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{{Short description|Last ruling Maharaja of Kapurthala from 1877–1947}}
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| image = Photograph of Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala State, by Bourne and Shepherd, ca.1900's–1910's (detail).jpg
| succession = [[Maharaja]] of [[Kapurthala State|Kapurthala]]
| succession = [[Maharaja]] of [[Kapurthala State|Kapurthala]]
| reign       =   3 September 1877 – 15 August 1947
| reign = 3 September 1877 – 15 August 1947
| predecessor =   Kharak Singh ''(as Raja)''
| predecessor = Kharak Singh ''(as Raja)''
| successor   =   ''Monarchy abolished''<br />Paramjit Singh (titular)
| successor = ''Monarchy abolished''<br />[[Paramjit Singh (ruler)|Paramjit Singh]] ([[titular ruler]])
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1872|11|24}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1872|11|24}}
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| caption = Photograph of Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala State, by Bourne and Shepherd, ca.1900's–1910's
| birth_place = [[Kapurthala]], [[Kapurthala State]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| birth_place = [[Kapurthala]], [[Kapurthala State]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1949|06|19|1872|09|05}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1949|06|19|1872|09|05}}
| death_place =[[Bombay]], [[Bombay State]], [[Dominion of India|India]]
| death_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay State]], [[Dominion of India|India]]
| religion   = [[Sikh]]
| religion = [[Sikh]]
| father =Kharak Singh Sahib Bahadur
| father = Kharak Singh Sahib Bahadur
| mother =Anand Kaur Sahiba
| mother = Anand Kaur Sahiba
| spouse = six wives
| spouse = six wives
| issue = five sons and one daughter
| issue = five sons and one daughter
| dynasty = [[Ahluwalia (misl)|Ahluwalia dynasty]]
| dynasty = [[Ahluwalia (misl)|Ahluwalia dynasty]]
| coronation = 24 November 1890
| coronation = 24 November 1890
| full name = Jagatjit Singh Sahib Bahadur
| full name = Sir Jagatjit Singh Sahib Bahadur
}}
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'''Sir Jagatjit Singh Sahib Bahadur''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCSI|GCIE|GBE}} (24 November 1872 – 19 June 1949) was the ruling [[Maharaja]] of the [[princely state]] of [[Kapurthala State|Kapurthala]] in the [[British India|British Empire of India]] from 1877 until his death in 1949. He ascended the throne of Kapurthala state on 16 October 1877. He assumed full ruling powers on 24 November 1890 and then commenced a career as a world traveller and Francophile. He was born in Jat Sikh family. He received the title of Maharaja in 1911. He built palaces and gardens in the city of Kapurthala; his main palace [[Sainik School, Kapurthala|Jagatjit Palace]] there was modelled on the [[Palace of Versailles]].
Colonel [[Maharajah]] '''Sir Jagatjit Singh Sahib Bahadur''' (24 November 1872 – 19 June 1949) was the last ruling [[Maharaja]] of the [[princely state]] of [[Kapurthala State|Kapurthala]] during the [[British India|British Raj in India]], from 1877 until his death, in 1949. He ascended to the throne of Kapurthala state on 16 October 1877 and assumed full ruling powers on 24 November 1890 as well indulging in traveling the world and being a [[Francophile]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Brig. Sukhjit |last2=Frederick |first2=Cynthia Meera |title=Prince, Patron & Patriarch ;Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala |date=2019 |publisher=Roli Books |location=New Delhi, India |isbn=9788193860854}}</ref>


He also built a [[gurudwara]] at Sultanpur Lodhi, sacred to [[Guru Nanak]].
== Early life and family ==
[[File:Photograph of the child-monarch Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala State and suite, ca.1880.jpg|thumb|Photograph of the child-monarch Raja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala State and suite, ca.1880]]


He served as the Indian Representative to the [[League of Nations]] General Assembly in [[Geneva]] in 1925, 1927, and 1929,<ref>[http://www.indiana.edu/~league/7thassemb.htm The League of Nations Photo Collections]</ref> attended the [[Round Table Conference]] in 1931 and was Lt Governor of the [[Patiala and East Punjab States Union|PEPSU]] at the time of his death in 1949, aged 76. He was cousin of [[Sardar]] Bhagat Singh, one of the few Indian Justices of High Court during the British Raj.
Jagajit Singh received the title of Maharaja in 1911. He learned various languages like Punjabi, English, Hindi, French, Spanish, Italian etc. Like his contemporaries Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala and Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jind, Jagatjit Singh was also a philanthropist. When he was young he sang in front of the Viceroy with his friend, the next Maharaja of Dholpur, in French and Italian which outraged many of the visitors.{{Citation needed|date=August 2025}}
His grandson [[Sukhjit Singh (soldier)|Sukhjit Singh]] rose to the rank of Brigadier in the [[Indian Army]]. Another grandson [[Arun Singh (politician, born 1944)|Arun Singh]] was a Minister in the [[Rajiv Gandhi]] government.
 
