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| successor = [[Bhawani Singh|Sawai Bhawani Singh]] | | successor = [[Bhawani Singh|Sawai Bhawani Singh]] | ||
| spouse-type = Consort(s) | | spouse-type = Consort(s) | ||
| spouse = Maharani | | spouse = Maharani Madar Kanwar<br />Maharani Kishore Kanwar<br />[[Maharani Gayatri Devi]] | ||
| issue = Prem Kumari Singh<br>[[Bhawani Singh|Sawai Bhawani Singh]]<br>Sawai Jai Singh III<br>Sawai Prithviraj Singh<br>Sawai Jagat Singh | | issue = Prem Kumari Singh<br>[[Bhawani Singh|Sawai Bhawani Singh]]<br>Sawai Jai Singh III<br>Sawai Prithviraj Singh<br>Sawai Jagat Singh | ||
| royal house = [[Kachwaha]] | | royal house = [[Kachwaha]] | ||
| father = Sawai Singh ''(biological)''<br>[[Madho Singh II|Sir Sawai Madho Singh II]] ''(adoptive)'' | | father = Sawai Singh ''(biological)''<br>[[Madho Singh II|Sir Sawai Madho Singh II]] ''(adoptive)'' | ||
| mother = Sugun Kunwar Singh ''(biological)'' | | mother = Sugun Kunwar Singh ''(biological)'' | ||
| birth_name = | | birth_name = Mor Mukut Singh | ||
| birth_date = 21 August 1912 | | birth_date = 21 August 1912 | ||
| birth_place = Thikana of Isarda, [[Rajputana Agency]], [[British Raj|British India]] | | birth_place = Thikana of Isarda, [[Rajputana Agency]], [[British Raj|British India]] | ||
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[[Major general| | [[Major general|Major General]] [[Maharaja]] [[Sawai (title)|Sawai]] '''Man Singh II''' [[GCSI]] [[GCIE]] (born [[Sawai (title)|Sawai]] '''Mor Mukut Singh'''; 21 August 1912 – 24 June 1970) was an Indian [[Princely_state#Precedence_and_prestige|prince]], government official, diplomat and sportsman. | ||
Man Singh II was the ruling [[Maharaja]] of the [[princely state]] of [[Jaipur State|Jaipur]] in the [[British Raj]] from 1922 to 1947. In 1948, after the state was [[political integration of India|absorbed]] into independent India, he was granted a [[privy purse]], certain privileges, and the continued use of the title ''Maharaja of Jaipur'' by the [[Government of India]],<ref name=ramusack-pol-integration>{{cite book|last=Ramusack|first=Barbara N.|authorlink=Barbara Ramusack|title=The Indian princes and their states|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kz1-mtazYqEC&pg=PA273|year=2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-26727-4|page=273|quote=The crucial document was the Instrument of Accession by which rulers ceded to the legislatures of India or Pakistan control over defence, external affairs, and communications. In return for these concessions, the princes were to be guaranteed a privy purse in perpetuity and certain financial and symbolic privileges such as exemption from customs duties, the use of their titles, the right to fly their state flags on their cars, and to have police protection. ... By December 1947 Patel began to pressure the princes into signing Merger Agreements that integrated their states into adjacent British Indian provinces, soon to be called states or new units of erstwhile princely states, most notably Rajasthan, Patiala and East Punjab States Union, and Matsya Union (Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur and Karaulli).}}</ref> which he retained until his death in 1970. He also held the office of [[Rajpramukh]] (Governor) of [[Rajasthan]] between 1949 and 1956. In later life, he served as Ambassador of India to Spain. He was a notable [[polo]] player.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} | Man Singh II was the ruling [[Maharaja]] of the [[princely state]] of [[Jaipur State|Jaipur]] in the [[British Raj]] from 1922 to 1947. In 1948, after the state was [[political integration of India|absorbed]] into independent India, he was granted a [[privy purse]], certain privileges, and the continued use of the title ''Maharaja of Jaipur'' by the [[Government of India]],<ref name=ramusack-pol-integration>{{cite book|last=Ramusack|first=Barbara N.|authorlink=Barbara Ramusack|title=The Indian princes and their states|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kz1-mtazYqEC&pg=PA273|year=2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-26727-4|page=273|quote=The crucial document was the Instrument of Accession by which rulers ceded to the legislatures of India or Pakistan control over defence, external affairs, and communications. In return for these concessions, the princes were to be guaranteed a privy purse in perpetuity and certain financial and symbolic privileges such as exemption from customs duties, the use of their titles, the right to fly their state flags on their cars, and to have police protection. ... By December 1947 Patel began to pressure the princes into signing Merger Agreements that integrated their states into adjacent British Indian provinces, soon to be called states or new units of erstwhile princely states, most notably Rajasthan, Patiala and East Punjab States Union, and Matsya Union (Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur and Karaulli).}}</ref> which he retained until his death in 1970. He also held the office of [[Rajpramukh]] (Governor) of [[Rajasthan]] between 1949 and 1956. In later life, he served as Ambassador of India to Spain. He was a notable [[polo]] player.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} | ||
