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{{short description|Maharaja of Panna from 1870 to 1893}}
{{infobox royalty
| title = [[Maharaja]] [[Mahendra]]
| succession = [[Maharaja]] of [[Panna State|Panna]]
| reign = 9 June 1870{{Sndash}}{{Avoid wrap|8 November 1893}}
| predecessor = [[Nirpat Singh]]
| successor = [[Lokpal Singh]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1848|07|10|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1893|11|08|1848|07|10|df=yes}}
| dynasty = [[Bundela]]
| house = [[Panna State|Panna]]
| father = [[Nirpat Singh]]
}}
[[Sir]] '''Rudra Pratap Singh''' [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]] was the [[Maharaja]] of [[Panna State|Panna]] from 1870 until his death in 1893.

==Biography==
He was born on 10 July 1848 to [[Nirpat Singh]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Lethbridge |first=Sir Roper |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Golden_Book_of_India_A_Genealogical/zykYAAAAYAAJ |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. With an Appendix for Ceylon |date=1900 |publisher=S. Low, Marston & Company |pages=230 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.498972/ |title=A Collection Of Treaties Engagements And Sanads Relating To India And Neighbouring Countries Vol-v(1909) |date=1909 |pages=19}}</ref> He succeeded his father as [[Maharaja]] of [[Panna State|Panna]] on 9 June 1870.<ref name=":0" /> On 1 January 1876, he was invested in [[Calcutta]] by [[Edward VII]], then [[Prince of Wales]], with the insignia of a [[Knight Commander]] of the [[Order of the Star of India]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> He attended the [[Delhi Durbar#Durbar of 1877|Delhi Durbar of 1877]], where his personal salute was increased by two guns.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Mauji |first=Purushottama Viṣrama |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.03015/ |title=Imperial Durbar Album |date=1911 |publisher=Lakshmi Arts, Bombay |pages=141}}</ref> He was also presented with a banner and a medal.<ref name=":2" /> He appointed an English architect to build the Baldeoji Temple in [[Panna, Madhya Pradesh|Panna]] on the design of [[St Paul's Cathedral|St. Paul's Cathedral]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Michell |first=George |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Penguin_Guide_to_the_Monuments_of_In/iUDqAAAAMAAJ |title=The Penguin Guide to the Monuments of India: Islamic, Rajput, European |last2=Davies |first2=Philip H. |date=1989 |publisher=Viking |isbn=978-0-670-80847-2 |pages=256 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Vadivelu |first=A. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Ruling_Chiefs_Nobles_and_Zamindars_o/LfoxAQAAMAAJ |title=The Ruling Chiefs, Nobles and Zamindars of India |date=1915 |publisher=G.C. Loganadham |pages=303–306 |language=en}}</ref> The same architect built Panna Palace for him in 1886.<ref name=":3" />

He died on 8 November 1893.<ref name=":1" /> Since he left behind no heirs, his brother, [[Lokpal Singh]], succeeded to his title, rank, and dignity.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=India |first=Central |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Central_India_State_Gazetteer_Series/W_8bAQAAIAAJ |title=The Central India State Gazetteer Series |date=1907 |publisher=Thacker, Spink |pages=177 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1848 births]]
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[[Category:Rajas of Panna]]
[[Category:Hindu monarchs]]
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[[Category:People from British India]]
[[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India]]

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