He was cousin of [[Sardar]] Bhagat Singh, one of the few Indian Justices of High Court during the British Raj. His grandson [[Sukhjit Singh (soldier)|Sukhjit Singh]] served as a Brigadier in the [[Indian Army]]. Another grandson [[Arun Singh (politician, born 1944)|Arun Singh]] was a Minister in the [[Rajiv Gandhi]] government who advised Indira Gandhi to declare [[Operation Blue Star]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2025}}
 
== Career ==
 
=== Early career ===
His dream was for Kapurthala to be a 'Paris of the East'. He built from the Jagatjit Palace in a French style modelled on the [[Palace of Versailles]], the Moorish Mosque in the North African style “Maghrebi”, the Kapurthala War Memorial and other sites.
 
He also built a [[Gurdwara]] at Sultanpur Lodhi. An advocate of educational opportunities for girls, Maharaja Jagatjit Singh also supported numerous undertakings to ensure women received proper medical care under schemes first initiated under The Countess of Dufferin Fund which provided medical aid, helped build hospitals and medical facilities exclusively for women.
 
=== Late career ===
He served as the Indian Representative to the [[League of Nations]] General Assembly in [[Geneva]] in 1925, 1927, and 1929,<ref>[http://www.indiana.edu/~league/7thassemb.htm The League of Nations Photo Collections]</ref> attended the [[Round Table Conference]] in 1931 and was Lt Governor of the [[Patiala and East Punjab States Union|PEPSU]] at the time of his death in 1949, aged 76.
 
He spent lots of his time travelling, he visited China, Indonesia, Japan, Morocco, Italy, Spain, France, Great Britain, United States of America, Brazil, Argentina and other areas. He had a liking for Japan and France.
[[File:A group photograph of North Indian rulers, taken on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of HH the Maharajah of Kapurthala, 30 November – 4 December 1927 at Kapurthala, Punjab.jpg|thumb|A group photograph of North Indian rulers, taken on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of HH the Maharajah of Kapurthala, 30 November – 4 December 1927 at Kapurthala, Punjab]]
He was the first Sikh Maharaja to have cut his Kesh (uncut hair). The Shiromani Akali Dal took on this matter and pressured him. from 1946 he started becoming closer to his religious heritage and announced that his grandson (Sukhjit Singh) would be a Keshdhari Sikh.
 
During the Partition of India the 60 percent of Muslims in his state were pushed out by his Kapurthala State Forces to Pakistan, leaving only 1 percent left afterwards.
 
== Death ==
Under his leadership, the Kapurthala State joined the [[Patiala and East Punjab States Union]] (P.E.P.S.U.) after the [[Partition of India]]. Maharaja Jagatjit Singh died in 1949.
 
== Marriages ==
*First marriage at Paprola, on 16 April 1886, to Maharani Harbans Kaur Sahiba, daughter of ''[[Mian (title)|Mian]]'' Ranjit Singh [[Guleria]] of [[Kangra district|Paprola]] (died 17 October 1941 in [[Mussoorie]] from heart failure). They had two sons.
**[[Paramjit Singh (ruler)|Paramjit Singh Sahib Bahadur]]
**Mahijit Singh Sahib Bahadur
*Second marriage at Katoch, 1891, to Rani Parvati Kaur Sahiba, daughter of a ''[[Sardar]]'' of [[Katoch]] (died 20 February 1944 in Kapurthala). They had a son.
**Amarjit Singh Sahib Bahadur
*Third marriage at Bashahr, 1892, to Rani Lakshmi Kaur Sahiba, a princess of a [[Rajput]] family from [[Bushahr|Bashahr]] (died September 1959 in Kapurthala).
*Fourth marriage at Jubbal, 1895, to Rani Kanari Sahiba, daughter of the ''[[Dewan]]'' of [[Jubbal]] (died circa 1910). They had a son and a daughter.
**Karamjit Singh Sahib Bahadur
** [[Rani Amrit Kaur Sahib of Mandi|Amrit Kaur Sahiba]]
*Fifth marriage at [[Paris]], 28 January 1908 (later divorced), to Rani Prem Kaur Sahiba [née [[Anita Delgado]]], (born 1890 in [[Málaga]], Spain, died 7 July 1962 in [[Madrid]], Spain from heart failure). They had a son.
**Ajit Singh Sahib Bahadur
*Sixth marriage at Kapurthala, 1942, to [[Tara Devi (Queen)|Rani Tara Devi Sahiba]] [née Eugenie "Nina" Grosup]; she was an actress and the daughter of a [[Czech (people)|Czech]] actress (Maria Eleanora Grosup) and a [[Hungarians|Hungarian]] aristocrat (Count Karátsonyi).


