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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 last 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 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. He was born in an Ahluwalia 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]]. He also built a [[gurdwara]] at Sultanpur Lodhi.

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. 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.

*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.

 

*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.

 

*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.

 

*Fifth marriage 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 a son.

 

*Sixth marriage at Kapurthala, 1942, to '''Rani Tara Devi Sahiba''' [née Eugenia Marie Grossupovai]; she was an actress, and the daughter of a [[Czech (people)|Czech]] count and an actress.