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{{Short description|Maharaj Rana of Jhalawar from 1929 to 1943}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Rajendra Singh
| image =
| succession = [[Jhalawar State|Maharaj Rana of Jhalawar]]
| reign = 13 April 1929 – 2 September 1943
| cor-type = Investiture
| predecessor = [[Bhawani Singh of Jhalawar|Bhawani Singh]]
| successor = Virendra Singh
| birth_date = {{birth date|1900|07|15|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1943|09|02|1900|07|15|df=yes}}
| death_place =
| spouse = Hira Kunverba
| issue = Virendra Singh
| full name = Rajendra Singh Jhala
| house = [[Jhalawar State|Jhalawar]]
| house-type =
| father = [[Sir Bhawani Singh|Bhawani Singh]]
| investiture = 13 April 1929
| dynasty = [[Jhala (clan)|Jhala]]
}}

[[Lieutenant]] [[Sir]] '''Rajendra''' '''Singh''' [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]] was the Maharaj Rana of [[Jhalawar State|Jhalawar]] from 1929 until his death in 1943.

== Birth ==
He was born on 15 July 1900 to [[Sir Bhawani Singh|Bhawani Singh]] and his wife, the daughter of Maharaja Durjan Sal of Kherli.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Rai Bahadur |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35942 |title=Report On The Administration Of The Jhalawar State(1909) |date=1909 |pages=1}}</ref>

== Education ==
He was educated at [[Mayo College]] in [[Ajmer]] where he remained from 1907 to 1919.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.52031 |title=Rajputana and Ajmer (1931) |date=1931 |publisher=Government Of India. |pages=93}}</ref> In 1920, he came to [[Oxford]], where he studied at [[New College, Oxford|New College]] and then at [[Christ Church, Oxford|Christ Church]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Oxford |first=University of |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SeBHAQAAMAAJ |title=Oxford University Gazette |date=1921 |publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=724 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1930MNRAS..90..370. Page 370 |url=https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1930MNRAS..90..370. |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=articles.adsabs.harvard.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lord |first=Isabel Garland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DqDVMWWTyC4C |title=A Summer to Be: A Memoir by the Daughter of Hamlin Garland |date=2010-04-01 |publisher=U of Nebraska Press |isbn=978-0-8032-3243-3 |pages=151 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{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=77}}</ref>

== Reign ==
Upon the death of his father, [[Sir Bhawani Singh|Bhawani Singh]], on 13 April 1929, he succeeded him as the Maharaj Rana of [[Jhalawar State|Jhalawar]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Not Available |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.34582 |title=Memoranda On The Indian States 1930 |date=1933 |pages=142}}</ref> He administered his state through a Prime Minister, a Dewan, and two Ministers.<ref name=":3" /> The state maintained five dispensaries and 42 schools, six of which were for girls.<ref name=":3" /> He was deeply interested in [[Harijan]] welfare and is said to have taken [[Harijans]] into the state temple.<ref name=":4" /> He reorganized the army and police, established a High Court, electrified the towns of [[Jhalawar]] and [[Jhalrapatan]], constructed a bridge over the Chhoti Kāli Sindh River near Gangadhar, and improved roads and irrigation facilities.<ref name=":4" />

== Military career ==
In 1926, he joined the 11/[[19th Hyderabad Regiment]] and was attached to it as an honorary [[Second lieutenant|second Lieutenant]].<ref name=":2" /> He later resigned his commission in the [[Indian Territorial Force]] and was granted the honorary rank of [[Lieutenant]] in the regular army on 14 January 1931.<ref name=":2" />

== Personal life ==

=== Marriage ===
He married Hira Kunverba, daughter of the Thakore of Kotda Sangani, on 6 September 1920.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Not Available |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.36587 |title=The Ruling Princes Chiefs And Leading Personages In Rajputana And Ajmer |date=1924 |pages=169}}</ref>

=== Children ===
While at [[Oxford]], a son, Virendra Singh, was born to them on 27 September 1921.<ref name=":1" />

== Death ==
He died on 2 September 1943, after a reign of 13 years, and was succeeded by his son Virendra Singh (Harish Chandra) as the Maharaj Rana of [[Jhalawar State|Jhalawar]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=B.N. Dhoundiyal |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3317 |title=Rajasthan District Gazetteers: Jhalawar |date=1964 |publisher=Jaipur, Government Central Press |pages=34}}</ref>

== Titles and styles ==

* 1900 – 1929: Maharaj Kumar Shri Rajendra Singh<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=188 |language=en}}</ref>
* 1929 – 1943: [[Highness|His Highness]] Dharam Divakar Prajavatsal Maharajadhiraj Maharaj Rana Shri Rajendra Singh Dev Bahadur, Maharaj Rana of Jhalawar<ref name=":5" />

== References ==
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Rajendra Singh of Jhalawar - Revision history

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