==Honours==
==Honours==
[[File:Jagatjit-singh.jpg|thumb|HH Maharaja Jagatjit Singh in childhood]]
 
=== British ===
=== British and Indian ===
*[[Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India]] (GCSI) 1911 (KCSI: 1897)
*First Class of the [[Rampur State#Orders of_chivalry|Order of Hamid]] of the [[Rampur State]] of India 1926
*[[Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (GCIE) ''1 January 1921''
*[[Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India]] (GCSI) ''[[1911 Delhi Durbar Honours]]'' (''previously appointed KCSI in the [[1897 Diamond Jubilee Honours]]'')<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28559 |date=8 December 1911 |pages=9357 }}</ref><ref name="gazette26947">{{London Gazette|issue=26947 |date=14 March 1898 |page=1676 }}</ref>
*[[Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (GCIE) ''[[1921 New Year Honours|1 January 1921]]''<ref>{{London Gazette |date=1 January 1921 |supp=y |issue=32178 |pages=7  }}</ref>
*[[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire]] (GBE) ''29 November 1927''<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=33333 |page=7662 |date=29 November 1927}}</ref>
*[[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire]] (GBE) ''29 November 1927''<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=33333 |page=7662 |date=29 November 1927}}</ref>
*[[Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medal]] in Gold 1897
*[[Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medal]] in Gold 1897
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=== Foreign ===
=== Foreign ===
*Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Crown (Prussia)|Order of the Crown]], 1st Class of the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] 1911
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*Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Nile]] of the [[Kingdom of Egypt]] 1924
**Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Crown (Prussia)|Order of the Crown]], 1st Class, 1911
*Grand Cordon of the [[Order of Ouissam Alaouite|Sharifan Order of Alaoui]] of the [[Morocco|Kingdom of Morocco]] 1924
*{{flag|Kingdom of Egypt}}:
*Grand Cross of the [[Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus]] of the [[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Kingdom of Italy]] 1924
**Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Nile]], 1924
*{{flag|Morocco}}:
**Grand Cordon of the [[Order of Ouissam Alaouite|Sharifan Order of Alaoui]], 1924
*{{flag|Kingdom of Italy}}:
**Grand Cross of the [[Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus]], 1924
*Grand Cross of the [[Order of Merit (Chile)|Order of Merit]] of [[Chile]] 1925
*Grand Cross of the [[Order of Merit (Chile)|Order of Merit]] of [[Chile]] 1925
*Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Sun (Peru)|Order of the Sun]] of [[Peru]] 1925
*Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Sun (Peru)|Order of the Sun]] of [[Peru]] 1925
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*Grand Cross of the [[Order of St. Sylvester|Order of Saint Sylvester]] of the [[Holy See|Vatican]] 1935
*Grand Cross of the [[Order of St. Sylvester|Order of Saint Sylvester]] of the [[Holy See|Vatican]] 1935
*Grand Cross of the [[Legion of Honour]] of [[French Fourth Republic|France]] 1948 (Grand Officer: 1924)
*Grand Cross of the [[Legion of Honour]] of [[French Fourth Republic|France]] 1948 (Grand Officer: 1924)
*Grand Cross of the Hamidiya Order of Merit of the [[Rampur State]] 1926
==Marriages==
*Singh married firstly at Paprola, on 16 April 1886, '''Maharani Harbans Kaur Sahiba''', daughter of ''[[Mian (title)|Mian]]'' Ranjit Singh [[Guleria]] of [[Kangra district|Paprola]] (died 17 October 1941 in [[Mussoorie]] from heart failure). They had two sons.
**Paramjit Singh Sahib Bahadur
**Mahijit Singh Sahib Bahadur
*Married secondly at Katoch, 1891, '''Rani Parvati Kaur Sahiba''', daughter of a ''[[Sardar]]'' of [[Katoch]] (died 20 February 1944 in Kapurthala). They had one son.
**Amarjit Singh Sahib Bahadur
*Married thirdly at Bashahr, 1892, '''Rani Lakshmi Kaur Sahiba''', a Princess of a [[Rajput]] family from [[Bushahr|Bashahr]] (died September 1959 in Kapurthala).
*Married fourthly at Jubbal, 1895, '''Rani Kanari Sahiba''', daughter of the ''[[Dewan]]'' of [[Jubbal]] (died circa 1910). They had one son and one daughter.
**Karamjit Singh Sahib Bahadur
**Amrit Kaur Sahiba
*Married fifthly at [[Paris]], 28 January 1908 (later divorced), '''Rani Prem Kaur Sahiba''' [née [[Anita Delgado]]], (born 1890 in [[Málaga]], Spain, died 7 July 1962 in [[Madrid]], Spain from heart failure). They had one son.
**Ajit Singh Sahib Bahadur
*Married sixthly at Kapurthala, 1942, '''Rani Tara Devi Sahiba''' [née Eugenia Marie Grossupova]; she was an actress, and the daughter of a [[Czech (people)|Czech]] count and Nina Marie Grossupova.


