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Nahar Singh of Shahpura

Nahar Singh of Shahpura

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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]

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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. [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. [2]
    "Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha". Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  3. [3]
    "The Durbar Honours". The Times. No. 36966. London. 1 January 1903. p. 8.
  4. [4]
    "No. 27511". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1903. p. 3.
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