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He was briefly involved with English socialite [[Lady Ursula d'Abo|Lady Ursula Manners]].{{sfn|d'Abo|2014|p=99}}<ref>{{cite news| title = Londoner's Diary: Alexa's Chung's neighbours make Christmas shopping tricky...| newspaper = [[London Evening Standard]]| date = 7 November 2017| url = https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-alexas-neighbours-make-christmas-shopping-tricky-a3683861.html| access-date = 29 July 2018}}</ref> | He was briefly involved with English socialite [[Lady Ursula d'Abo|Lady Ursula Manners]].{{sfn|d'Abo|2014|p=99}}<ref>{{cite news| title = Londoner's Diary: Alexa's Chung's neighbours make Christmas shopping tricky...| newspaper = [[London Evening Standard]]| date = 7 November 2017| url = https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-alexas-neighbours-make-christmas-shopping-tricky-a3683861.html| access-date = 29 July 2018}}</ref> | ||
In 1940, Man Singh II married for the third and last time. His bride was the legendary beauty [[Gayatri Devi of Cooch Behar]], the daughter of Maharaja [[Jitendra Narayan]] of [[Cooch Behar]] and Maharani [[Indira of Baroda|Indira Devi]], princess of Baroda. She stands out among the Maharanis of Jaipur for having become a public figure and a celebrity of sorts, initially for being a fashion-conscious beauty and later for becoming a politician and parliamentarian. | In 1940, Man Singh II married for the third and last time. His bride was the legendary beauty [[Gayatri Devi of Cooch Behar]], the daughter of Maharaja [[Jitendra Narayan]] of [[Cooch Behar]] and Maharani [[Indira of Baroda|Indira Devi]], princess of Baroda. She stands out among the Maharanis of Jaipur for having become a public figure and a celebrity of sorts, initially for being a fashion-conscious beauty and later for becoming a politician and parliamentarian. They had one son. Devi survived him by thirty-nine years, dying in 2009. | ||
===Children=== | ===Children=== | ||
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* Jai Singh (b. 1933). he was given the title of Raja of [[Jhalai]] and the estate of Jhalai in appanage by his father. In 1983, he married Vidya Devi, daughter of the Raja of Jubbal, and has one son. | * Jai Singh (b. 1933). he was given the title of Raja of [[Jhalai]] and the estate of Jhalai in appanage by his father. In 1983, he married Vidya Devi, daughter of the Raja of Jubbal, and has one son. | ||
** Ajay Singh | ** Ajay Singh | ||
* Prithviraj (1935–2020); received the title Raja of Bhagwatgarth. In 1961, he married Devika Devi, a princess of Tripura and a niece (sister's daughter) of his step-mother Gayatri Devi. They had been living separately from each other by the time she died in 2009, a few months before her aunt. Gayatri Devi tended to support her step-son and deprecate her niece in the matter of their marital differences, and Prithviraj Singh remained close to his step-mother all his life.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090817/jsp/nation/story_11368451.jsp|title=Royals won't tell what Gayatri will holds |last=Talukdar |first=Rakhee |website=Saint Hill Manor |access-date=27 December 2013}}</ref> Prithviraj and Devika had one son together: | * Prithviraj (1935–2020); received the title Raja of Bhagwatgarth. In 1961, he married Devika Devi, a princess of Tripura and a niece (sister's daughter) of his step-mother Gayatri Devi. They had been living separately from each other by the time she died in 2009, a few months before her aunt. Gayatri Devi tended to support her step-son and deprecate her niece in the matter of their marital differences, and Prithviraj Singh remained close to his step-mother all his life.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090817/jsp/nation/story_11368451.jsp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912175322/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090817/jsp/nation/story_11368451.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 September 2012|title=Royals won't tell what Gayatri will holds |last=Talukdar |first=Rakhee |website=Saint Hill Manor |access-date=27 December 2013}}</ref> Prithviraj and Devika had one son together: | ||
** Vijit Singh, who in 1991 married Minakshi Devi, daughter of the Maharaja of Lunawada, and has three children; two sons named Vedant Singh (b. 1992) and Siddhant Singh (b. 1996), and a daughter Mokshita (b. 1993). | ** Vijit Singh, who in 1991 married Minakshi Devi, daughter of the Maharaja of Lunawada, and has three children; two sons named Vedant Singh (b. 1992) and Siddhant Singh (b. 1996), and a daughter Mokshita (b. 1993). | ||
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His successor, Maharaja Sawai [[Bhawani Singh of Jaipur]] died on 17 April 2011, aged 79. | His successor, Maharaja Sawai [[Bhawani Singh of Jaipur]] died on 17 April 2011, aged 79. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Jaipur State]] | *[[Jaipur State]] | ||
*[[Gayatri Devi]] | *[[Gayatri Devi]] | ||
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[[Category:Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India]] | [[Category:Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India]] | ||
[[Category:Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] | [[Category:Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1912 births]] | ||
[[Category:1970 deaths]] | [[Category:1970 deaths]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century Indian monarchs]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian monarchs]] | ||