Raghubir Singh of Maihar

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Raghubir Singh
Raja
Raja of Maihar
Reignc. 1852 – 4 March 1908
Predecessor Mohan Prasad
Successor Jadubir Singh
Bornc. 1843
Died4 March 1908
Issue
House Coat of Arms of the Maihar State.png Maihar
Father Mohan Prasad
Education

Raghubir Singh was the ruler of Maihar from 1852 until his death in 1908.

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Birth and education

He was born in 1843 to Mohan Prasad, the Thakur of Maihar. [1] [2] He received his education at Agra College. [3]

Reign

Following his father's death in 1852, he succeeded him as the Thakur of Maihar. [2] Owing to his minority, the management of the state was placed under the supervision of a British officer, with a promise that once he reached the age of majority, he would be restored to power. [4] The officer also instructed him in his duties as a ruler. [4] He was granted full administrative powers on 2 December 1865. [5] The British government conferred on him the title of Raja as a hereditary distinction on 2 December 1869. [5] On 1 January 1877, he was also granted a personal distinction of a nine-gun salute, which was made hereditary in 1878. [6] [7]

Personal life

He married and had three sons: Jadubir Singh, Randhir Singh, and Brajbir Singh. [2]

Death

He died in Varanasi on 4 March 1908 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Jadubir Singh, as the Raja of Maihar. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Lethbridge, Sir Roper (1900). The Golden Book of India. A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated, of the Indian Empire. With an Appendix for Ceylon. S. Low, Marston & Company. p. 172.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Purushotam Vishram Mawjee (1911). (1911) Imperial durbar album of the Indian princes, chiefs and zamindars, Vol. I. p. 135.
  3. ↑ The Asiatic Quarterly Review. Swan Sonnenshein & Company. 1886. p. 22.
  4. 1 2 Atkinson, Edwin T. (1874). Statistical, Descriptive and Historical Account of the North-Western Provinces of India: Bundelkhand. North-Western Provinces Government. pp. 535–536.
  5. 1 2 Cotton, James Sutherland; Burn, Sir Richard; Meyer, Sir William Stevenson (1908). Imperial Gazetteer of India. Clarendon Press. p. 28.
  6. ↑ Department, India Foreign and Political (1909). Central Indian Agency. Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India. pp. 226–227.
  7. ↑ Not Available (1922). Memoranda On The Indian States 1921. pp. 17–18.
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