==In media==
==In media==
*Probably as a reminiscence of his marriage with Anita Delgado, [[Don Pimpón]], a character in the [[Barrio Sésamo|Spanish version of Sesame Street]], claimed to have travelled the world extensively with "his friend the Maharaja of Kapurthala."
*Probably as a reminiscence of his marriage to Anita Delgado, [[Don Pimpón]], a character in the [[Barrio Sésamo|Spanish version of ''Sesame Street'']], claimed to have travelled the world extensively with "his friend the Maharaja of Kapurthala."
*He appeared in the [[American Horror Story: Freak Show]] episode [[Orphans (American Horror Story)|Orphans]] in a flashback where he gives Elsa Mars custody of Mahadevi "Ma Petite" Patel.
*He appeared in the ''[[American Horror Story: Freak Show]]'' episode "[[Orphans (American Horror Story)|Orphans]]" in a flashback where he gives Elsa Mars custody of Mahadevi "Ma Petite" Patel.


==See also==
==See also==
{{Commons category|Jagatjit Singh}}
{{Commons category|Jagatjit Singh}}
* [[Amrit Kaur|''Rajkumari Bibiji'' Amrit Kaur]], the first female Indian Cabinet Minister (his first cousin).
* [[Amrit Kaur|''Rajkumari Bibiji'' Amrit Kaur]], the first female Indian Cabinet Minister (his first cousin).
* [[Sita Devi (Maharani of Kapurthala)|''Maharajkumarani'' Sita Devi Sahiba]], pre-WWII fashion icon: wife of Maharajkumar Karam of Karputhala (his daughter-in-law).


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{cite web |last1=Pathé |first1=British |title=Diamond Jubilee Of Maharaja Of Kapurthala |url=https://www.britishpathe.com/video/diamond-jubilee-of-maharaja-of-kapurthala |website=www.britishpathe.com |access-date=25 July 2022}}
* [https://kapurthala.gov.in/history/ The history of Kapurthala is the history of the Ahluwalia Dynasty]
* [https://kapurthala.gov.in/history/ The history of Kapurthala is the history of the Ahluwalia Dynasty]


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Jagatjit Singh
GCSI GCIE GBE
Photograph of Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala State, by Bourne and Shepherd, ca.1900's–1910's
Maharaja of Kapurthala
Reign3 September 1877 – 15 August 1947
Coronation24 November 1890
PredecessorKharak Singh (as Raja)
SuccessorMonarchy abolished
Paramjit Singh (titular ruler)
Born(1872-11-24)24 November 1872
Kapurthala, Kapurthala State, British India
Died19 June 1949(1949-06-19) (aged 76)
Bombay, Bombay State, India
Spousesix wives
Issuefive sons and one daughter
Names
Sir Jagatjit Singh Sahib Bahadur
DynastyAhluwalia dynasty
FatherKharak Singh Sahib Bahadur
MotherAnand Kaur Sahiba
ReligionSikh

Colonel Maharajah Sir Jagatjit Singh Sahib Bahadur (24 November 1872 – 19 June 1949) was the last ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Kapurthala during the British Raj in India, from 1877 until his death, in 1949. He ascended to the throne of Kapurthala state on 16 October 1877 and assumed full ruling powers on 24 November 1890 as well indulging in traveling the world and being a Francophile.[1]

Early life and family[edit | edit source]

Photograph of the child-monarch Raja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala State and suite, ca.1880

Jagajit Singh received the title of Maharaja in 1911. He learned various languages like Punjabi, English, Hindi, French, Spanish, Italian etc. Like his contemporaries Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala and Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jind, Jagatjit Singh was also a philanthropist. When he was young he sang in front of the Viceroy with his friend, the next Maharaja of Dholpur, in French and Italian which outraged many of the visitors.[citation needed]

He was cousin of Sardar Bhagat Singh, one of the few Indian Justices of High Court during the British Raj. His grandson Sukhjit Singh served as a Brigadier in the Indian Army. Another grandson Arun Singh was a Minister in the Rajiv Gandhi government who advised Indira Gandhi to declare Operation Blue Star.[citation needed]

Career[edit | edit source]

Early career[edit | edit source]

His dream was for Kapurthala to be a 'Paris of the East'. He built from the Jagatjit Palace in a French style modelled on the Palace of Versailles, the Moorish Mosque in the North African style “Maghrebi”, the Kapurthala War Memorial and other sites.

