kishor Singh]]<br />
| full name = Dhokal Singh Ju Deo<br />
| house = [[Panna State|Panna]]<br />
| father = [[Hindupat Singh]]<br />
| dynasty = [[Bundela]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Dhokal Singh''' was the [[Raja]] of [[Panna State|Panna]] from 1785 until his death in 1798.<br />
==Biography==<br />
He was the youngest of three sons of [[Hindupat Singh]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=T |first=J. P. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Juvenile_History_of_Charkhari/eTSy_conpsQC |title=“A” Juvenile History of Charkhari |date=1886 |publisher=Babus Ganés Das & Company, Booksellers |pages=108 |language=en}}</ref> After the death of his brother, [[Anirudh Singh Ju Deo|Anirudh Singh]] in 1779, he was installed on the throne of [[Panna State|Panna]] by [[Beni Singh]] and Khemraj in 1785.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Vadivelu |first=A. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Ruling_Chiefs_Nobles_and_Zamindars_o/LfoxAQAAMAAJ? |title=The Ruling Chiefs, Nobles and Zamindars of India |date=1915 |publisher=G.C. Loganadham |pages=305 |language=en}}</ref> They installed him because he was a minor, which allowed them to wield power during his minority.<ref name=":0" /> Following this, a struggle for the throne of [[Panna State|Panna]] ensued between him and his brother, Sarnet Singh.<ref name=":1" /> In the course of this conflict, a battle took place at Gathewara, where his benefactor, [[Beni Singh]], was killed by the forces of Arjun Singh, who was aiding Sarnet.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> When [[Mahadaji Shinde|Mahadji Scindia]] sent Laxman Hari Newalkar to collect arrears due from [[Panna State|Panna]], he dispatched his [[Dewan|Diwan]], [[Rajdhar Singh]], who defeated Newalkar in November 1790.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rathod |first=N. G. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Great_Maratha_Mahadaji_Scindia/uPq640stHJ0C |title=The Great Maratha Mahadaji Scindia |date=1994 |publisher=Sarup & Sons |isbn=978-81-85431-52-9 |pages=117 |language=en}}</ref> During his reign, the whole of [[Bundelkhand]] fell prey to Himmat Bahadur and [[Ali Bahadur I|Ali Bahadur]], a grandson of [[Bajirao I|Bajirao Peshwa]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /> [[Ali Bahadur I|Ali]] asserted his suzerainty over all rulers of the region and defeated him in his campaign, forcing Singh to flee to Kalinjar.<ref name=":1" /> He later received a sanad from [[Ali Bahadur I|Ali Bahadur]].<ref name=":1" /><br />
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He died in 1798, and his son, [[Kishor Singh]], succeeded him on the throne of [[Panna State|Panna]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Pradesh (India) |first=Madhya |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Madhya_Pradesh_Panna/ok9DAAAAYAAJ |title=Madhya Pradesh: Panna |date=1994 |publisher=Government Central Press |pages=68–70 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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