Nahar Singh of Shahpura

HH Raja Nahar Singh
Rajadhiraj Nahar Singh (1900)
Reign1870–1932
PredecessorRaja Lakshman Singh
SuccessorUmed Singh
Born7 November 1855
Dhanope,Shahpura State,Rajputana
Died24 June 1932
Shahpura,Shahpura State,Rajputana
Spouse
Issue
  • Umed Singh
  • Maharajkumarji Sardar Singh
  • Maharajkumariji Baiji Lal Shri Gulab Kanwarji
  • Maharajkumariji Baiji Lal Shri Phool Kanwarji
  • Maharajkumariji Baiji Lal (name unknown) (died young)
  • Maharajkumariji Baiji Lal Shri Lakshmi Kanwarji
HouseSisodia
FatherRaj Thakuran Dhirat Singh
MotherRathorji d.of Thakur Megh Singhji of Kotri in Kishangarh State

HH Swasti Shri Rajadhiraj Sir Nahar Singh Bahadur KCIE (7 November 1855 – 24 June 1932) was the ruler of Princely State of Shahpura in Rajputana from the year 1870 to 1932.[1]

He attended the Coronation of the King-Emperor Edward VII and Queen-Empress Alexandra at Westminster Abbey in London in 1902. He was granted a permanent salute of 9-guns in the year 1925.[citation needed]

He mortgaged the family jewels and private property to construct two massive irrigation tanks named Nahar Sagar and Umed Sagar to assist his drought-ridden subjects. He established a system of local government, with a large measure of representation, modeled on the London County Council. An energetic and modern ruler, he built schools, hospitals and roads, which transformed his little state out of all recognition.[citation needed]

He was the Chairman of Paropkarini Sabha 1893-1932, Member of Mahand Raj Sabha, All India Kshatriya Mahasabha - 1922.[2]

He received the imperial Prince of Wales's Medal (1876), Kaiser-i-Hind Medal (1877), Coronation Medal (1902), and the Delhi Durbar Medals of 1903 and 1911. He was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire(KCIE) in the 1903 Durbar Honours.[3][4]

He was one of the longest ruling monarchs in the 20th century.

References

  1. ^ Laurie, Martin (24 June 2020). The Journals of a Victorian Traveller. Book Guild Publishing. pp. xx. ISBN 978-1-913551-55-1. Retrieved 26 March 2021. HH Rajadhiraj Sir Nahar Singh, Sahib Bahadur KCIE, 13th Raja of Shahpura from 1870–1932, born 1855.]
  2. ^ "Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha". Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  3. ^ "The Durbar Honours". The Times. No. 36966. London. 1 January 1903. p. 8.
  4. ^ "No. 27511". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1903. p. 3.