Bhupal Singh
Bhupal Singh | |
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![]() Bhupal Singh | |
Maharana of Udaipur | |
Reign | 24 May 1930– 4 July 1955 |
Predecessor | Fateh Singh |
Successor | Bhagwat Singh Mewar (titular Maharana of Udaipur) |
Born | 1884 |
Died | 4 July 1955 | (aged 70–71)
Issue | Bhagwat Singh Mewar |
House | Sisodia |
Father | Fateh Singh |
Rajpramukh of Rajasthan | |
In office 18 April 1948 – 1 April 1949 | |
Preceded by | Bhim Singh II |
Succeeded by | Man Singh II |
Maha-Rajpramukh | |
In office 1 April 1949 – 4 July 1955 |
hideSisodia Rajputs of Mewar II (1326–1884) | |
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Hammir Singh | (1326–1364) |
Kshetra Singh | (1364–1382) |
Lakha Singh | (1382–1421) |
Mokal Singh | (1421–1433) |
Rana Kumbha | (1433–1468) |
Udai Singh I | (1468–1473) |
Rana Raimal | (1473–1508) |
Rana Sanga | (1508–1527) |
Ratan Singh II | (1528–1531) |
Vikramaditya Singh | (1531–1536) |
Vanvir Singh | (1536–1540) |
Udai Singh II | (1540–1572) |
Pratap Singh I | (1572–1597) |
Amar Singh I | (1597–1620) |
Karan Singh II | (1620–1628) |
Jagat Singh I | (1628–1652) |
Raj Singh I | (1652–1680) |
Jai Singh | (1680–1698) |
Amar Singh II | (1698–1710) |
Sangram Singh II | (1710–1734) |
Jagat Singh II | (1734–1751) |
Pratap Singh II | (1751–1754) |
Raj Singh II | (1754–1762) |
Ari Singh II | (1762–1772) |
Hamir Singh II | (1772–1778) |
Bhim Singh | (1778–1828) |
Jawan Singh | (1828–1838) |
Sardar Singh | (1828–1842) |
Swarup Singh | (1842–1861) |
Shambhu Singh | (1861–1874) |
Sajjan Singh | (1874–1884) |
Fateh Singh | (1884–1930) |
Bhupal Singh | (1930–1955) |
Bhagwant Singh | (1955–1971) |
Shri Maharana Bhupal Singh Bahadur KCIE (1884 – 4 July 1955), also spelt Bhopal Singh, was the ruler of the Indian princely state of Udaipur (or Mewar) from 1930 and also Rajpramukh of Rajasthan from 1948 until his death on 4 July 1955.
Biography[]
Singh was born in 1884, a year before the accession of his father Fateh Singh to the throne of Mewar and Udaipur as Maharana.[1] He suffered paralysis at the age of 5. On 28 July 1921, following some social unrest in Mewar, his father was formally deposed, while being allowed to retain his titular title, and effective power in the state fell into the hands of Bhupal as his son and heir.[2] He became ruler of the state in name as well as in fact in 1930.[3] After the independence and partition of British India in 1947, Singh was one of the first of the Indian princes to sign an Instrument of Accession to the new Dominion of India, and on 18 April 1948 he became Rajpramukh of Rajasthan, succeeding Sir Bhim Singh, Maharaja of Kotah. With effect from 1 April 1949 his title was raised to Maha Rajpramukh. Also he was held titles of Honorary Major-General, Indian Army 15 October 1946 (earlier Honorary Lt.-Col. 4 August 1939), Honorary Colonel, Indian Grenadiers, 1 June 1954.[citation needed]
In the 26th amendment[4] to the Constitution of India promulgated in 1971, the Government of India abolished all official symbols of princely India, including titles, privileges, and remuneration (privy purses).[5] Bhagwat Singh succeeded him as the titular ruler of the state.
One of Bhopal Singh's palaces was Jag Niwas, on an island in Lake Pichola, for which he undertook major repairs and restorations. The palace is now operated as a luxury hotel.
