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{{Short description|Maharawat of Pratapgarh from 1775 to 1844}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}{{Use Indian English|date=December 2024}}
{{infobox royalty
| name = Maharawat Sawant Singh
| title = Maharawat
| image = Obverse of the One Rupee coin from the Princely state of Pratabgarh, made of silver, bearing the name of king Sawant Singh, Julus year 29, AH 1199, photographed from a personal collection in West Bengal, India, June 1, 2024.jpg
| succession = Maharawat of [[Pratapgarh State|Pratapgarh]]
| reign = 1775 –1844
| predecessor = Maharawat Salam Singh
| successor = [[Dalpat Singh of Pratapgarh|Dalpat Singh]]
| birth_date = 5 October 1767
| death_date = 5 January 1844
| spouse = *Rathoreji (Kishan-Singhot) Swarup Kanwarji of [[Kishangarh]]
*Rathoreji Mertaniji Daulat Kanwarji of [[Badnor]] in [[Mewar]]
*Chauhanji Gulab Kanwarji of [[Namli]] in [[Ratlam]]
*Chauhanji Daulat Kanwarji of [[Namli]] in [[Ratlam]]
| issue = *Yuvraj Dip Singh
*Padam Singh
*Sardar Singh
*Ajab Kanwarji m.to Maharaja Gambhir Sinhji of [[History of Idar|Idar]]
*Pran Kanwarji m.to Yuvraj Umed Sinhji Gambhir Sinhji of [[History of Idar|Idar]]
*Chaman Kanwarji m.to Rana Fateh Sinhji Pratap Sinhji of [[Lunawada]]
*Takht Kanwarji (marriage not known)
*Chandan Kanwarji (marriage not known)
*Ratan Kanwarji (marriage not known)
| house = {{flagicon image|Royal_flag_of_Partabgarh.svg}} [[Pratapgarh State|Pratapgarh]]
| father = Maharawat Salam Singh
| mother = Rathoreji (Ram-Singhot) Kundan Kanwarji d.of Raja Lal Singh of [[Amjhera]] in [[Malwa]]
| dynasty = [[Sisodia dynasty|Sisodia]]
}}
'''Maharawat Sawant Singh''' was the [[Sisodia dynasty|Sisodia Rajput]] ruler of [[Pratapgarh State|Pratapgarh Kingdom]] the first junior offshoot second being [[Shahpura]]<nowiki/>of the [[Mewar Kingdom]] from the year 1775 until his death in 1844.

== Reign ==
He succeeded his father, Salim Singh, to his rank, title, and position as Maharawat of [[Pratapgarh State|Pratapgarh]] in 1775.<ref name="Bayley-2004">{{Cite book |last=Bayley |first=C. S. |url=https://archive.org/details/chiefsleadingfam00csba/ |title=Chiefs and leading families in Rajputana |date=2004 |publisher=New Delhi : Asian Educational Services |others=Public Resource |isbn=978-81-206-1066-8 |pages=43–45}}</ref> He returned the estate of Dariawad to [[Kingdom of Mewar|Mewar]] because he did not wish to be a vassal of the Maharana.<ref name="Sehgal-1961" /> During his reign, [[Pratapgarh State|Pratapgarh]] was overrun by the [[Maratha Confederacy|Marathas]], and to protect his state from their depredations, he agreed to pay a tribute of 70,000 Salim Shahi rupees to [[House of Holkar|Holkar]] instead of the tribute previously paid to [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]].<ref name="Bayley-2004" /><ref name="Sehgal-1961">{{Cite book |last=Sehgal |first=K. k |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.146807/page/n59/ |title=Rajasthan District Gazetteers Chittaurgarh |date=1961 |pages=49}}</ref> However, their depredations continued, and in an attempt to free himself from the control of the [[Maratha Confederacy|Marathas]], he made a treaty with the [[East India Company]] in 1804, which [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Charles Cornwallis]] dissolved shortly afterward.<ref name="Bayley-2004" /><ref name="Sehgal-1961" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Naravane |first=M. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lF0FvjG3GWEC |title=The Rajputs of Rajputana: A Glimpse of Medieval Rajasthan |date=1999 |publisher=APH Publishing |isbn=978-81-7648-118-2 |pages=106 |language=en}}</ref> Later, in 1818, a treaty between him and the [[East India Company]] was concluded, under which [[Pratapgarh State|Pratapgarh]] was placed under British protection.<ref name="Bayley-2004" /> Shortly after the treaty, he handed over the administration of the state to his son and heir, Dip Singh.<ref name="Purushotam Vishram Mawjee-1911">{{Cite book |last=Purushotam Vishram Mawjee |url=https://archive.org/details/DurbarAlbum1/ |title=(1911) Imperial durbar album of the Indian princes, chiefs and zamindars, Vol. I. |date=1911 |pages=95}}</ref> Dip Singh initially managed the administration efficiently, but disorders soon emerged as he was reportedly cruel and responsible for the deaths of many people.<ref name="Sehgal-1961" /><ref name="Purushotam Vishram Mawjee-1911" /> For which Dip was removed from the office and banished to Deolia.<ref name="Sehgal-1961" /> However, he returned to [[Pratapgarh State|Pratapgarh]] after a few months and was put in the fort of Achhnera, where he died in 1826.<ref name="Sehgal-1961" /> Meanwhile, Sawant Singh had once again assumed control of the state's administration.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hooja |first=Rima |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tosMAQAAMAAJ |title=A History of Rajasthan |date=2006 |publisher=Rupa & Company |isbn=978-81-291-0890-6 |pages=825 |language=en}}</ref>

== Death ==
He died in 1844 and was succeeded by his grandson [[Dalpat Singh of Pratapgarh|Dalpat Singh]] as Maharawat of [[Pratapgarh State|Pratapgarh]].<ref name="Bayley-2004" />

== References ==
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[[Category:1844 deaths]]
[[Category:Hindu monarchs]]
[[Category:Indian Hindus]]
[[Category:People from British India]]
[[Category:People from Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Maharajas in Rajputana]]
[[Category:Regents in India]]

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