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{{Short description|Last ruling Maharaja of Jodhpur (1923–1952)}}
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|name=Hanwant Singh
| name       = Hanwant Singh I
|title=[[Maharaja]] of [[Jodhpur State|Jodhpur]]|image=Hanwant_Singh.jpg
| title       = [[Maharaja]] of [[Kingdom of Marwar|Marwar]]
|succession=[[Maharaja of Jodhpur]]
| image       = Hanwant_Singh.jpg
|reign=1947–1952
| caption    = Hanwant Singh, 1947–49
|reign-type=Period
| succession = [[Maharaja of Jodhpur|Maharaja (King) of Marwar]]
|predecessor=[[Umaid Singh]]
| reign       = 9 January 1947–1949
|successor=[[Gaj Singh]]
| predecessor = [[Umaid Singh|Umaid Singh I]]
|birth_date={{birth date|df=yes|1923|6|16}}
| successor   = [[Gaj Singh|Gaj Singh, Crown Prince of Marwar]]
|birth_place=[[Jodhpur]], [[Jodhpur district]], [[Rajasthan]], India
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1923|6|16}}
|death_date={{death date and age|1952|1|26|1923|6|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Jodhpur]], [[Kingdom of Marwar]], [[Rajputana]], [[British Raj|Empire of India]]
|death_place=
| death_date = {{death date and age|1952|1|26|1923|6|16|df=y}}
|spouse=
| death_place = [[Sumerpur]] [[Godwar]],[[Rajasthan]] [[India]]
|issue=[[Gaj Singh]]
| spouse     = [[Krishna Kumari (regent)|Princess Krishna Kumari of Dhrangadhra]]<br>(m. 1943 - 1952; his death)<br>[[Zubeida Begum]]<br>(m. 1950 - 1952; their deaths)
|house=[[Rathore|Rathore-Jodhpur]]
| issue       = [[Chandresh Kumari Katoch| Chandreshwari Kumari, Crown Princess of Lambagraon]]<br>Princess Shailesh Kumari<br>[[Gaj Singh II|Gaj Singh, Crown Prince of Marwar]]<br>[[Murder of Hukum Singh|Prince Hukum Singh]]
|father=[[Umaid Singh|Maharaja Umaid Singh of Jodhpur]]
| house       = [[Rathore dynasty|Rathore]]
|mother=
| father     = [[Umaid Singh|Umaid Singh I of Marwar]]
|religion=[[Hinduism]]
| mother     = Princess Badan Kanwar [[Osian, Jodhpur|Osiyan]]
| religion   = [[Hinduism]]
}}
}}


Raj Rajeshwar Maharajadhiraj Shri '''Hanwant Singh Rathore''' of [[Jodhpur]] (16 June 1923 – 26 January 1952) was the ruler of the [[Princely states|Indian princely state]] of [[Jodhpur]] from 1947 to 1949. He was an avid [[polo]] player. He succeeded his father as [[Ruler of Jodhpur|Maharaja of Jodhpur]] on 9 June 1947. He held the title till his death in a plane crash on 26 January 1952.<ref>{{cite web| title = HH The Maharaja Hanwant Singh| publisher = Maharaja Jodhpur website| url = http://www.maharajajodhpur.com/hh/hist_hanwant.htm| access-date = 2014-06-16| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130825024650/http://www.maharajajodhpur.com/hh/hist_hanwant.htm| archive-date = 25 August 2013| df = dmy-all}}</ref>
'''Hanwant Singh I of Marwar''' (16 June 1923 – 26 January 1952) was the last ruler of the third largest [[Princely states|Indian Kingdom]] of [[Marwar]]. He succeeded his father as the [[Ruler of Jodhpur|Maharaja of Jodhpur]] of the [[Rathore dynasty|Rathore]] dynasty of [[Marwar]] on 9 June 1947 and held the title till his death at age 28 in a plane crash on 26 January 1952.<ref>{{cite web| title = HH The Maharaja Hanwant Singh| publisher = Maharaja Jodhpur website| url = http://www.maharajajodhpur.com/hh/hist_hanwant.htm| access-date = 2014-06-16| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130825024650/http://www.maharajajodhpur.com/hh/hist_hanwant.htm| archive-date = 25 August 2013| df = dmy-all}}</ref>


