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{{short description|Raja of Jhabua from 1942 to 1965}}
{{infobox royalty
| name = Dileep Singh
| title = [[Raja]]
| image = Dilip Singh.png
| succession = [[Raja]] of [[Jhabua State|Jhabua]]
| reign = {{circa|1942}} – 23 February 1965
| predecessor = [[Udai Singh of Jhabua|Udai Singh]]
| successor = Ajit Singh
| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|02|26|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1965|02|23|1905|02|26|df=yes}}
| house = {{flagicon image|Jhabuaflag.png}} [[Jhabua State|Jhabua]]
| father = Kesar Singh
| dynasty = [[Rathore dynasty|Rathore]]
}}
'''Dileep Singh''' (or '''Dilip Singh''') was the [[Raja]] of [[Jhabua State|Jhabua]] from 1942 until his death in 1965.

== Early life, family and education ==
He was born on 26 February 1905 to Kesar Singh, the [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] of Khawasa.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soszynski |first=Henry |title=JHABUA |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/j/jhabua.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609150214/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/j/jhabua.html |archive-date=2017-06-09 |access-date=2026-03-18 |website=members.iinet.net.au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Soszynski |first=Henry |title=KHAWASA |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/k/khawasa.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107183631/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/k/khawasa.html |archive-date=2018-01-07 |access-date=2026-03-18 |website=members.iinet.net.au}}</ref> He had his education at [[Agra]] and [[Aligarh]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Khosla K. R. |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1706/ |title=The States Estates and Who's Who In India and Burma |date=1942 |publisher=The Imperial Publishing Co., Railway Road, Lahore |pages=213}}</ref> He was subsequently placed at [[Indore]] for training in revenue and settlement work, and for judicial training, he was placed in the district court at [[Mhow]].<ref name=":0" /> He began his career as a railway magistrate and was thereafter appointed kamdar of Ratanmal by the [[Malwa Agency|Malwa Political Agency]].<ref name=":0" /> When, on account of Udai Singh's inability to rule properly, the [[British government of India|Government of India]], on 29 September 1934, removed him from power and took [[Jhabua State|Jhabua]] into administration, a Council of Administration was founded to govern the state's affairs.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Nilsen |first=Alf Gunvald |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eo1xDwAAQBAJ |title=Adivasis and the State: Subalternity and Citizenship in India's Bhil Heartland |date=2018 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-49653-7 |pages=85 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Indian Government |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.69363/ |title=Rulers Leading Families And Officials In The States Of Central India Edition Fifth 1935 |date=1935 |pages=156–157}}</ref> He was appointed its president.<ref name=":0" /> Under his supervision, the council restructured the administrative framework and operations of the state.<ref name=":1" /> He increased salaries for the revenue staff and assigned assistants to revenue officers and surveyors.<ref name=":1" /> He established two new patwari circles and appointed a new [[patwari]] in each [[tehsil]].<ref name=":1" /> He appointed a tadvi or a headman in each village.<ref name=":1" /> He increased the number of excise inspectors as well as their salaries.<ref name=":1" />

==Succession==
When, in 1942, [[Udai Singh of Jhabua|Udai Singh]], the [[Raja]] of [[Jhabua State|Jhabua]], died, the question arose as to who would succeed him, as he had neither left a male heir of his body nor an adopted son.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WD0WAQAAMAAJ |title=Indian Information |date=1943 |publisher=Bureau of Public Information of the Government of India |pages=152 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wAUnAQAAIAAJ |title=The Feudatory and zemindari India |date=1942 |pages=559 |language=en}}</ref> In this case, the then [[Governor-General of India|Viceroy and Governor-General of India]], after carefully considering all aspects of the matter and acting in the best interests of the state, exercised his discretion with the approval of the [[Secretary of State for India]] and selected Dileep as his successor.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />

==Reign==
He signed the [[Instrument of Accession|instrument of accession]] on 15 August 1947, whereby he acceded his state to the [[Dominion of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jhabua State - Instrument of Accession and Standstill Agreement signed between H.H. Raja Dileepsing, Ruler of Jhabua State and the Dominion of India |url=https://www.indianculture.gov.in/archives/jhabua-state-instrument-accession-and-standstill-agreement-signed-between-hh-raja |website=INDIAN CULTURE}}</ref> He was made [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]] in 1947.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/whos-who_1956/ |title=Who's Who 1956 |date=1956 |others=Internet Archive |pages=1570 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/whos-who_1950/ |title=Who's Who 1950 |date=1950 |others=Internet Archive |pages=1475 |language=English}}</ref>

==Death==
He died on 23 February 1965 and was succeeded by his son, Ajit Singh.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Government of India |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.central.w.1965-09-11.79208/ |title=Union Government, Weekly, 1965-09-11, Part II-Section 3-Sub-Section(i), Ref. 1303 |date=1965-09-11 |pages=1364}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Hindu monarchs]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian monarchs]]
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[[Category:People from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]]

Dileep Singh of Jhabua - Revision history

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