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{{Short description|Maharana of Mewar from 1652–1680}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox royalty
| title = [[Maharana]] of [[Mewar]]
| image = Raja Ravi Varma, Maharana Raj Singh - I.jpg
| caption = Raj Singh I
| succession = [[Maharana]] of [[Mewar]]
| reign = 1652–1680
| predecessor = [[Jagat Singh I]]
| successor = [[Jai Singh of Mewar|Jai Singh]]
| dynasty = [[Sisodias of Mewar]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1629|09|24|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1680|10|22|1629|09|24|df=y}}
| issue = [[Jai Singh of Mewar|Jai Singh]]
| father = [[Jagat Singh I]]
}}

'''Raj Singh I''' (24 September 1629 – 22 October 1680), was the [[Maharana]] of [[Mewar Kingdom]] (r. 1652–1680).

==Reign==
During the Mughal war of Succession, all the Mughal Princes including [[Aurangzeb]] requested him to send contingents in their support but Maharana remained aloof. Raj Singh ignored repeated demands for assistance from Aurangzeb.<ref name=":0" /> Instead he embarked on his own expeditions using pretence of a ceremonial "Tikadar", traditionally taken in enemy land. The Maharana swooped down on various Mughal posts in May 1658. Levies were imposed on outposts and tracts like [[Mandalgarh|Mandal]], Banera, [[Shahpura, Bhilwara|Shahpura]], Sawar, [[Jahazpur]], Phulia etc. which were then under Mughal control, and some areas were annexed. He next attacked pargana of [[Malpura]], [[Tonk, India|Tonk]], Chatsu, Lalsot and [[Sambhar Lake Town|Sambhar]]. He plundered these areas and triumphantly returned with spoils to [[Udaipur]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Sharma|first=Gopinath|title=Rajasthan Ka Itihas|isbn=978-81-930093-9-0|location=Agra|pages=278}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Hooja|first=Rima|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tosMAQAAMAAJ|title=A history of Rajasthan|date=2006-11-01|publisher=Rupa & Co.|isbn=9788129108906|pages=617|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Somani|first=Ram Vallabh|title=History of Mewar|year=1976|pages=281–82}}</ref>

Raj Singh in 1659 attacked [[Dungarpur]], [[Banswara]] and Devaliya who were originally under Mewar rule but later became independent states under [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] suzerainty. These rulers accepted the suzerainty of Mewar.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" />

Raj Singh protested against the [[Jizya]] tax levied by [[Aurangzeb]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Somānī,|first=R.|title=History of Mewar, from Earliest Times to 1751 A.D..|publisher=India:Mateshwari Publications|year=1976|location=University of Michigan|pages=283–284|language=English}}</ref>

The Rana gave aid to [[Durgadas Rathore]] during the [[Rathore]] rebellion and fought many battles against Aurangzeb as he was the maternal uncle of [[Ajit Singh of Marwar]].<ref>John F. Richards. ''[[The New Cambridge History of India]]: The Mughal Empire'' (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993) p. 181-184</ref> Rana was eventually poisoned by his own men who were bribed by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.<ref name="sen2">{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Sailendra |title=A Textbook of Medieval Indian History |publisher=Primus Books |year=2013 |isbn=978-93-80607-34-4 |pages=190}}</ref> He was succeeded by his son [[Jai Singh of Mewar|Jai Singh]].

== References ==
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Raj Singh I - Revision history

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