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{{Short description|Maharawat of Pratapgarh from 1890 to 1929}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}{{Use Indian English|date=December 2024}}
{{infobox royalty
| name = Raghunath Singh
| title = Maharawat of Pratapgarh
| image = File:Maharawat Raghunath Singh.jpg
| succession = Maharawat of [[Pratapgarh State|Pratapgarh]]
| reign = 1890–1929
| predecessor = [[Udai Singh of Pratapgarh|Udai Singh]]
| successor = [[Ram Singh of Pratapgarh|Ram Singh]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1859|12|29|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1929|1|12|1859|12|29|df=yes}}
| issue = {{plainlist|
*Man Singh
*Govardhan Singh
}}
| house = {{flagicon image|Royal_flag_of_Partabgarh.svg}} [[Pratapgarh State|Pratapgarh]]
| father = Khushal Singh
| dynasty = [[Sisodia dynasty|Sisodia]]
}}
[[Sir]] '''Raghunath Singh''' [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]] was the Maharawat of [[Pratapgarh State|Pratapgarh]] from 1890 until his death in 1929.

== Birth ==
He was born in 1859 to Khushal Singh, Thakur of Arnod.<ref name="archive">{{Cite book |last=Bayley |first=C. S. |url=https://archive.org/details/chiefsleadingfam00csba/ |title=Chiefs and leading families in Rajputana |date=2004 |publisher=New Delhi : Asian Educational Services |others=Public Resource |isbn=978-81-206-1066-8 |pages=44–45}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lethbridge |first=Sir Roper |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3kwoAAAAYAAJ |title=The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated, of the Indian Empire |date=1893 |publisher=Macmillan |pages=409–410 |language=en}}</ref>

== Succession ==
When [[Udai Singh of Pratapgarh|Udai Singh]], the Maharawat of [[Pratapgarh State|Pratapgarh]], died in 1890 without a legitimate successor, his widow adopted Raghunath Singh, his third cousin and closest surviving relative.<ref name="archive"/><ref name="archive2">{{Cite book |last=Sehgal |first=K. k |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.146807/ |title=Rajasthan District Gazetteers Chittaurgarh |date=1961 |pages=50}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Purushotam Vishram Mawjee |url=https://archive.org/details/DurbarAlbum1/ |title=(1911) Imperial durbar album of the Indian princes, chiefs and zamindars, Vol. I. |date=1911 |pages=95}}</ref> This choice was confirmed by the Government of India, and he was granted full administrative powers on 10 January 1891.<ref name="archive2"/><ref name="archive3">{{Cite book |last=Not Available |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35691 |title=Memoranda On Native States In Indian 1911 |date=1911 |pages=120}}</ref>

== Reign ==
During the [[Indian famine of 1899–1900]], he introduced an efficient system of relief and remitted the land revenue for the year, which amounted to over a lakh and a half.<ref name=":0" /> Due to the extravagance of his predecessor, Udai Singh, and the depreciation of the local coinage, Pratapgarh was heavily in debt.<ref name="archive3"/> To address this, he introduced British currency as the sole legal tender in Pratapgarh in 1904.<ref name="archive2"/> He reorganized the police, conducted a land revenue settlement based on modern principles, set up a municipality in Pratapgarh, and established courts with graded jurisdiction.<ref name="archive2"/><ref name="archive4">{{Cite book |last=The Imperial Publishing Co. |first=Lahore |url=https://archive.org/details/TwiK_his-imperial-majesty-king-george-5-and-the-princes-of-india-and-the-indian-empir |title=His Imperial Majesty King George 5 And The Princes Of India And The Indian Empire ( Historical Biographical) Compiled By K. R. Khosla, 1937, Lahore The Imperial Publishing Co., Lahore |pages=66}}</ref> He introduced the [[Telegraphy|telegraph]] and the telephone in Pratapgarh.<ref name="archive2"/><ref name="archive4"/><ref name="archive5"/> He constructed a hospital building, established a customs department, and connected Pratapgarh to [[Mandsaur]] by a pacca road.<ref name="archive2"/><ref name="archive4"/>

== Personal life ==
He married three times: first, to the daughter of the Raja of Pisangan, with whom he had two children—a daughter who married the Maharaja [[Ganga Singh]] of [[Bikaner State|Bikaner]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hooja |first=Rima |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cUluAAAAMAAJ |title=Prince, Patriot, Parliamentarian: Biography of Dr. Karni Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner |date=1997 |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India |isbn=978-81-7223-260-3 |pages=15 |language=en}}</ref> and a son, Man Singh.<ref name="archive5">{{Cite book |last=Umair Mirza |url=https://archive.org/details/imperial-coronation-durbar-of-delhi-1911-volume-1/ |title=Imperial Coronation Durbar of Delhi (1911), Volume 1 |date=11 December 1911 |pages=103}}</ref> His second marriage was to the daughter of the Maharaj of [[Semliya|Semlia]] in [[Sailana State|Sailana]].<ref name="archive5"/> His third marriage was to the younger daughter of the Raja of Pisangan, with whom he had two children—a daughter who married the Maharaj Kumar of Sailana and died in 1911, and a son, Govardhan Singh.<ref name="archive5"/>

== Honours ==
He was invested with the insignia of [[Knight Commander]] of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] by [[George V]] during the [[Delhi Durbar]] of 1911.<ref name=":0">{{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=202 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=R.Bahadur |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fscIAwAAQBAJ |title=Who's who in India |publisher=Рипол Классик |isbn=978-5-87230-125-7 |pages=35 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Hindu monarchs]]
[[Category:Indian Hindus]]
[[Category:People from British India]]
[[Category:People from Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Maharajas in Rajputana]]
[[Category:1857 births]]
[[Category:1929 deaths]]

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