==Family life==
==Family life==


In 1943 he married Maharani [[Krishna Kumari (regent)|Krishna Kumari]] Ba Sahiba of [[Dhrangadhra State|Dhrangadhra]] by whom he had a son [[Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur|Gaj Singh]] [[Rathore]]; daughter, Sailesh Kumari married in [[Banswara State|Banswara]]; and daughter, [[Chandresh Kumari Katoch]] of [[Kangra-Lambagraon|Kangra]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalkangra.com/presentfamilyandtheirbusinesses.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-12-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722143010/http://www.royalkangra.com/presentfamilyandtheirbusinesses.htm |archive-date=22 July 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 1948, he met and married 19-year-old Scottish nurse Sandra McBryde, divorcing her after a tempestuous and brief union. Later he married the Muslim actress [[Zubeida Begum|Zubeida]] who converted to Hinduism as Vidya Rani Rathore, by whom he had a son named [[Hukum Singh Rathore]] (Tutu Bana), but soon after their marriage they were disowned by the royal family and as a result he left Umaid Bhawan Singh palace and started to live in [[Mehrangarh Fort|Mehrangarh]]. From her first marriage Zubeida had a son, [[Khalid Mohammed]], a film critic and director.<ref>{{cite web | title = Zubeidaa's secret | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/70458.cms? |date= 11 July 2003| accessdate = 2014-06-16 | work = [[The Times of India]] }}</ref>
In 1943 he married [[Krishna Kumari (regent)|Princess Krishna Kumari]] of [[Dhrangadhra State|Dhrangadhra]], they had three children, the youngest child, a son [[Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur|Gaj Singh]] [[Rathore dynasty|Rathore]]; who succeeded him, daughter Sailesh Kumari married in [[Banswara State|Banswara]]; and daughter, [[Chandresh Kumari Katoch]] of [[Kangra-Lambagraon|Kangra]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalkangra.com/presentfamilyandtheirbusinesses.htm |title=Royal Kangra / Present Family and their Businesses |access-date=2013-12-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722143010/http://www.royalkangra.com/presentfamilyandtheirbusinesses.htm |archive-date=22 July 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 1948, he met 19-year-old Scottish nurse Sandra McBryde, with whom he had a tempestuous and brief affair. Later he married the Muslim actress [[Zubeida Begum|Zubeida]] who converted to Hinduism as Vidya Rani, by whom he had a son named [[Hukum Singh Rathore]] (Tutu Bana). Soon after their marriage he received rebuke from the royal family and as a result he started to live in [[Mehrangarh Fort|Mehrangarh]]. From her first marriage, Zubeida had a son, [[Khalid Mohammed]], a film critic and director.<ref>{{cite web | title = Zubeidaa's secret | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/70458.cms? |date= 11 July 2003| accessdate = 2014-06-16 | work = [[The Times of India]] }}</ref>


After their death, his son Tutu was brought up by Rajmata of Jodhpur, and later went to study at [[Mayo College]] in Ajmer. He married Rao Rani Rajeshwari Kumari Rathore, daughter of Rao Raja Daljit Singh of [[Alwar]]. The couple had one son, Parikshit Singh Rathore (b. 1974) and one daughter, Jainandini Kanwar (b. 1975). However, on 17 April 1981, he was beheaded and found on the streets of Jodhpur.<ref name="Anvar Alikhan">{{cite web | title = The Real Zubeidaa |publisher=[[rediff.com]], Movies| url = http://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/jan/17zub.htm |author=Anvar Alikhan|date=17 January 2001|accessdate = 2014-06-16 }}</ref>
After their death, their son Tutu was brought up by Rajmata Krishna Kumari, and later went to study at [[Mayo College]] in Ajmer. He married Rao Rani Rajeshwari Kumari Rathore, daughter of Rao Raja Daljit Singh of [[Alwar]]. The couple had one son, Parikshit Singh Rathore (b. 1974) and one daughter, Jainandini Kanwar (b. 1975). However, on 17 April 1981, he was beheaded and found on the streets of Jodhpur.<ref name="Anvar Alikhan">{{cite web | title = The Real Zubeidaa |publisher=[[rediff.com]], Movies| url = http://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/jan/17zub.htm |author=Anvar Alikhan|date=17 January 2001|accessdate = 2014-06-16 }}</ref>


