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'''Vishwaraj Pratap Singh''' (18 October 1932 – 14 May 2007) was prince and later held the officially, the [[Titular ruler|titular]] [[Raja]] of [[Kawardha State]] from 1959-1971. He was eldest son of [[Dharamraj Singh|Raja Dharamraj Singh]].<ref name=a>[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/k/kawardha.html Kawardha]</ref> He was a member of Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh from Kawardha constituency as a member of [[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]] from 1962-67.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1962/StatRep_MP_1962.pdf VISHWARAJ SINGH KAWARDHA RRP]</ref>

He was born at [[Kawardha]] on 18 October 1932 to Raja Dharamraj Singh of Kawardha.<ref>Memoranda on the Indian States -1939- Page 114</ref> He was educated at [[Rajkumar College, Raipur]] of which he also served as a member of executive committee in later life. He was married and had issues.<ref name=a/> He became the Raja of Kawardha upon death of his father 20 August 1959 and held the title till the [[Privy Purse in India|privy purse]] and titles were abolished by the Government of India in 1971. He died on 14 May 2007. He is survived by two daughter and a son. His elder daughter Manjari Kumari is married to Kunwar Rudra Dev Singh of [[Orchha]], the second daughter Vasundhara Kumari is married to Rawal Sanjai Singh, the titular Rawal of [[Bissau, Rajasthan|Bissau]]. His son [[Yogeshwar Raj Singh]], now holds the [[Pretender|title-in-pretence]] of the Raja of Kawardha.<ref name=a/><ref>[http://thegatewayhotels.com/geroadraipur/attractions.aspx]</ref>

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