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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Maharao Raja of Bundi (1977–2010)}}<br />
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{{infobox royalty<br />
| name = Ranjit Singh<br />
| title = [[Maharao Raja]]<br />
| succession = [[Maharao Raja]] of [[Bundi State|Bundi]]<br />
| reign = 24 December 1977 – 8 January 2010<br />
| predecessor = [[Bahadur Singh of Bundi|Bahadur Singh]]<br />
| successor = [[Vanshvardhan Singh]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|09|13|df=yes}}<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|01|08|1939|09|13|df=yes}}<br />
| spouse = {{marriage|Durga Kumari|11 December 1969|1971|reason=divorced}}<br />
| father = [[Bahadur Singh of Bundi|Bahadur Singh]]<br />
| house = {{flagicon image|Bundi_State_Coat_of_Arms.png}} [[Bundi State|Bundi]]<br />
| dynasty = [[Hada Chauhan|Hada]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Ranjit Singh''' (13 September 1939 – 8 January 2010) was the head of the [[Hada Chauhan|Hada]] clan of the [[Chauhan dynasty|Chauhan]] [[Rajput|Rajputs]] and the [[Maharao Raja]] of [[Bundi State|State of Bundi]] from 1977 until his death in 2010.<br />
==Biography==<br />
He was born on 13 September 1939 to [[Bahadur Singh of Bundi|Bahadur Singh]], the [[Maharao Raja]] of [[Bundi State|Bundi]], and his wife, who was a daughter of [[Sajjan Singh of Ratlam|Sajjan Singh]], the [[Maharaja]] of [[Ratlam State|Ratlam]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Reed |first=Sir Stanley |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Indian_Year_Book/EvsTAAAAIAAJ |title=Indian Year Book |date=1949 |publisher=Times of India Press |pages=703 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He married on 11 December 1969 to Durga Kumari, a daughter of Lakshman Singh, the [[Raja]] of [[Chamba State|Chamba]], by his wife Devendra Kumari from [[Pratapgarh State|Pratapgarh]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Soszynski |first=Henry |title=BUNDI |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/b/bundi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703190306/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/b/bundi.html |archive-date=2017-07-03 |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=members.iinet.net.au}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Soszynski |first=Henry |title=CHAMBA |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/c/chamba.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709174451/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/c/chamba.html |archive-date=2017-07-09 |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=members.iinet.net.au}}</ref> The two divorced in 1971.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He had a younger sister named [[Mahendra Kumari]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-27 |title=Forgery case: Rajasthan court issues arrest warrant against former minister |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/forgery-case-rajasthan-court-arrest-warrant-bhanwar-7643750/ |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> Upon the death of his father on 24 December 1977, he succeeded him to the title, rank and dignity of the [[Maharao|Maharao Raja]] of [[Bundi State|Bundi]].<ref name=":0" /> Traditionally, the head of the royal house of [[Bundi State|Bundi]] is also acknowledged as the head of [[Hada Chauhan|Hadas]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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He died after a prolonged illness in [[New Delhi]] on 8 January 2010.<ref name=":0" /> As he left behind no male issues to succeed him, the throne of [[Bundi State|Bundi]] remained vacant until 2 April 2022, when [[Vanshvardhan Singh]] was installed as his successor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=IANS |date=2022-04-10 |title=Bundi's royal tangle sorted out with new Maharaja's coronation |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/states/1503059169-1503059169.html |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=The Statesman |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-04-03 |title=Rajasthan: 34-year-old Vanshvardhan Singh crowned the 26th Maharao Raja of Bundi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/34-yr-old-vanshvardhan-singh-crowned-the-26th-maharao-raja-of-bundi/articleshow/90616870.cms |access-date=2026-03-26 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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== Titles and styles ==<br />
Upon his accession to the throne of Bundi, he was titled ''[[His Highness]] Hadendra Shiromani Deo Sar Buland Rai [[Maharao Raja]] Ranjit Singh [[Baghatur|Bahadur]]'', like his predecessors.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Sir Stanley Reed |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.83745 |title=The Indian Year Book 1937 Vol 23 |date=1937 |pages=990}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Joshi |first=g h |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108641 |title=The Peoples Of India |date=1922 |pages=1215}}</ref><br />
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