==Final years==
==Final years==


After [[India]]n independence and formation of [[Rajasthan]] as a state within [[India]], he formed a new political party Akhil Bhartiya Ramrajya Parishad in 1952. Campaigning in both the [[1952 Indian general election|Indian general]] and state Assembly elections scheduled for February 1952, Hanwant Singh would have won a majority in his region. After only four hours of sleep he took off in a small aircraft with his wife, Zubeida on 26 January 1952. The plane crashed killing him at the age of 28. Zubeidaa also perished in the accident.<ref name="Anvar Alikhan"/><ref name=today/>
Many modern media reports falsely attribute Hanwant as the founder of the [[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhandari |first=Prakash |date=16 November 2023 |title=Rajasthan elections: Royals in the fray bear ancestral legacy |url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251109161841/http://https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw |archive-date=2025-11-09 |access-date=2026-09-09 |website=National Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Maharaja of Jodhpur used aircraft for LS campaigns in 1952 - The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260909060203/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms |archive-date=2026-09-09 |access-date=2026-09-09 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-04-14 |title=Election 2014: No thrill in princess versus pauper in Jodhpur - Politics News , Firstpost |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210115155141/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html |archive-date=2021-01-15 |access-date=2026-09-09 |work=Firstpost |language=en-US}}</ref> a [[Traditionalist conservatism|traditionalist]] hindu [[Indian political parties|political party]] which was actually founded by [[Swami Karpatri]] in 1948.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=कुमावत |first=स्मित पालीवाल/रमेश |date=2023-10-28 |title=सीएम को 2 जगहों से हरवाने वाले हनवंत सिंह: फिर भी नहीं बनी राजशाही सरकार, जीतने से पहले पूर्व महाराज की मौत - Rajasthan News |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/news/hanwant-singh-who-defeated-cm-from-2-places-132059103.html |access-date=2026-09-09 |website=Dainik Bhaskar |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Baxter |first=Craig |url=https://archive.org/details/janasanghbiograp0000baxt/page/78/mode/1up?q=%22Ram+rajya+parishad%22 |title=The Jana Sangh; a biography of an Indian political party |date=1969 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |isbn=978-0-8122-7583-4 |location=Philadelphia |page=78}}</ref> Infact, He used to fight all elections as an independent candidate and not through any party.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4111-general-election-1951-vol-i-ii/?do=download&r=9734&confirm=1&t=1 |title=Statistical report on general elections, 1951 to the first Lok Sabha. |volume=1 |page=134 |chapter=Detailed Results}}</ref>


