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|name = Mohansingh<br />
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|succession = Ruler of [[Haihaiyavanshi Kingdom]]<br />
|religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
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|coronation = c. 1755<br />
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|death_date = 1758<br />
|death_place = [[Raipur]]<br />
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|predecessor = Raghunath Singh<br />
|successor =[[Bimbaji Bhonsle]]<br />
|house = [[Haihaiyavanshi Kingdom|Haihaiyavanshi]]<br />
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}}'''Mohan Singh''' (c. 1755–1758) was the last ruler of the [[Haihaiyavanshi Kingdom]], the dynasty which ruled [[Chhattisgarh]] for over 700 years. He ruled [[Chhattisgarh]] under the suzerainty of the [[Bhonsles of Nagpur|Bhonsles]] of [[Nagpur Kingdom]].<ref name="m">{{cite journal |last1=Mishra |first1=P. L. |title=Mohansingh (The Last Kalachuri King) |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |date=1969 |volume=31 |pages=207–213 |jstor=44138363 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44138363}}</ref><ref name="ch">{{cite book |last1=Mishra |first1=Prabhu Lal |title=The Political History of Chhattisgarh, 1740-1858 A.D. |date=1979 |publisher=Vishwa Bharati Prakashan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WM5aAAAAIAAJ&q=mohansingh+kalachuri |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
The king of the [[Haihaiyavanshi Kingdom]], Raja Raj Singh (c. 1689–1712) had no son and became interested in a young man named Mohan Singh, who belonged to the [[Raipur|Raipur branch]] of the [[Haihaiyavanshi Kingdom|Haihayas]]. According to J.W. Chisholm, Mohansingh was represented as "a young man of physical strength and considerable personal attraction". The young Mohansingh remained with the ''raja'' Raj Singh frequently for months and became his favourite.<ref name="bilaspur">{{cite book |title=Report on the Land Revenue Settlement of the Belaspore District, in the Central Provinces, 1868 |date=1869 |publisher=Printed at the Oriental Press for the Chief Commissioner's Office |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aJdeAAAAcAAJ&q=bilaspur+Settlement+report |language=en}}</ref><ref name="m"/><ref name="y">{{cite book |last1=Congress |first1=Indian History |title=Proceedings |date=1970 |publisher=Indian History Congress |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cglDAAAAYAAJ&q=mohansingh+kalachuri |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Raj Singh eventually made Mohan Singh his successor, however, the death of Raj Singh was somewhat sudden and Mohan Singh was on a shooting expedition at that time. Thus Mohan Singh could not come back early and Rajsingh thus crowned his grand-uncle Sardar Singh as the king.<ref>{{cite book |title=Raipur Settlement Report |date=1869 |pages=28–30 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="bilaspur"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Pradesh (India) |first1=Madhya |title=Madhya Pradesh: Durg |date=1965 |publisher=Government Central Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CEVuAAAAMAAJ&q=mohansingh+kalachuri |language=en}}</ref> However, Mohansingh was dissatisfied with this development and while leaving the kingdom he declared that "he would yet return and assume government". He unsuccessfully tried to raise an army to create a revolution against the [[Haihaiyavanshi Kingdom|Haihayas]], since their rule was popular.<ref name="bilaspur"/><ref name="d">{{cite book |last1=Pradesh (India) |first1=Madhya |title=Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteers: Dewas |date=1973 |publisher=Government Central Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qIphAAAAIAAJ&q=mohansingh+kalachuri |language=en}}</ref><ref name="m"/><ref name="y"/><br />
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According to a theory proposed by Dr. P.L. Mishra, he wandered aimlessly for at least twenty years during the reign of Sardarsingh. After the [[Bhonsles of Nagpur|Bhonsle family]] came to power in [[Berar Province|Berar]] and the [[Nagpur Kingdom]], he went to them and earned the favour of [[Raghoji I Bhonsle|Raghuji Bhonsle]], the Bhonsle ruler.<ref name="bilaspur"/> In 1740, with the successful invasion of [[Chhattisgarh]] by the Maratha general [[Bhaskar Ram Kolhatkar|Bhaskar Pant]], the [[Haihaiyavanshi Kingdom|Haihaiyavanshi King]] Raghunath Singh became a Maratha vassal. When the old Raghunath Singh died in 1745, [[Raghoji I Bhonsle|Raghuji Bhonsle]], who was returning from the [[Maratha invasions of Bengal|Bengal campaign]], installed Mohansingh as the Haihaya king under his suzerainty.<ref name="bilaspur"/><ref name="m"/><ref name="y"/><ref name="d"/><br />
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==Reign==<br />
The [[zamindar]]s of the kingdom were irked at the new king, Mohansingh since he was a Maratha vassal. Unlike his Haihaya ancestors, who solely exercised overlordship over petty chieftains, Mohansingh started successfully conquering and directly ruling over the zamindaris. In order to please his Maratha overlords, he deposed the Haihaya ruler of Raipur, who was his relative and gave him a pension. After the death of the ruler in 1753, he stopped the pension to his cousins.{{fact|date=August 2024}}<br />
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He was faithful and obedient to the [[Nagpur Kingdom|king at Nagpur]] and paid regular tribute to the Bhonsle treasury.<ref name="m"/> After [[Raghoji I Bhonsle|Raghuji Bhonsle]]'s death, his sons were assigned different roles by the [[peshwa]] to avoid a succession struggle. Janoji became the king of [[Nagpur]] and given the title of ''Sena Sahib Suba'', Sabaji was to govern Western [[Berar Province|Berar]] with his headquarters at [[Darwha]], Mudhoji was given the title of ''Senadhurandhar'' with [[Chandrapur|Chanda]] an [[Chhattisgarh]] as his jurisdiction and [[Bimbaji Bhonsle|Bhonsle]] was to govern [[Chhattisgarh]] with his headquarters at [[Ratanpur, Chhattisgarh|Ratanpur]].{{fact|date=August 2024}}<br />
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Therefore [[Bimbaji Bhonsle|Bimbaji]] proceeded for [[Chhattisgarh]] to assume his post, which would mean Mohansingh's dismissal. Therefore Mohansingh started collecting his resources and forces near [[Raipur]] half-heartedly but he died shortly after and thus, Bimbaji assumed rule of the region with ease.<ref name="bilaspur"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Pradesh (India) |first1=Madhya |title=Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteers: West Nimar |date=1978 |publisher=Government Central Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3axhAAAAIAAJ&q=Bimbaji |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Nelson |first1=Sir Arthur Edward |title=Raipur District: Volume A, Descriptive |date=1909 |publisher=Printed at the British India Press, Byculla |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MVNRqTCIeYAC&q=Bimbaji |language=en}}</ref><br />
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