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Udai Singh
Maharawat
Maharawat of Pratapgarh
Reign1864 – 1890
Coronation1864
Investiture1865
PredecessorDalpat Singh
SuccessorRaghunath Singh
Born1848
Died1890
SpouseSwarup Kunverba
House Pratapgarh
DynastySisodia
FatherRaghunath Singh

Udai Singh was Maharawat of Pratapgarh from 1864 until his death in 1890.

Reign[edit | edit source]

When his father, Dalpat Singh, died in 1864, he succeeded him as Maharawat of Pratapgarh.[1] He was invested with full administrative powers in 1865.[2] He greatly improved the law and order situation in his state and established regular courts.[2] He made many changes in Pratapgarh town and permanently established the capital of the state there.[2][3] During the Rajputana famine of 1869, he opened poorhouses and fair-price shops, initiated relief works to aid his suffering subjects, and granted land revenue remissions.[2]

Death[edit | edit source]

He died on 15 February 1890.[4] As he died without a legitimate successor, his widow, Swarup Kunverba,[5] adopted Raghunath Singh, his third cousin and closest surviving relative, who succeeded him as the Maharawat of Pratapgarh.[6][7]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Purushotam Vishram Mawjee (1911). (1911) Imperial durbar album of the Indian princes, chiefs and zamindars, Vol. I. p. 95.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Sehgal, K. k (1961). Rajasthan District Gazetteers Chittaurgarh. p. 49.
  3. Rai Bahadur (2000). Pratapgarh Rajya Ka Itihas. p. 299.
  4. Aitchison, C. U. (1909). A Collection Of Treaties, Engagements And Sunnuds. p. 24.
  5. Hooja, Rima (2006). A History of Rajasthan. Rupa & Company. p. 825. ISBN 978-81-291-0890-6.
  6. Bayley, C. S. (2004). Chiefs and leading families in Rajputana. Public Resource. New Delhi : Asian Educational Services. pp. 44–45. ISBN 978-81-206-1066-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  7. Hendley, T. H. (1897). Rulers in India. p. 40.