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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Raja Sir Maharaj Singh Ahluwalia <br />
| image = File:The Governor of Bombay awarding the winner of a baseball match between teams from Calcutta and Bombay.jpg<br />
| caption = Singh at a baseball match in Bombay in 1949.<br />
| batting = Unknown<br />
| bowling = Unknown<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 1<br />
| runs1 = 4<br />
| bat avg1 = 4.00<br />
| 100s/50s1 = -/-<br />
| top score1 = 4<br />
| hidedeliveries = true<br />
| wickets1 = 0<br />
| bowl avg1 = -<br />
| fivefor1 = 0<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = -<br />
| catches/stumpings1= -/-<br />
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/40/40483/40483.html<br />
| date = 30 March<br />
| year = 2019<br />
}}<br />
'''Raja Sir Maharaj Singh''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|CIE|CStJ}} (17 May 1878, [[Kapurthala]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]] – 6 June 1959, [[Lucknow]]) was the first Indian [[List of Governors of Bombay|Governor of Bombay]]. He was also the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir during Maharaja Hari Singh’s rule and also the Dewan of Jodhpur for a short while.<br />
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Maharaj Singh was the son of [[Harnam Singh|Raja Harnam Singh]] of the [[Kapurthala State|Kapurthala royal family]] in the direct line founded by [[Jassa Singh Ahluwalia]]. His mother was Rani Priscilla Kaur Sahiba (née Priscilla Golaknath).{{cn|date=August 2020}} He was educated at [[Harrow School]] and [[Balliol College, Oxford]], where he completed his MA, and was called to Bar by the [[Middle Temple]] in 1902. Starting off as the Deputy Collector of [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|United Provinces]], he held several positions in the government of India. He was elected the chancellor of Lucknow University in 1941 and served for a short span as the Prime Minister of Kashmir. He was the Governor of Bombay from 1948 to 1952. He was appointed a CIE in 1915 and [[knight]]ed in 1933. <br />
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At the age of 72, he captained the [[Bombay]] Governor's XI against a touring [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] XI in a [[cricket]] match starting on 25 November 1950. This makes him the oldest cricketer to make his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut and the oldest player to play a first-class game.<ref name="OTD">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149899.html |title=The death of Phillip Hughes |accessdate=29 November 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> Coming in to bat at No. 9, he edged [[Jim Laker]] for 3 and one run later, was caught at first slip off the same bowler. He took no part in the game after the first day and [[Yadavindra Singh of Patiala]] captained the side in his absence. Laker was 44 years younger than the man he dismissed. The Test cricketer [[Rusi Modi]] served as his [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]] while he was the Bombay governor.<br />
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[[Amrit Kaur|''Rajkumari Bibiji'' Amrit Kaur]], who was the Minister of Health in the [[Jawaharlal Nehru|Nehru]] government, was his younger sister. Married to Gunwati Maya Das of Ferozepore, Maharaj Singh had two sons, Raja Ranbir Singh, a diplomat (died June 1995) and [[Kanwar Mahindar Singh]] a tennis player and businessman based in Chandigarh.(died August 2004), as well as one daughter, Prem Maharaj Seth (née Singh) (died September 2019).<br />
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==Titles==<br />
*1878-1915: [[Kunwar (title)|Kanwar]] Maharaj Singh<br />
*1915-1932: ''Kanwar'' Maharaj Singh, [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]]<br />
*1932-1933: [[Raja]] Maharaj Singh, CIE<br />
*1933-1937: Raja [[Sir]] Maharaj Singh, CIE<br />
*1937-1959: Raja Sir Maharaj Singh, CIE, [[CStJ]]<br />
*1948-1952: [[Excellency|His Excellency]] Sri Sir Maharaj Singh, CIE, CStJ, [[Governor]] of the [[State of Bombay]]<br />
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==Honours==<br />
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[[File:Order of the Indian Empire Ribbon.svg|100px]]<br />
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[[File:Order of St John (UK) ribbon.png|100px]]<br />
[[File:GeorgeVSilverJubileum-ribbon.png|100px]]<br />
[[File:GeorgeVICoronationRibbon.png|100px]]<br />
[[File:Indian Independence medal 1947.svg|100px]]<br />
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*[[Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (CIE)-1915<br />
*[[Knight Bachelor]]-1933<br />
*[[King George V Silver Jubilee Medal]]-1935<br />
*Commander of the [[Venerable Order of Saint John|Order of St John]] (CStJ)-1937<br />
*[[King George VI Coronation Medal]]-1937<br />
*[[Indian Independence Medal]]-1948<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* Times Obituary, 8 June 1959<br />
* [http://iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/k/kapurthala.html Indian Princely States - Kapurthala]<br />
* [http://content.cricinfo.com/columns/content/current/story/304620.html Martin Williamson, ''Ripe old age'']<br />
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|title=[[Governor of Bombay]]<br />
|before=[[John Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir|John Colville]]<br />
|after=[[Girija Shankar Bajpai|Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai]]<br />
|years=1948-1952}}<br />
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