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{{short description|Raja of Jhabua from 1895 to 1942}}
{{infobox royalty
| name = Udai Singh
| title = [[Raja]]
| image = Udai_Singh.png
| succession = [[Raja]] of [[Jhabua State|Jhabua]]
| reign = 22 January 1895 – {{circa|1942}}
| predecessor = [[Gopal Singh of Jhabua|Gopal Singh]]
| successor = [[Dileep Singh of Jhabua|Dileep Singh]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1875|05|06|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{circa|1942}}
| spouse =
| house = {{flagicon image|Jhabuaflag.png}} [[Jhabua State|Jhabua]]
| father = [[Gopal Singh of Jhabua|Gopal Singh]] (adoptive)<br>Raghunath Singh (biological)
| dynasty = [[Rathore dynasty|Rathore]]
}}
'''Udai Singh''' was the [[Raja]] of [[Jhabua State|Jhabua]] from the year 1895 until his death in 1942.
==Early life and family==
He was born on 6 May 1875 as the second son of Raghunath Singh, [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] of Khawasa.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=C E Luard |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284475/ |title=The Ruling Families And Persons Of Note In The Central Indian Agency |pages=49}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=India |first=Central |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_4bAQAAIAAJ |title=The Central India State Gazetteer Series |date=1908 |publisher=Thacker, Spink |pages=523–524 |language=en}}</ref> He was adopted by [[Gopal Singh of Jhabua|Gopal Singh]], the [[Raja]] of [[Jhabua State|Jhabua]], sometime before the Raja's death, and his adoption was sanctioned by the [[British government of India|Government of India]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Peters |first=Thos |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1808 |title=Who's Who In India Burma Amp Ceylon (1939) |date=1939 |publisher=The Sun Publishing House, Bombay |pages=60}}</ref> He was the twelfth in line of descent from Kesho Das, the founder of the [[Jhabua State|Jhabua]].<ref name=":1" /> He married four times.<ref name=":0" /> First, in 1907, to the sister of the [[Raja]] of [[Sant State|Sant]]; second, in 1912, to the daughter of the [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] of [[Dhariawad|Dhariyawad]]; and third, also in 1912, to the daughter of the [[Raja]] of Sheopur-Baroda.<ref name=":2" />

== Succession ==
Upon the death of his adoptive father, he succeeded him as [[Raja]] of [[Jhabua State|Jhabua]] on 22 January 1895.<ref name=":1" />

== Reign ==
He was granted full administrative powers in 1898.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rp92JkMbiaIC |title=Memoranda on Native States in India, Together with a List of Independent Ruling Chiefs, Chiefs of Frontier States, and Other Notables with Their Proper Forms of Address |date=1911 |publisher=Superintendent Government Print., India |pages=44 |language=en}}</ref> During the [[Indian famine of 1899–1900]], he had to borrow Rs. 100,000 from the Maharaja [[Scindia]] of [[Gwalior State|Gwalior]] through the [[British government of India|British government]] and Rs. 377,000 directly from the [[British government of India|British government]] to sustain the administration.<ref name=":1" /> Due to the disastrous effects of famine and mismanagement on the state's monetary resources, his powers were curtailed in 1900, and he was required to follow the advice of his [[Dewan|Diwan]].<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Aitchison C.u. |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1311/ |title=A Collection Of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads Vol - Iv (1933) |date=1933 |publisher=Central Publication Branch Government Of India, Calcutta |pages=158}}</ref> His powers were restored in 1918 under certain conditions.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Not Available |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/ |title=Memoranda On The Indian States 1940 |date=1940 |pages=95–96}}</ref> They were curtailed again in 1928 and later restored in 1931.<ref name=":4" /> He was forced to retire from the administration of the state and was required to reside in [[Indore]].<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5">{{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=45,213}}</ref> From 29 September 1934, his nephew, [[Dileep Singh of Jhabua|Dileep Singh]] from Khawasa, was appointed to the Council of Administration by the [[British government of India|Government of India]] to manage state affairs.<ref name=":5" />

==Death==
He died in 1942 and was succeeded by [[Dileep Singh of Jhabua|Dileep Singh]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WD0WAQAAMAAJ |title=Indian Information |date=1943 |publisher=Bureau of Public Information of the Government of India |pages=152 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
<references />
[[Category:1875 births]]
[[Category:1942 deaths]]
[[Category:Hindu monarchs]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian monarchs]]
[[Category:Indian Hindus]]
[[Category:People from Madhya Pradesh]]

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