In 2011, wreckage of the aircraft, [[Beechcraft Bonanza]], a light six-seater aircraft, was discovered inside Jodhpur Central Jail.<ref name=today>{{cite web | title = Jodhpur's Maharaja and his wife's aircraft wreckage discovered inside jail|publisher=India Today  
He swept the [[Jodhpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jodhpur constituency]] by securing 78.62% votes in the [[1952 Indian general election|Indian general]] elections of 1951.<ref name=":1" /> In the [[1952 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|state Assembly elections of Rajasthan]] scheduled for February 1952, Hanwant Singh defeated the former [[Chief minister|Chief Minister]] [[Jai Narayan Vyas]] by securing 65.24% votes, a gigantic gap but died on the counting day of votes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3378-rajasthan-1951/?do=download&r=7814&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=baf49c2c5d72672b72a3d44c2b76fc26 | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-14 | archive-date=15 June 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615112154/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_Raj.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Rashpal |date=2014-04-15 |title=Rajasthan royals’ affair with politics began 63 years ago |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/jaipur/rajasthan-royals-affair-with-politics-began-63-years-ago/story-uyl5t76Kx3OSV4oDPCYHXP.html |access-date=2026-09-09 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-12 |title=महाराजा हनवंत सिंह: वो राजा जिन्होंने मारवाड़ में कांग्रेस को रौंद डाला - Jaipur News |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/rajasthan/jaipur/story-on-maharaja-hanwant-singh-who-defeated-congress-01519573.html |access-date=2026-09-09 |website=Dainik Bhaskar |language=hi}}</ref> He took off in a small aircraft with his wife, Zubeida on 26 January 1952. The plane crashed near [[Sumerpur]], killing him at the age of 28. along with his wife.<ref name="Anvar Alikhan" /><ref name="today" />
| url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/jodhpur-maharaja-hanwant-singh-and-his-wife-zubeida-aircraft-wreckage-site-discovered/1/143359.html |date=11 July 2011| accessdate = 2014-06-16 }}</ref> Subsequently, in 2012, the [[Mehrangarh Fort]] Museum founded in 1972 by Maharaja [[Gaj Singh]], formally asked the jail to transfer the wreckage to the museum.<ref>{{cite news |title= Rajasthan museum seeks maharaja's plane crash wreckage|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17136859 |newspaper= BBC News|date=24 February 2012 |accessdate=2014-06-16}}</ref>
 
In 2011, wreckage of the aircraft, [[Beechcraft Bonanza]], a light six-seater aircraft, was discovered inside Jodhpur Central Jail.<ref name=today>{{cite web | title = Jodhpur's Maharaja and his wife's aircraft wreckage discovered inside jail|publisher=India Today
| url = https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20110711-jodhpur-maharaja-hanwant-singh-and-his-wife-zubeida-aircraft-wreckage-site-discovered-746705-2011-07-02 |date=11 July 2011| access-date = 2014-06-16 }}</ref> Subsequently, in 2012, the [[Mehrangarh Fort]] Museum founded in 1972 by Maharaja [[Gaj Singh]], formally asked the jail to transfer the wreckage to the museum.<ref>{{cite news |title= Rajasthan museum seeks maharaja's plane crash wreckage|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17136859 |newspaper= BBC News|date=24 February 2012 |accessdate=2014-06-16}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Rulers of Marwar]]
*[[Rulers of Marwar]]
*[[Ram Rajya Parishad]]
*[[Gaj Singh]]


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 23:21, 24 September 2026

Hanwant Singh I
Maharaja of Marwar
Hanwant Singh, 1947–49
Maharaja (King) of Marwar
Reign9 January 1947–1949
PredecessorUmaid Singh I
SuccessorGaj Singh, Crown Prince of Marwar
Born(1923-06-16)16 June 1923
Jodhpur, Kingdom of Marwar, Rajputana, Empire of India
Died26 January 1952(1952-01-26) (aged 28)
Sumerpur Godwar,Rajasthan India
SpousePrincess Krishna Kumari of Dhrangadhra
(m. 1943 - 1952; his death)
Zubeida Begum
(m. 1950 - 1952; their deaths)
Issue Chandreshwari Kumari, Crown Princess of Lambagraon
Princess Shailesh Kumari
Gaj Singh, Crown Prince of Marwar
Prince Hukum Singh
HouseRathore
FatherUmaid Singh I of Marwar
MotherPrincess Badan Kanwar Osiyan
ReligionHinduism

Hanwant Singh I of Marwar (16 June 1923 – 26 January 1952) was the last ruler of the third largest Indian Kingdom of Marwar. He succeeded his father as the Maharaja of Jodhpur of the Rathore dynasty of Marwar on 9 June 1947 and held the title till his death at age 28 in a plane crash on 26 January 1952.[1]

