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| name = HH Maharaja Prithvi Singh<br />
| title = <br />
| succession = [[Maharaja]] of [[Kishangarh State|Kishangarh]]<br />
| reign = {{circa|1841}} – {{circa|1879}}<br />
| predecessor = [[Mohkam Singh (ruler)|Mohkam Singh]]<br />
| successor = [[Maharaja]] [[Madan Singh (ruler)|Sadul Singh]]<br />
| birth_name = Kunwar Surtan Singh<br />
| birth_date = 14 May 1838<br />
| birth_place = Kacholia, [[Kishangarh]]<br />
| death_date = 25 December 1879<br />
| death_place = Kishangarh Fort, [[Kishangarh]]<br />
| spouse = Maharaniji Sa Sisodiniji of [[Shahpura State]]<br />
| issue = [[Sardul Singh|Sadul Singh]]<br />
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Maharajkumarji Jawan Dikshit Singh<br />
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Maharajkumarji Raghunath Singh<br />
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Maharajkumariji Jawahar Kanwarji m.to [[Maharana]] [[Sajjan Singh of Udaipur]]-[[Mewar]]<br />
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Maharajkumariji Shringar Kanwarji m.to [[Maharaja]] [[Rao (title)|Rao]] [[Mangal Singh Prabhakar]] of [[Alwar]]<br />
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Maharajkumariji Saubhag Kanwarji m.to [[Maharaja]] [[Sawai Madho Singh II]] of [[Jaipur]]<br />
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Maharajkumariji Kishan Kanwarji m.to [[Maharaj]] [[Rana (title)|Rana]] [[Zalim Singh II]] of [[Jhalawar]]<br />
| house = {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Kishangarh.svg}} [[Kishangarh State|Kishangarh]]<br />
| father = Rajvi Bhim Singh of Kacholia<br />
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'''HH Umda-e-Raja-e-Buland Makam Shri Maharaja Sir Prithvi Singh''' was the [[Maharaja|Rathore-Rajput]] ruler of its Kishan-Singhot Jodha sub-clan of [[Kishangarh State]] from the year 1841 until his untimely death in 1879.<br />
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== Birth ==<br />
He was born to Bhim Singh.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Sumahendra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPPqAAAAMAAJ |title=Splendid Style of Kishangarh Painting |date=1995 |publisher=Jaipur Printers, Publication Division |pages=13 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Mathur |first=Vijay Kumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tfjqAAAAMAAJ |title=Marvels of Kishangarh Paintings: From the Collection of the National Museum, New Delhi |date=2000 |publisher=Bharatiya Kala Prakashan |isbn=978-81-86050-43-9 |pages=16 |language=en}}</ref> His father was the third son of Bagh Singh of Fatehgarh, who was the [[jagirdar]] of Kacholia.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He was a [[Rajput]] of the [[Rathore (Rajput clan)|Rathore]] clan.<ref name=":5" /><br />
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== Reign ==<br />
When [[Mohkam Singh (ruler)|Mohkam Singh]] died in 1841 without leaving any issue of the body or an adopted heir, the [[throne]] of [[Kishangarh State|Kishangarh]] became vacant.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Hooja |first=Rima |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tosMAQAAMAAJ |title=A History of Rajasthan |date=2006 |publisher=Rupa & Company |isbn=978-81-291-0890-6 |pages=853 |language=en}}</ref> That same year, [[Mohkam Singh (ruler)|Mohkam]]'s widow formally adopted Prithwi as her son, and he succeeded [[Mohkam Singh (ruler)|Mohkam]] on the [[throne]] of [[Kishangarh State|Kishangarh]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> Throughout his reign, he conducted the administration of his state with competence and success.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last1=Solomon |first1=R. V. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=47sfj8DUwNgC |title=Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey |last2=Bond |first2=J. W. |date=2006 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=978-81-206-1965-4 |pages=346 |language=en}}</ref> He laid the foundation upon which administrative reforms were later introduced in [[Kishangarh State|Kishangarh]].<ref name=":4" /><br />
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== Death ==<br />
He died in 1879 and was succeeded by his son, [[Sardul Singh|Sadul Singh]], as the [[Maharaja]] of [[Kishangarh State|Kishangarh]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CIoZAAAAYAAJ |title=Imperial Gazetteer of India ... |date=1908 |publisher=Clarendon Press |pages=312 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Vadivelu |first=A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LfoxAQAAMAAJ |title=The Ruling Chiefs, Nobles and Zamindars of India |date=1915 |publisher=G.C. Loganadham |pages=186 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Titles and styles ==<br />
His full style was: "[[His Highness]] Umdai Rajahai Buland Makan [[Maharaja]] [[Shri]] Prithwi Singh, [[Maharaja]] of [[Kishangarh State|Kishangarh]]."<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K_YvAQAAIAAJ |title=Encyclopaedia Indica: Princely States in colonial India |date=1996 |publisher=Anmol Publications |isbn=978-81-7041-859-7 |pages=255 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category: 1838 births]]<br />
[[Category: 1879 deaths]]<br />
[[Category: People from British India]]<br />
[[Category:Maharajas in Rajputana]]<br />
[[Category: Hindu monarchs]]<br />
[[Category: Indian Hindus]]<br />
[[Category:Kishangarh]]<br />
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