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'''Thakur Bakhtawar Singh''' (also known as IG Bakhtawar Singhji) was the Inspector General of Police of Jodhpur (1946–48) while the transition of the [[Jodhpur]] State from monarchy to democracy and Merger in the Republic of India.<ref>Thakur Bakhtawar Singh by Mahendra Singh Nagar</ref><br />
One of the most irrepressible officers of his time, he killed, suppressed or brought to book many dreaded dacoits during his service in the Police Department.<ref>Who's who in India and Pakistan, 1948, page 1137</ref><br />
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==Background==<br />
His family belonged to village Kolu in Barmer District.<br />
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==Career==<br />
He was trained initially at Phillaur Police Training School, Punjab and posted as an Inspector of Police in then Marwar in 1912.<br />
He was a pioneer in organising the Railway Police Branch in Jodhpur as a train used to run from [[Jodhpur]] to [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] in Sindh province.<br />
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==Honours==<br />
He was awarded the King's Police Medal for Gallantry in 1929. In June 1946, the title of Rao Bahadur was conferred on him by Lord F.M.Wavell, Viceroy of India (1943–46).<br />
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==References==<br />
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* ''Memoirs of Marwar Police'' by Kishan Puri<br />
* ''Marwar Ka Itihas'' by V.N. Reu, vol. II<br />
* ''Marwar Ka Itihas'' by Jagdish Singh Gahlot<br />
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