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| title = Raja-i-Rajgan<br>Raja Kalan Bahadur<br />
| image = Shiv Rattan Dev Singh.jpg<br />
| succession = [[Raja]] of [[Poonch jagir|Poonch]]<br />
| reign = {{circa|1940}} – {{circa|1967}}<br />
| predecessor = [[Jagatdev Singh]]<br />
| birth_date = April 1925<br />
| death_date = {{circa|1967}}<br />
| spouse = Nalini Rajya Lakshmi Devi<br />
| issue = {{plainlist|<br />
* [[Hemlata Rajye]]<br />
* Rajni Kumari<br />
* Urmila Kumari<br />
* Raman Dev Singh<br />
* Ratish Dev Singh<br />
}}<br />
| house = [[Poonch Jagir|Poonch]]<br />
| father = [[Jagatdev Singh]]<br />
| mother = Padmavati<br />
| dynasty = [[Dogra dynasty|Dogra]]<br />
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* [[Aitchison College]]<br />
* [[Mayo College]]<br />
* [[University of Lucknow]]<br />
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'''Shiv Rattan Dev Singh''' was the [[Raja]] of [[Poonch jagir|Poonch]] from 1940 until his death in 1967.<br />
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== Birth==<br />
He was born in April 1925 to [[Jagatdev Singh]], the [[Raja]] of [[Poonch Jagir|Poonch]], and his wife, Padmavati.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Grewal |first=Brigadier J. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uOl-EAAAQBAJ |title=Poonch: India's Invincible Citadel |date=2022-08-01 |publisher=Lancer Publishers |isbn=978-81-7062-345-8 |pages=133–134,138–139,142–143 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Khosla K. R. |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1706/ |title=The States Estates and Who's Who In India and Burma |date=1942 |publisher=The Imperial Publishing Co., Railway Road, Lahore |pages=105}}</ref><br />
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== Education ==<br />
He was educated at [[Aitchison College]], [[Lahore]], under the supervision of a European tutor.<ref name=":1" /> He was later enrolled at [[Mayo College]], [[Ajmer]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bloeria |first=Sudhir S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-jBuAAAAMAAJ |title=Pakistan's Insurgency Vs India's Security: Tackling Militancy in Kashmir |date=2000 |publisher=Manas Publications |isbn=978-81-7049-116-3 |pages=40 |language=en}}</ref> He completed his [[LL.B.]] at [[University of Lucknow]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sufi |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3451/ |title=Kashir--being a History of Kashmir from earliest times vol 2 |date=1974 |pages=830}}</ref><br />
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== Succession ==<br />
Upon the death of his father in 1940, he succeeded him as the [[Raja]] of [[Poonch Jagir|Poonch]].<ref name=":1" /> As he was a minor at the time, the affairs of the state were administered by a regency council.<ref name=":1" /> The [[Maharaja]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] appointed Sheikh Abdul Qayum as the administrator of [[Poonch Jagir|Poonch]] and Baldev Singh Pathania as his guardian.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.242995/ |title=The Jammu and Kashmir Yearbook |publisher=Ranbir Publications |pages=90}}</ref> The latter remained in this role until October 1941.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nanji Deshmukh Collection |url=https://archive.org/details/PUkf_encyclopedia-1920-urdu-partly-damaged-nanji-deshmukh-collection/ |title=Encyclopedia 1920, Urdu ( Partly Damaged) Nanji Deshmukh Collection |pages=307}}</ref> During his minority, Hari Singh continued appointing civilian and military officers to oversee the administration of [[Poonch Jagir|Poonch]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Duschinski |first1=Haley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UUrCEAAAQBAJ |title=The Palgrave Handbook of New Directions in Kashmir Studies |last2=Bhan |first2=Mona |last3=Robinson |first3=Cabeiri deBergh |date=2023-06-01 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-031-28520-2 |pages=45–47 |language=en}}</ref> However, this was not well received by Shiv’s family and the people of [[Poonch Jagir|Poonch]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
[[File:Raja of Poonch at Kathmandu, Nepal.jpg|thumb|Shiv Rattan Dev Singh at [[Narayanhiti Palace]] in [[Kathmandu]], [[Nepal]]]]<br />
He married Princess Nalini Rajya Lakshmi Devi, the daughter of [[Tribhuvan of Nepal|Tribhuvan]] and his wife, [[Queen Ishwari of Nepal|Ishwari]].<ref name=":0" /> He and his wife had issue: three daughters—[[Hemlata Rajye]], Rajni Kumari, and Urmila Kumari—and two sons, Raman Dev Singh and Ratish Dev Singh.<ref name=":0" /> Following the [[partition of India]], he, along with his family, moved from [[Lahore]] to [[Delhi]], losing his property in [[Lahore]] and [[Rawalpindi]] in the process.<ref name=":0" /> They then relocated to a [[haveli]] in [[Haridwar]], built by his ancestor [[Dhian Singh]], before finally settling in [[Dehradun]], where he had purchased a house.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Death ==<br />
He died in [[Dehradun]] in 1967.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1925 births]]<br />
[[Category:1967 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu monarchs]]<br />
[[Category:University of Lucknow alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Hindus]]<br />
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