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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Last ruling Raja of Raigarh from 1947–1948}}<br />
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'''Raja Lalitkumar Singh''' (1924–2000) was the last official ruler of [[princely state]] of [[Raigarh State]]. He ascended the throne in 1947 upon death of his father [[Raja Chakradhar Singh]] and acceded his State into Union of India on 1 January 1948.<ref>{{cite web|title=जिला रायगढ़|url=http://www.aboutchhattisgarh.com/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A2%E0%A4%BC/|website=Chhattisgarh Government|accessdate=4 May 2017}}</ref> He later got elected and became Member of Legislative Assembly from [[Gharghonda]] as a candidate of [[Indian National Congress]] in 1952–57. He next time got elected from [[Chargoda]] in 1957–62.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Statistics|first1=Madhya Pradesh (India) Directorate of Economics and|title=Statistical Abstract of Madhya Pradesh|date=1958|publisher=Madhya Pradesh (India). Directorate of Economics and Statistics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_R81AAAAIAAJ&q=+lalit+|accessdate=3 May 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1951/StatisticalReports_51_MP.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820111857/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1951/StatisticalReports_51_MP.pdf |archive-date=20 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/r/raigarh.html Raigharh State]</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=All India Reporter|date=1959|publisher=D.V. Chitaley|pages=40|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lLE2AAAAIAAJ&q=raja+lalit+kumar|accessdate=3 May 2017|language=en}}</ref> After abolition of [[Privy Purse in India|privy purse]], he was left with meager resources and sold most of his assets. In 1980, he tried his luck in politics again stood for election but was defeated.<ref>[http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/Pconstituency.aspx?eid=524&cid=13 Lok Sabha Election 1980 – Madhya Pradesh]</ref> He lived his last years as pauper, living in hut outside town on borrowed money. He died in 2000.<ref>{{cite news|title=Glimpse into the surreal lives of the maharajas|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/glimpse-into-the-surreal-lives-of-the-maharajas/1/307153.html|accessdate=4 May 2017|agency=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=India Today|date=1992|publisher=Living Media India Pvt. Limited|pages=73–74|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G6oMAQAAMAAJ&q=%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4+%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B9++%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A2%E0%A4%BC|accessdate=4 May 2017|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Surendra Kumar Singh (politician)|Surendra Kumar Singh]]<br />
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