Ranjit Singh of Bharatpur

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Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Maharaja of Bharatpur
Farzand Jung
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Portrait of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Reign28 March 1778 – 6 December 1805
CoronationGopal Bhavan, Deeg, 29 March 1778
PredecessorKehri Singh
SuccessorRandhir Singh
Born2 May 1745
Deeg
Died6 December 1805
Govardhan
IssueRandhir Singh
Baldeo Singh
Lachman Singh
HouseSinsinwar Jat Dynasty
FatherSuraj Mal
MotherKhet Kaur
ReligionHinduism

Maharaja Ranjit Singh (2 May 1745 – 6 December 1805) was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Bharatpur (r.1778–1805) and successor of Maharaja Kehri Singh, he was bestowed by the title of Farzand Jung by the Mughal Emperor. He was a member of the royal dynasty of Bharatpur State and he was a Hindu Jat of the Sinsinwar clan.He participated in second anglo-maratha war and his forces proved a tough match of Lord Lake.[1]

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  1. Fortescue, John William (1902). A history of the British army, Volume 3. Macmillan.