He also built a Gurdwara at Sultanpur Lodhi. An advocate of educational opportunities for girls, Maharaja Jagatjit Singh also supported numerous undertakings to ensure women received proper medical care under schemes first initiated under The Countess of Dufferin Fund which provided medical aid, helped build hospitals and medical facilities exclusively for women.

Late career[edit | edit source]

He served as the Indian Representative to the League of Nations General Assembly in Geneva in 1925, 1927, and 1929,[2] attended the Round Table Conference in 1931 and was Lt Governor of the PEPSU at the time of his death in 1949, aged 76.

He spent lots of his time travelling, he visited China, Indonesia, Japan, Morocco, Italy, Spain, France, Great Britain, United States of America, Brazil, Argentina and other areas. He had a liking for Japan and France.

A group photograph of North Indian rulers, taken on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of HH the Maharajah of Kapurthala, 30 November – 4 December 1927 at Kapurthala, Punjab

He was the first Sikh Maharaja to have cut his Kesh (uncut hair). The Shiromani Akali Dal took on this matter and pressured him. from 1946 he started becoming closer to his religious heritage and announced that his grandson (Sukhjit Singh) would be a Keshdhari Sikh.

During the Partition of India the 60 percent of Muslims in his state were pushed out by his Kapurthala State Forces to Pakistan, leaving only 1 percent left afterwards.

Death[edit | edit source]

Under his leadership, the Kapurthala State joined the Patiala and East Punjab States Union (P.E.P.S.U.) after the Partition of India. Maharaja Jagatjit Singh died in 1949.

Marriages[edit | edit source]

  • First marriage at Paprola, on 16 April 1886, to Maharani Harbans Kaur Sahiba, daughter of Mian Ranjit Singh Guleria of Paprola (died 17 October 1941 in Mussoorie from heart failure). They had two sons.
  • Second marriage at Katoch, 1891, to Rani Parvati Kaur Sahiba, daughter of a Sardar of Katoch (died 20 February 1944 in Kapurthala). They had a son.
    • Amarjit Singh Sahib Bahadur
  • Third marriage at Bashahr, 1892, to Rani Lakshmi Kaur Sahiba, a princess of a Rajput family from Bashahr (died September 1959 in Kapurthala).
  • Fourth marriage at Jubbal, 1895, to Rani Kanari Sahiba, daughter of the Dewan of Jubbal (died circa 1910). They had a son and a daughter.
  • Fifth marriage at Paris, 28 January 1908 (later divorced), to Rani Prem Kaur Sahiba [née Anita Delgado], (born 1890 in Málaga, Spain, died 7 July 1962 in Madrid, Spain from heart failure). They had a son.
    • Ajit Singh Sahib Bahadur
  • Sixth marriage at Kapurthala, 1942, to Rani Tara Devi Sahiba [née Eugenie "Nina" Grosup]; she was an actress and the daughter of a Czech actress (Maria Eleanora Grosup) and a Hungarian aristocrat (Count Karátsonyi).

Honours[edit | edit source]

British and Indian[edit | edit source]

Foreign[edit | edit source]

In media[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

Footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Singh, Brig. Sukhjit; Frederick, Cynthia Meera (2019). Prince, Patron & Patriarch ;Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala. New Delhi, India: Roli Books. ISBN 9788193860854.
  2. ↑ The League of Nations Photo Collections
  3. ↑ "No. 28559". The London Gazette. 8 December 1911. p. 9357.
  4. ↑ "No. 26947". The London Gazette. 14 March 1898. p. 1676.
  5. ↑ "No. 32178". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1921. p. 7.
  6. ↑ "No. 33333". The London Gazette. 29 November 1927. p. 7662.
  7. ↑ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 602.

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Jagatjit Singh
Born: 24 November 1872 Died: 19 June 1949
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Kharak Singh 		Raja of Kapurthala
1877–1911 		Himself as
Maharaja
New title Maharaja of Kapurthala
1911–1947 		Succeeded by
Monarchy abolished Accession to the Dominion of India
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