Notes[]
- ^ Brian Masters, Maharana: the story of the rulers of Udaipur (1990), p. 107
- ^ William Warren, Jill Gocher, Shiv Niwas Palace, Udaipur (Tuttle Publishing, 2007, ISBN 0-7946-0174-X)
- ^ Jawaharlal Nehru, Selected works of Jawaharlal Nehru, vol. 6 (1987), p. 140
- ^ "The Constitution (26 Amendment) Act, 1971", indiacode.nic.in, Government of India, 1971, retrieved 9 November 2011
- ^ 1. Ramusack, Barbara N. (2004). The Indian princes and their states. Cambridge University Press. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-521-26727-4. Retrieved 6 November 2011., "Through a constitutional amendment passed in 1971, Indira Gandhi stripped the princes of the titles, privy purses and regal privileges which her father's government had granted." (p 278). 2. Naipaul, V. S. (2003), India: A Wounded Civilization, Random House Digital, Inc., p. 37, ISBN 978-1-4000-3075-0 Quote: "The princes of India – their number and variety reflecting to a large extent the chaos that had come to the country with the break up of the Mughal empire – had lost real power in the British time. Through generations of idle servitude they had grown to specialize only in style. A bogus, extinguishable glamour: in 1947, with Independence, they had lost their state, and Mrs. Gandhi in 1971 had, without much public outcry, abolished their privy purses and titles." (pp 37–38). 3. Schmidt, Karl J. (1995), An atlas and survey of South Asian history, M.E. Sharpe, p. 78, ISBN 978-1-56324-334-9 Quote: "Although the Indian states were alternately requested or forced into union with either India or Pakistan, the real death of princely India came when the Twenty-sixth Amendment Act (1971) abolished the princes' titles, privileges, and privy purses." (page 78). 4. Breckenridge, Carol Appadurai (1995), Consuming modernity: public culture in a South Asian world, U of Minnesota Press, p. 84, ISBN 978-0-8166-2306-8, retrieved 6 November 2011 Quote: "The third stage in the political evolution of the princes from rulers to citizens occurred in 1971, when the constitution ceased to recognize them as princes and their privy purses, titles, and special privileges were abolished." (page 84). 5. Guha, Ramachandra (2008), India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy, HarperCollins, p. 441, ISBN 978-0-06-095858-9 Quote: "Her success at the polls emboldened Mrs. Gandhi to act decisively against the princes. Through 1971, the two sides tried and failed to find a settlement. The princes were willing to forgo their privy purses, but hoped at least to save their titles. But with her overwhelming majority in Parliament, the prime minister had no need to compromise. On 2 December she introduced a bill to amend the constitution and abolish all princely privileges. It was passed in the Lok Sabha by 381 votes to six, and in the Rajya Sabha by 167 votes to seven. In her own speech, the prime minister invited 'the princes to join the elite of the modern age, the elite which earns respect by its talent, energy and contribution to human progress, all of which can only be done when we work together as equals without regarding anybody as of special status.' " (page 441). 6. Cheesman, David (1997). Landlord power and rural indebtedness in colonial Sind, 1865–1901. London: Routledge. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7007-0470-5. Quote: "The Indian princes survived the British Raj by only a few years. The Indian republic stripped them of their powers and then their titles." (page 10). 7. Merriam-Webster, Inc (1997), Merriam-Webster's geographical dictionary, Merriam-Webster, p. 520, ISBN 978-0-87779-546-9 Quote: "Indian States: "Various (formerly) semi-independent areas in India ruled by native princes .... Under British rule ... administered by residents assisted by political agents. Titles and remaining privileges of princes abolished by Indian government 1971." (page 520). 8. Ward, Philip (September 1989), Northern India, Rajasthan, Agra, Delhi: a travel guide, Pelican Publishing, p. 91, ISBN 978-0-88289-753-0 Quote: "A monarchy is only as good as the reigning monarch: thus it is with the princely states. Once they seemed immutable, invincible. In 1971 they were "derecognized," their privileges, privy purses and titles all abolished at a stroke" (page 91)
- Mewar dynasty
- 1884 births
- 1973 deaths
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
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