Ranjit Singh of Bharatpur

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Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Maharaja of Bharatpur
Farzand Jung
Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Bharatpur.jpg
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
FatherRatan Singh
ReligionHinduism
Sinsinwar Jats of Bharatpur & Deeg
(1683–1947)
Raja Ram Sinsinwar (1683–1688)
Churaman (1695–1721)
Muhkam Singh (1721–1722)
Badan Singh (1722–1755)
Suraj Mal (1755–1763)
Jawahar Singh (1764–1768)
Ratan Singh (1768–1769)
Kehri Singh (1769–1778)
Ranjit Singh (1778–1805)
Randhir Singh (1805–1823)
Baldeo Singh (1823–1825)
Balwant Singh (1825–1853)
Jaswant Singh (1853–1893)
Ram Singh (1893–1900)
Kishan Singh (1918–1929)
Brijendra Singh (1929–1947)

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 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.


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