Family life

In 1943 he married Princess Krishna Kumari of Dhrangadhra, they had three children, the youngest child, a son Gaj Singh Rathore; who succeeded him, daughter Sailesh Kumari married in Banswara; and daughter, Chandresh Kumari Katoch of Kangra.[2] In 1948, he met 19-year-old Scottish nurse Sandra McBryde, with whom he had a tempestuous and brief affair. Later he married the Muslim actress Zubeida who converted to Hinduism as Vidya Rani, by whom he had a son named Hukum Singh Rathore (Tutu Bana). Soon after their marriage he received rebuke from the royal family and as a result he started to live in Mehrangarh. From her first marriage, Zubeida had a son, Khalid Mohammed, a film critic and director.[3]

After their death, their son Tutu was brought up by Rajmata Krishna Kumari, and later went to study at Mayo College in Ajmer. He married Rao Rani Rajeshwari Kumari Rathore, daughter of Rao Raja Daljit Singh of Alwar. The couple had one son, Parikshit Singh Rathore (b. 1974) and one daughter, Jainandini Kanwar (b. 1975). However, on 17 April 1981, he was beheaded and found on the streets of Jodhpur.[4]

Final years

Many modern media reports falsely attribute Hanwant as the founder of the Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad,[5][6][7] a traditionalist hindu political party which was actually founded by Swami Karpatri in 1948.[8][9] Infact, He used to fight all elections as an independent candidate and not through any party.[10]

He swept the Jodhpur constituency by securing 78.62% votes in the Indian general elections of 1951.[10] In the state Assembly elections of Rajasthan scheduled for February 1952, Hanwant Singh defeated the former Chief Minister Jai Narayan Vyas by securing 65.24% votes, a gigantic gap but died on the counting day of votes.[11][12][13] He took off in a small aircraft with his wife, Zubeida on 26 January 1952. The plane crashed near Sumerpur, killing him at the age of 28. along with his wife.[4][14]

In 2011, wreckage of the aircraft, Beechcraft Bonanza, a light six-seater aircraft, was discovered inside Jodhpur Central Jail.[14] Subsequently, in 2012, the Mehrangarh Fort Museum founded in 1972 by Maharaja Gaj Singh, formally asked the jail to transfer the wreckage to the museum.[15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "HH The Maharaja Hanwant Singh". Maharaja Jodhpur website. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Royal Kangra / Present Family and their Businesses". Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Zubeidaa's secret". The Times of India. 11 July 2003. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Anvar Alikhan (17 January 2001). "The Real Zubeidaa". rediff.com, Movies. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  5. ↑ Bhandari, Prakash (16 November 2023). "Rajasthan elections: Royals in the fray bear ancestral legacy". National Herald. Archived from the original on 9 November 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  6. ↑ "Maharaja of Jodhpur used aircraft for LS campaigns in 1952 - The Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 September 2026. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  7. ↑ "Election 2014: No thrill in princess versus pauper in Jodhpur - Politics News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 14 April 2014. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  8. ↑ कुमावत, स्मित पालीवाल/रमेश (28 October 2023). "सीएम को 2 जगहों से हरवाने वाले हनवंत सिंह: फिर भी नहीं बनी राजशाही सरकार, जीतने से पहले पूर्व महाराज की मौत - Rajasthan News". Dainik Bhaskar (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  9. ↑ Baxter, Craig (1969). The Jana Sangh; a biography of an Indian political party. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-8122-7583-4.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Detailed Results". Statistical report on general elections, 1951 to the first Lok Sabha. Vol. 1. p. 134.
  11. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan". Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  12. ↑ Singh, Rashpal (15 April 2014). "Rajasthan royals' affair with politics began 63 years ago". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  13. ↑ "महाराजा हनवंत सिंह: वो राजा जिन्होंने मारवाड़ में कांग्रेस को रौंद डाला - Jaipur News". Dainik Bhaskar (in हिन्दी). 12 April 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Jodhpur's Maharaja and his wife's aircraft wreckage discovered inside jail". India Today. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  15. ↑ "Rajasthan museum seeks maharaja's plane crash wreckage". BBC News. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2014.


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